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‘Unpredictable’ Election Clouds Tax and Economic Policy View
Sanders May Bring His Populist Brand to Powerful Senate Finance Committee
Accountant Gets Jail Time For Charging $3 Million on New Jersey Employer’s Credit Card
New Jersey Joins IRS Direct File For 2025 Filing Season
States Look at Taxing Text Messaging
Tax statutes written decades ago likely didn’t contemplate these sorts of services. That said, the plain language in many state and local communication tax statutes often has basic wording around the taxable terms of SMS and messaging and may not ...
A Look into the Tax Department of the Future
By focusing on the shifting responsibilities of the tax workforce along with the integration of tax technology, businesses can plan for the tax department of the future.
State-by-State Sales Tax Holidays for 2022
A sales tax holiday is a limited time period during which some normally taxable products are exempt from sales tax. Approximately 17 states provide one or more sales tax holidays each year; the precise number fluctuates because some states adopt new ...
IRS to Start Requiring Facial Recognition for Tax Transcripts and Payments
That verification requirement will soon be required for all taxpayers to view other personal tax documents on the IRS website. Tax practitioners who use a secure service will still have access to IRS transcripts.
States Look at Taxing the Metaverse, But What is It?
Sales transactions are presumed taxable in states with a sales tax (unless there’s a specific exemption or exclusion), most states haven’t yet clarified which sales tax laws apply to sales made in the metaverse. When will they start?
Massachusetts Collects More Taxes on Marijuana than Alcohol
The commonwealth collected $74.2 million in marijuana excise tax through December 2021, WCVB reported. In comparison, alcohol collected $51.3 million.
States Want Online Marketplaces to Police for Stolen Goods
To help prevent someone from selling stolen goods on a marketplace, California and several other states want marketplaces to obtain and share the names and contact information of high-volume marketplace sellers.
More Taxation on Services Expected this Year
Though the United States economy is “dominated by services-oriented companies,” most states currently tax only select services, if any. That could change in 2022: Legislation seeking to tax services has been introduced in Indiana and ...