Taxes

 Will E-commerce Websites Need to Post a Sales Tax Bond?

July 16, 2018 

Will E-commerce Websites Need to Post a Sales Tax Bond?

While the South Dakota law which lead to the Supreme Court ruling envisions a $100,000 annual sales threshold, multiple large U.S. businesses as well as organizations such as the National Taxpayers Union Foundation have expressed their reservations or ...

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July 12, 2018 

A Look at Sales Taxes: Post-Wayfair Ruling

There used to be a time when brick and mortar stores thought they were losing ground to upstarts like Amazon, who initially didn’t charge sales tax because Amazon didn’t have a physical presence in the state where the sale was made. Eventually Amazon ...

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July 11, 2018 

Opioids, Marijuana and Employment Law

With the increasing use of prescribed opioids, reportedly one out of every three persons took such a prescription in 2015, the likelihood that the issue will arise in either the hiring context or involving a current employee is significant.

Richard D. Alaniz, JD

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July 3, 2018 

The New Postcard Size IRS Form 1040 for 2019

The Internal Revenue Service has released a prototype of the new Form 1040 that hundreds of millions of Americans use to file their annual taxes. The new "postcard sized" form will be used for the 2018 income tax year, which most Americans will file ...

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July 3, 2018 

Deep Dive Analysis of the Supreme Court’s Sales Tax Ruling

The Court explicitly rejected the requirement that a remote seller must have a physical presence in a state before that state or its localities could require sales tax collection. A majority of the Court swept aside the rules that guided this area of ...

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June 22, 2018 

What Supreme Court Wayfair Decision Means for Online Sales Taxes

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in the South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. case to overturn the 1992 Quill, Corp. v. North Dakota nexus holding that a company must have a physical presence in a state before it can be held liable ...

 U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of South Dakota in Wayfair Sales Tax Case

June 21, 2018 

U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of South Dakota in Wayfair Sales Tax Case

The Supreme Court on Thursday standardized taxing rules for traditional retailers and online transactions, ruling that states and localities may collect sales taxes on all purchases over the internet. By a 5-4 vote, the justices that ruled that online sellers can be required to collect state and local taxes from customers even if the internet...…

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Taxes June 5, 2018 

The 20% Pass-Through Deduction for Musicians

As a tax professional, you surely know about the new 20% tax deduction for “Pass Through” entities under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). If you have musician and other performing art clients, you may have wondered if (and how) they qualify.

Scott Stratton