What all ebayers should know. Many business owners face a common question of whether or not to tax their internet-based sales. If you are an internet-based retailer, this article is for you. Each state has their owned de minimis rules for what activities establish a business as being “Engaged In Business” in their state. You…
Davis & Davis LLC constructs a sales tax defense to resolve an audit that lingered over 12-months.A local commercial and residential marble contractor based in Irving, TX which serves the DFW metroplex area had average annual sales of $1,500,000 over the 4 years of the audit period. The company’s clientele includes restaurants, supermarket chains, gas…
Sales tax is often not on the top of a company’s list of priorities. Making earnings projections, payroll, and IRS deadlines loom heavy on the minds of many CFOs and controllers. Sales tax is many times an afterthought, an accrual account on their balance sheet, or not even a thought at all. Often times, a…
Friendly reminder to set your clocks forward one hour Saturday when you go to bed! Yes, we will lose one hour of sleep, but we get to enjoy an extra hour of daylight!
As the new year dawns, may it bring you more success, love and prosperity!
TEXAS – Effective September 1, 2013, Senate Bill 1151 will simplify sales tax collection for convenience stores and other businesses where individual-size servings of snacks are sold. Individual-size packages are labeled as one serving or less than 2.05 ounces (if package does not state servings.) Items being taxed are: • Chips • Breakfast, granola, nutrition,…
IDAHO – Every year, Girl Scout cookies bring in about $150,000 in sales tax revenue. Julie Hart, a Girl Scout mom and lobbyist in Boise, encouraged her daughter’s troop to try and get an exemption from sales tax since the Scouts are a nonprofit. Although the exemption was won in the state house, it was…
NEW JERSERY – A bill for an extra 5 percent sales tax on guns and ammunition has been introduced by an assemblywoman. The money would go into a “Safety Tax Fund” to purchase items such as security cameras, electronic emergency notification systems, devices controlling entrances, panic buttons and doors that can be locked from inside…
Senate Bill 1984 took effect November 1, 2012 and will give the state Tax Commission the authority to shut down businesses out of compliance with paying state sales taxes. A business is considered noncompliant if for three months during a 24-month period the fail to report or remit sales taxes. Paula Ross, Oklahoma Tax Commission,…
Forty-two states have an income tax, and people in those states can use it as a permanent deduction from their federal taxes. Of course, Texas doesn’t have an income tax, but instead are allowed to deduct their state and local sales taxes. And through 2011, a lot of Texas taxpayers took a deduction for sales…
