Regulatory Analysis
The 2023 version of the W-4R and W-4P were released January 9, 2023. In 2022, taxpayers had the option to use either the 2021 Form W-4P or the 2022 Forms W-4P and/or W-4R in 2022. However, beginning January 1, 2023, the 2023 W-4P and W-4R must be used. W-4P is now used only to make […]
Louisiana recently published the 2023 version of R-20201, Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) Guidelines. This publication provides details and procedures for taxpayers using EFT to submit payment to the Louisiana Department of Revenue. There is only one change made to the latest version of the Publication R-20201. Tax Codes 08431-08435 have been added for “Retail Dealers of […]
According to an official announcement by the Ministry of Finance published on 2 February 2023, the go-live date of the mandatory e-invoicing system in Poland will be postponed from 1 January 2024 to 1 July 2024, giving taxpayers 6 more months to prepare for the new e-invoicing obligation. The VAT-exempted taxpayers will have time to […]
The French authorities published the updated version of the ‘External specifications file for electronic invoicing’. The new specifications introduced additional mandatory e-invoicing data, new and modified cases of use, amended frequency for e-reporting, retention of invoices by the public billing portal and other new explanations as well as examples for XML files.
1/27/2023 The city of Kodiak, Alaska provides a one-day Annual Sales Tax Holiday for all sales of tangible personal property and services subject to sales tax, except for certain enumerated transactions. The Sales Tax holiday takes place on the first Saturday in March each year and for 2023, the holiday occurs on March 4. Additional […]
According to the information made available in the SPED web portal, as soon as the new version of the EFD-REINF (Digital Fiscal Record of Withholdings and Other Fiscal Information) is implemented in production to receive events from the R-4000 series, all events must migrate to layout version 2.1.1 (including table events R-1000, R-1070 and the […]
1/24/23 Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska has approved Resolution 2972. The Resolution grants a single day Sales Tax Holiday effective on March 25, 2023 in Ketchikan Gateway Borough and the City of Ketchikan. The holiday applies to all sales and rentals of tangible personal property and services normally subject to sales tax, except specified circumstances by […]
The General Directorate of Internal Taxes (DGII) informs all taxpayers that the sequences of Tax Receipt Numbers (NCF / e-NCF) authorized during the year 2021 and that have not been used until December 31, 2022, will expire as of December 1st. of January 2023, respecting the provisions of General Standard No. 06-2018 on Tax Receipts. […]
Companion bills have been introduced in Iowa proposing to amend the banking provisions in Iowa’s Unclaimed Property law to include electronic messaging as an activity that constitutes contact. On January 17, 2023, Iowa House Study Bill 33 was introduced and on January 18, 2023, Senate Study Bill 1055 was introduced. The identical bills propose to […]
On January 17, 2023, Oregon Senate Bill 311 was introduced. The bill proposes to amend Oregon’s False Claims Act. Because False Claims Act violations are increasingly being alleged against holders regarding their unclaimed property reporting, it’s important to take note of states’ actions relating to their False Claims laws. Oregon is now proposing to increase […]
The Massachusetts Department of Revenue has released 2022 Schedule HC: Health Care Information form, Schedule HC Instructions, Schedule HC-CS: Health Care Information Continuation Sheet. These state forms report insurance offerings to Massachusetts residents as required by state law. They are parallel to and independent of similar federal reporting requirements The cap has been raised on […]
On January 17, 2023, Oregon House Bill 2160 was introduced. The bill proposes to amend both the securities and wages provisions in Oregon’s unclaimed property law. Securities 1. Presumption of Abandonment – Under the current law, securities are presumed abandoned after a period of 3 years when: (1) A dividend, distribution or other sum has […]
The Louisiana Department of Revenue recently published Revenue Information Bulletin (RIB) 23-006, State Filing Requirements for IRS Form 1099-NEC. This guidance follows an administrative waiver of the filing requirement from tax year 2021 and outlines the filing requirements related to Form 1099-NEC to Louisiana. Beginning January 1, 2023 (for tax year 2022), all service recipients […]
Michigan has released its 2023 Income Tax Withholding Guide. The Michigan Income Tax Withholding Guide is a publication that offers comprehensive guidance for Michigan employers required to withhold income tax. Michigan has raised the Personal Exemption amount, the Pension Tax Exemption for those born before 1946 and the Personal Exemption Allowance from 1946 to 1952. […]
The Saudi Arabian Tax and Customs Authority, ZATCA, has recently changed its approach to voluntary participation in Phase 2 of e-invoicing. Previously it has not been allowed to voluntarily start the implementation of Phase 2, however, with the update of the guideline published in December 2022, taxpayers now have the option to start following Phase 2 […]
On 18 January 2023, the Botswana Ministry of Finance issued a public notice that the temporary reduced standard VAT rate of 12% is extended to 31 March 2023. The public notice can be found here.
Pursuant to Decree Law 15/2022, the zero-rate VAT rate that temporarily applied to supplies of face masks and gloves in the Canary Islands is extended until June 30, 2023. The decree can be found here (in Spanish).
From 1 January 2023, changes have been made to how the Financial Ombudsman and its office are financed. The Ombudsman Act (2015/1348) was revised by the Act of 2022/2640, which also abolished prior regulations. The new rules don’t specify advance payments, and both filing and payment are annual. The annual fee is based on the […]