Multistate – The Multistate Tax Commission and the National Nexus Program is offering a special limited-time voluntary disclosure initiative, in which the following states are participating: Alabama Arkansas Colorado Connecticut Florida Idaho Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Nebraska New Jersey Oklahoma South Dakota Texas Utah Vermont Wisconsin The states listed above will consider applications for voluntary…
Texas – Effective January 1, 2018, Senate Bill 1083 amends tax code to exempt from sales and use tax insurance services performed by certified public accounting firms if services are less than 1% of the firm’s previous year’s total revenue. Additionally, insurances services are exempt if a service is performed on behalf of a certified…
Texas – Effective September 1, 2017, House Bill 4054 will amend the tax code to grant exemptions on certain bakery items. This Bill will clarify the taxability of bakery items which has caused taxpayers much confusion in the application of the law. The law was revised to exempt bakery items regardless of whether the item…
Louisiana– Effective October 1, 2017, sales and use tax is 100% excluded from the sale of silver, gold and platinum bullion. Similarly, numismatic coins priced less than $1000, sold at national, statewide, or multi-parish trade shows will now receive full exclusions. “We are very pleased that the Louisiana (sales tax) exemption is now restored,” said…
NATIONWIDE – According to the National Retail Federation, an average family spends $637.78 for shoes, supplies, apparel, and electronics for back to school. An Estimated $83.6 Billion is expected to be generated for back to school sales this year which is a 10% increase from the previous year. In 2016, back to school spending generated…
Dallas – Thank you, friends of Davis & Davis LLC and our partners GS Wealth Management and Palter Stokely Sims, PLLCs for making this year a record-breaking success! As a result of your generosity, we were able to quadruple our previous year’s collections. See the chart below for the details. This year’s suit drive benefitted Metrocrest…
It has started to get darker later and temperatures are heating up! Yay love this time of the year. Change in season means time to reorganize and declutter your closets. That means there will be some old clothes you no longer want and some clothes that may not fit anymore. Wouldn’t it be great to…
Looking for ways to change your community & inspire others around you? That dress from three seasons ago. Those shoes you have never worn. Join Davis & Davis and our partners GS Wealth Management and Palter Stokely Sims, PLLCs and participate in rebuilding our community by helping to bolster families and neighborhoods struck by adversity….
Florida – The Florida sales and use tax exemption for industrial machinery and equipment previously scheduled to expire on April 30, 2017, has become permanent. Effective July 1, 2016, the exemption for machinery and equipment was expanded to include: Recycling industries classified under code 423930 of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) (2007) and…
Out-of-State Dealers operating in Tennessee should register by March 1, 2017, and begin collecting Sales Tax by July 1, 2017. This rule was effective January 1, 2017, and provides that out-of-state dealers with no physical presence in Tennessee who engage in regular solicitation of consumers in Tennessee and who make sales exceeding $500,000 to consumers…
