Regulatory Analysis
The Cook County (Illinois) Board of Commissioners voted to repeal the recently enacted sweetened beverage tax. The tax will remain effective until December 1, 2017 after which retailers will no longer be required to collect the tax. The sweetened beverage tax consisted of a $0.01 tax on each ounce of sweetened beverage sold at retail […]
U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) has introduced Senate Bill 1898, the “Repeal and Refund Act,” a bill that seeks to retroactively repeal the individual mandate for health insurance. Through this bill, Americans who paid penalties for not having insurance coverage would be refunded. Currently, Senate Bill 1898 is still in committee and has no cosponsors.
The House of Representatives is currently discussing H.R.3717, the “Small Business Owners’ Tax Simplification Act of 2017.” The purported aim of the bill would be to avoid burdening small business owners and to improve compliance. The bill would seek to accomplish through changing the reporting thresholds of both Form 1099-MISC (something that hasn’t been done […]
The Bermuda Ministry of Finance has confirmed reports that Bermuda will be phasing out of CDOT. The Bermuda Ministry of Finance currently has plans to move to a CRS-only reporting model as it begins to shift from its current CDOT IGA Model 2 status. This means that, from 2018 onward, there will no longer be an option […]
Cyprus recently announced that the submission deadline for country-by-country reporting for accounting years between January 1 2016 to October 20 2016 is extended until November 20, 2017. Submission may be completed through the Cyprus's CRS reporting portal, Ariadni.
The IRS has released the 2017 Instructions for Forms 1094-B and 1095-B. There are a couple of changes from their respective previous revisions: Changes to 2017 Instructions for Forms 1094-B and 1095-B New Instructions Paper returns filed with the IRS must be printed in landscape format Penalties have increased slightly this year For returns required […]
The IRS has released the 2017 Instructions for Forms 1094-C and 1095-C. There are a couple of changes from their respective previous revisions: Changes to 2017 Instructions for Forms 1094-C and 1095-C Now there is no section 4980H transition relief available for 2017 The instructions have thus removed discussion of section 4980H transition relief, […]
The IRS has released its 2017 versions of Forms 1094-B, 1094-C, 1095-B, and 1095-C. There were no changes to Form 1094-B. Form 1094-C had two changes: The removal of selection C, “Section 4980H Transition Relief,” from Line 22, and the removal of column (e) “Section 4980H Transition Relief Indicator” from Part III. There are no […]
Montana's Department of Revenue updated its Business Registration (“GenReg”) form. The updated form gives businesses the opportunity to register as a trust, if appropriate, as well as provides more expansive options for LLCs, so as to allow for more accurate information reporting. The form also allows for online registration for W-2 and 1099 withholding, mineral […]
North Carolina’s Department of Revenue recently updated their reporting requirements for filing W-2 and 1099 information. Per an announcement on the eNC3 website, the CD ROM specifications previously used for W-2 and 1099 reporting (DP-43 and DP-40, respectively) are no longer no longer valid. Instead, electronic filers must use the eNC3 specifications listed on the eNC3 […]
The Puerto Rico Hacienda modified an announcement initially made via their Facebook page several days ago that substantially limits the suspension of their requirement to make bi-monthly pre-payments of sales tax. Specifically, Hacienda issued Administrative Determination 17-15 on October 2. The Determination indeed suspends the bi-weekly pre-payment of sales tax, but only for medium and […]
On October 1, 2017, the Catalonian region of Spain held a referendum on independence. While the Spanish Supreme Court declared the vote unconstitutional and Spain does not recognize the result as legally binding, the vote was held and the results were that an overwhelming majority of Catalan voters expressed a clear desire to become an […]
The Mexican President has issued a Decree by which taxpayers that were affected by the earthquake of September 19 in the municipalities of the states of Guerrero, Mexico, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Tlaxcala, as well as in Mexico City, will be allowed to pay the VAT due on transactions carried out during the months of September, […]
On October 4, 2017, the European Commission published a set of proposals aimed at simplifying and modernizing the current VAT system. The "cornerstone" principles of the Commission's approach are: Combating VAT fraud and reducing the €150 billion VAT Gap Establishing a "One Stop Shop" for cross-border trade Consistently applying the "destination principle" for VAT […]
The ENCAT recently released Version 1.31 of the Technical Note 2016/002 relating to the Nota Fiscal Electronica Version 4.0. The revised notice specifies that the final effective date of the NFe 4.0 is postponed from October 2 until November 6, 2017. The planned "sun-setting" of Version 3.1 has not changed and continues to be April […]
The Treasury Department of Puerto Rico (Hacienda) has suspended the requirement to remit the regularly scheduled pre-payments of sales tax due for transactions taking place during August 2017. As has been the case recently, the announcement was made via the Hacienda Facebook Page. Details are scant aside from a notation indicating that the suspension will […]
On the heels of enacting Regulation 830 CMR 64H.1.7, which details how e-commerce sellers may have a sales tax collection and remittance obligation in Massachusetts, a Massachusetts judge has ordered Amazon.com to disclose the identity of all third-party sellers who utilize the Amazon marketplace and had their inventory stored in the Amazon warehouse facility in […]
The Massachusetts Department of Revenue released the finalized version of 830 CMR 64H.1.7 on September 22, 2017. The finalized regulation contains much the same (but not identical) language as the proposed regulation which in-turn borrowed heavily from the previously rescinded Directive 17.1. Throughout these machinations, the purpose has always remained the same – utilizing existing […]