The newly enacted economic nexus laws have businesses scrambling to figure out how the Wayfair vs. South Dakota supreme court decision applies to their transactions. Accordingly, Texas recently published, Texas Tax Responsibilities and Resources, to provide some guidance to remote-sellers. Below is an excerpt of the publication: “As part of our Wayfair implementation, amendments to Rule 3.286, concerning Seller’s…
TEXAS: Over the next few blogs we will take look at Sales to and Purchases by Tax-Exempt Organizations. For an organization to be granted exemption from paying state sales taxes, there are criteria that must be met. The parent organization must recognize the organization as a subordinate under the group exemption. The group exemption meets…
For Kentucky retailers, July 1, 2018, was the official start date for new Legislation related to Sales and Excise Taxes. House Bill 487 includes substantial changes involving tax rates and tax bases for retailers’ subject to Kentucky tax law. This is a brief look at some of those changes. Amendments to KRS 139.010 now require…
Hear From DDH Tax Expert and Consultant Chanel Davis at FICPA Our partner, Chanel Christoff Davis, will be presenting a topic as a featured speaker at this year’s Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Mega CPE Conference. The session topic, “Multi-State Nexus and The Amazon Effect”, will address the current sales tax legal landscape. The…
Texas – The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts recently ruled that sales tax be applied to Internet-based subscription streaming services as cable television and amusement service. The law states that cable television is the distribution of video programming with or without the use of wires to customers or subscribers such as: On-demand video services or…
Massachusetts – In order for state officials to identify uncollected sales taxes, Amazon has agreed to give up the data for sellers doing business on their website. Initially, back in September, they had refused to hand over their data. Due to Amazon refusing to share the data, the state obtained a court order requiring Amazon…
National – The House Republicans’ Tax Cuts and Jobs Bill (HR1) is designed to eliminate the deduction for state and local income and sales taxes for individuals. However, there would be deductions allowed for Property Taxes, up to $10,000 annually. The SALT deductions for businesses will remain in place. The House Democrats have expressed their opposition…
September 7, 2017, Davis & Davis LLC came together with donors and community partners for a Champagne Toast and Happy Hour to celebrate the success of our 7th annual suit drive. Thank you to GS Wealth Management, YES Symposium, and Palter Stokely Sims for hosting two additional drop-off locations for this year’s suit drive. Special…
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…
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…
