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7th Annual Suit Drive May 1 through May 31, 2017

by Chanel Christoff Davis in Community Involvement, Texas

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….

201704.19
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Florida Made Exemption Permanent for Manufacturing Machinery and Equipment

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…

201704.12
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Tennessee Says “No Presence, No Problem”

by Chanel Christoff Davis in Uncategorized

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…

201704.05
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7th Annual Suit Drive 2017

by Chanel Christoff Davis in Community Involvement, Texas

Davis & Davis LLC is hosting their 7th annual Suit Drive benefiting Metrocrest Services from May 1st to May 31st. We are pleased to add two new drop off location partners- GS Wealth Management and Palter Stokely Sims, PLLC. Drop-off your gently used business suits, ties, separates, shoes, purses, and other accessories at our office and we…

201703.23
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Wyoming Puts Remote Sellers On Notice

by Chanel Christoff Davis in Compliance, Headline, State Sales Tax Laws

Wyoming – More states move to amend sales tax remittance requirements for out of state sellers.  Effective July 1, 2017 a seller without a physical presence in Wyoming must remit Wyoming sales tax on its sales of tangible personal property, admissions, or services delivered into Wyoming once the seller meets either of the following requirements…

Voluminous 2016 Sales Tax Law Changes Burdens Businesses and Challenges Compliance
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Voluminous 2016 Sales Tax Law Changes Burdens Businesses and Challenges Compliance

by Chanel Christoff Davis in Compliance, Multi-State, Sales Tax, State Sales Tax Laws

State legislatures were busy in 2016 making changes to sales and use taxes. There were 556 sales and use tax changes at the state, local and county level, based on the annual Sales Tax Rate Report per Vertex, Inc. California lowered its rate from 6.5 to 6.25 percent; however, taxpayers saw no change in their…

Davis & Davis LLC Sponsors Convergence 2017
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Davis & Davis LLC Sponsors Convergence 2017

  Davis & Davis is thrilled to be a Silver Sponsor for Convergence 2017.  Convergence 2017 is the annual premier educational event for the North Texas Financial Community hosted by the Dallas CPA Society.   It will be held on Friday, May 12, 2017, at the InterContinental Dallas Hotel.  Registered attendees will receive 8 hours of CPE…

201702.15
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Louisiana has the highest sales tax rate in America

by Chanel Christoff Davis in Louisiana, Sales Tax

Louisiana’s state’s sales tax increased from four pennies to five pennies per dollar April 2016. According to the Tax Foundation, a nonprofit tax policy research organization, the combined average state and local sales tax businesses collect in Louisiana is 9.99%.  That easily secures Louisiana at the top spot in the nation for highest average sales…

201702.08
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Pennsylvania Statutory Amnesty

by Chanel Christoff Davis in Amnesty, Compliance, Sales Tax

Pennsylvania – From April 21 through August 17, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Tax will waive all penalties, collection and lien fees and one-half of the interest due for businesses that file delinquent tax reports and pay all taxes due, or amend reports that underreported taxes and pay the taxes due. Reports originally due to…

201702.01
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South Dakota compels Amazon to collect sales tax

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

Starting today, the retail giant Amazon.com will begin collecting sales tax on its sales in South Dakota. This change was brought on by South Dakota’s newly enacted economic nexus legislation Senate Bill 106 requiring certain out-of-state businesses without a physical presence in the state to collect and remit tax on South Dakota transactions. This is…