Prepaid Wireless Arrangements Taxable in Michigan
A gas station was liable for Michigan sales tax on its sales of certain wireless calling arrangements for prepaid cell phones because they were sales of prepaid authorization telephone numbers for...
View ArticleForeign Disregarded Entity Income Included in Minnesota Income
The Minnesota Supreme Court held that the income of a foreign entity owned by a C Corporation is included in the corporation’s income when the entity is treated as a disregarded entity for federal...
View ArticleIRS Issues Reminder Regarding Highway Use Tax Return Due Date (IR-2017-129)
Truckers and other owners of heavy highway vehicles are reminded that the next federal highway use tax return is due on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2017. The deadline applies to Form 2290, Heavy Highway Vehicle...
View ArticleBusiness Entitled to Fees Incurred After Qualified Offer (C1 Design Group,...
A design business was not entitled to litigation and administrative costs that were incurred before it made a qualified offer. Although the taxpayer was a “prevailing party,” the government’s position...
View ArticleMore Credits For Oregon S Corps, Individuals
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has signed legislation amending corporate excise (income) tax credits that can be claimed by S corporation owners and the Working Family Dependent Care tax credit. S Corporation...
View ArticleOregon Permits Local Affordable Rental Exemption
Oregon counties and cities may adopt ordinances establishing a property tax exemption for “eligible rental property” for households with an annual income at or below 120% of the area median income at...
View ArticleOregon Credits Enacted, Amended, Extended
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has signed the biennial tax credit bill creating two new credits and amending and extending existing corporate excise (income) and personal income tax credits. Also, the existing...
View ArticleAsset/Liability Percentages and Investment Yields for Foreign Insurance...
The IRS has provided the domestic asset/liability percentages and domestic investment yields needed by foreign life insurance companies and foreign property and liability insurance companies to compute...
View ArticleIRS Issues Guidance REITS and RICs Stock Distributions (Rev. Proc. 2017-45)
The IRS has issued guidance on stock distributions by real estate investment trusts (REITs) and regulated investment companies (RICs). The IRS will treat stock distributions made by a publicly offered...
View ArticleWeekly Report from Washington, D.C.
Congress is on its August recess. The IRS cautioned tax professionals to be alert for account takeovers by cybercriminals. The Service also announced an upcoming temporary outage of e-Services tools....
View ArticleMichigan Warns of Debt Payment Scam
The Michigan Department of Treasury warns taxpayers about a debt payment scam aimed at individuals. Under the scam, people try to pay their state government debts, including tax debts, with routing...
View ArticleSeattle Firearms, Ammunitions Tax Constitutional
Seattle Ordinance 124833, imposing the firearms and ammunitions excise tax, is valid under the Washington constitution. The local law falls within Seattle’s taxing authority, and state law does not...
View ArticleWhite House, Top Lawmakers Expected to Release Tax Reform Framework in September
The White House and top Republican lawmakers leading a joint tax reform effort are planning to release a three-to-five-page tax reform framework in early to mid-September, according to several reports...
View ArticleHouse Freedom Caucus Introduces Petition to Force Floor Vote on ACA Repeal
House Freedom Caucus members have launched a petition to discharge HRes 458, a straight repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) (P.L. 111-148) and related taxes with a two year...
View ArticleOnline Sellers Offered Tax Amnesty in 19 States
The Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) is offering a voluntary tax disclosure initiative for online marketplace sellers in participating states from August 17, 2017, to October 17, 2017. The initiative...
View ArticleNew York Discusses New Surcharge on Prepaid Wireless Communications Services
The New York Department of Taxation and Finance has issued information on the state surcharge on retail sales of prepaid wireless communications services that takes effect December 1, 2017. In its...
View ArticleTerminating CSR Payments Would Hike Silver Plan Premiums 20 Percent
Gross premiums for silver plans offered through the marketplaces would be 20 percent higher in 2018 and 25 percent higher by 2020 if cost-sharing reductions (CSRs) payments were terminated, according...
View ArticleDisallowed Conservation Easement Deductions Vacated and Remanded (BC Ranch...
A Tax Court determination disallowing charitable deductions for certain conservation easements was vacated and remanded. The Tax Court disallowed the deductions, because: (1) the conservation easements...
View ArticleInformation Exchange To Improve Returns of Illinois Unclaimed Property
The Illinois Department of Revenue may now exchange information with the State Treasurer’s office to better administer unclaimed property laws. The agencies also may enter into an interagency agreement...
View ArticleMassachusetts Taxpayer’s Drop Shipment Sales Taxable
A wholesale company (taxpayer) was liable for collecting and remitting Massachusetts sales tax on products it sold to out-of-state retailers and delivered to their Massachusetts consumers. Under...
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