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…
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…
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…
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…
Missouri – Though sales tax is applicable to fees paid to yoga studios, a recent court case has brought up additional concerns and questions. A Missouri yoga studio operator requested a letter ruling from the Director of Revenue in early March this year after learning of the court’s decision in Tatson, LLC dba Powerhouse Gym…
TEXAS – A new tax free shopping day is the works for Texas small business shoppers. House Bill 2694 is currently pending in Texas House Ways and Means Committee. The bill would allow small business retailers to sell items tax free on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, also known as Small Business Saturday. The sales tax…
Multi-State: The House of Representatives passed House Bill 622 April 16, 2015. The bill would make certain state and local sales taxes deductions permanent. These tax breaks typically expire each year and are renewed at the last minute by Congress. As previous House bills continue to renew the majority of the 55 tax extensions, Congress…
TEXAS- House legislators announced a tax-relief package in April that would be a first in Texas- a lowered sales-tax rate. Since a 2% sales tax was first imposed in Texas in 1961, legislators have never cut the rate. While senators prefer to cut school property taxes, the House proposed trimming the state’s 6.25% sales tax…
Michigan– Voting in May 2015 could bring various changes to the sales tax structure in Michigan. The bill, already passed in the House and the Senate, is now being put to Michigan residents themselves. The bill proposes increasing the sales tax rate from 6% to 7%, lowering the sales tax on fuel, and increasing the…
PUERTO RICO- The Puerto Rican government has been working on a tax policy overhaul. Currently in the fine-tuning phase, the government is hopeful to get the bill approved by the end of April 15, 2015. Changes would affect most types of tax, including the addition of a Value Added Tax (VAT) system. The VAT levies…
