Michigan – Sales and Use Tax: Personal Protective Equipment Qualifies for Industrial Processing Exempt PPE or safety equipment purchased by a person eligible for the industrial processing exemption is exempt from Michigan sales and use tax if used or consumed in an exempt industrial processing activity. Industrial Processing Exemption PPE or safety equipment is eligible…
Arkansas – Farmer’s ATV Purchase Did Not Qualify for Farm Machinery and Equipment Exemption A taxpayer’s protest against Arkansas sales tax assessment on its purchase of an ATV was denied because the taxpayer failed to prove entitlement to the farm machinery and equipment exemption by a preponderance of the evidence. Generally, farm machinery and equipment…
California– Restaurant Operator Liable for Tax on Unreported Sales Made by It’s Concessionaire A restaurant operator (taxpayer) was properly liable for California sales and use tax on unreported taxable sales made by another entity because the entity was operating as a concessionaire on the taxpayer’s business. Generally, a prime retailer may be held jointly and…
Davis, Davis, and Harmon’s Chanel and Terrell Davis were recognized as 2020 University of New Orleans honorees. The University of New Orleans announced the 2020 honorees of UNO25, an initiative that identifies, recognizes, and celebrates 25 high-impact businesses or organizations owned or led by UNO alumni. The selected employers were honored at a luncheon at…
The Kansas DOR announces the local sales and use tax rate changes below for the quarter beginning July 1, 2020. City Rate Changes City rate changes and developments are as follows: Burlingame increases its rate from 8.5% to 9.0%. Princeton increases its rate from 8.5% to 9.5%. Douglass decreases its rate from to 8.5% 7.5%….
(AUSTIN) — With the Texas economy slowly awakening from effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminds shoppers they can save money on clothes and school supplies during the state’s sales tax holiday on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 7-9. The law exempts sales tax on qualified items — such as clothing, footwear, school supplies…
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today revised the Certification Revenue Estimate (CRE) and now projects a fiscal 2021 ending shortfall of $4.58 billion. The shortfall, which Hegar attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent volatility in oil prices, is a decrease from the $2.89 billion positive year-end balance originally projected in the October 2019 CRE. In…
Telecommunications services between locations in Texas are subject to state and local sales tax, whereas most interstate telecommunications services are only subject to state sales tax. Mobile telecommunications services are subject to state and local sales tax based on the place of primary use. “Telecommunications services” is broadly defined as electronic transmission or reception of…
On June 2, 2020, Governor Bill Lee announced the use of federal Coronavirus Relief Funds to assist Tennessee small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. Governor Lee has directed the Tennessee Department of Revenue to issue business relief payments through the Tennessee Business Relief Program to small businesses for costs incurred as a result of…
Texas: Beginning July 1, 2020, Texas will no longer impose sales tax on separately stated internet access charges due to the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA) of 2016. Federal law included a grandfather clause for those state and local governments, including Texas, who imposed a tax on internet services prior to October 1, 1998. This…
