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Upcoming Arizona Statutory Amnesty

ARIZONA – A statutory amnesty will begin on September 1, 2015 and end on October 31, 2015.  It will cover all taxes administered by the DOR.  Applicable years will be tax periods ending before 2014 for annual filers and Feb. 1, 2015 for all others.  Penalty and interest will be waved.  There is a special…

201506.19
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Metroplex Practice Management Group Meeting

Overview:  Many business owners’ face a common question of whether or not to tax their internet-based sales transactions. More commonly businesses are finding themselves in the position of having to address this matter during a sales/tax audit of their company.  If your client is an internet-based retailer which sells all over the country through an…

201506.17
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Texas Legalizes Medicinal Marijuana

by Chanel Christoff Davis in State Sales Tax Laws, States, Texas

TEXAS– On June 1st, the final day of Texas’ 84th legislature, Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law that allows the sale of medicinal marijuana.  The marijuana is in the form of an oil extract used for the treatment of certain forms of epilepsy.  The oil will only be allowed for patients who have…

201506.10
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Puerto Rico Transitions to VAT

by Chanel Christoff Davis in Sales Tax Maintenance, State Sales Tax Laws

PUERTO RICO­- In May, Puerto Rico Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla signed into law bill PC 2484, increasing the sales tax rate from 7% to 11.5%.  This will become effective July 1, 2015.  It also introduced a new 4% tax on business and professional services that will become effective October 1, 2015.  These increased taxes will…

201506.03
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Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday

by Chanel Christoff Davis in State Sales Tax Laws, States, Texas

TEXAS- Senate Bill 228, also known as The Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday Act, was passed in the Texas Senate in May. Now the bill is waiting to be scheduled for a vote in the House Ways and Means Committee. The tax break would be for the last weekend in August each year just before…