Regulatory Analysis
North Dakota recently released the 2021 version of it’s Income Tax Withholding Guideline, the employer’s guide to withholding for the state. Few changes were made this year, most of which revolve around the addition of federal Form 1099-NEC. These are detailed below: • Under reportable payments, 1099-NEC reportable payments have been differentiated from 1099-MISC reportable […]
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance recently published an updated version of Publication 69, Electronic Reporting of Quarterly Combined Wage & Withholding Tax Information. This publication provides guidance and electronic filing specifications for withholding tax information relative to certain wage information to the Department. While the electronic reporting specifications themselves remain unchanged […]
The Iowa Department of Revenue recently published an update to certain Administrative Rules relating to a variety of topics including filing W-2 and 1099 forms. In 2019 the Department of Revenue adopted an amendment to Iowa Administrative Code Chapter 46 that inadvertently moved the annual deadline for filing Verified Summary of Payment (VSP) Reports, W-2 […]
The National Revenue Agency (NRA) with industry stakeholders are discussing the idea of introducing mandatory e-invoicing. By the end of 2021 a decision will be reached. In parallel, changes for till reporting are proposed and are subject to public consultation. The changes will allow online retailers to not use cash registers but report their […]
Due to the effects of the pandemic on businesses, the Greek Ministry of Finance together with the IAPR (Greek tax authority) announced that the go-live of the myDATA eBooks mandate will be postponed to 1 July 2021. Data generated during the first six months of 2021, must be reported until 31 October 2021.
The UK Chancellor, Rishi Sunik, has just announced his 2021 budget for the UK. Amongst many tax measures announced was an extension to the current VAT rate reduction for the tourism and hospitality sector which was due to end on 31 March 2021. Businesses in the tourism and hospitality sector are currently able to apply […]
DE VDA Invitation Letters Update: February 19, 2021 Pursuant to 12 Del. C. §1173(b), the Delaware Secretary of State (SOS) has distributed a new wave of letters inviting companies to enter the unclaimed property Voluntary Disclosure Agreement (VDA) Program. Holders have 60 days from the date of the letter to enroll in the SOS VDA […]
Two amendments in Croatian law, Fiscalization in Cash Transactions, which were introduced in the last two years came into effect on 1 January 2021. The amendments pertain to: a) the implementation of the fiscalization procedure for sales through the self – service devices; secondary legislation about the process and measures for data security and exchange […]
The Slovakian Ministry of Finance has announced that it is preparing legislation for the introduction of a CTC scheme in the country, following in the footsteps of countries such as Italy, Hungary and Spain. The CTC scheme will require businesses to report invoice data to the tax authority prior to issuing the invoice to their […]
The Polish Ministry of Finance has published a draft act introducing e-invoicing via the national platform (Krajowy System e-Faktur – KSeF, or National System of e-Invoices) in a Continuous Transaction Control (CTC) system. The draft is available for public consultation during a two-week period, after which the law is planned to come into force by […]
District of Columbia recently released its tax year 2020 Specifications for Electronically filing DC Health Care Information Returns. The revision date is listed as 1/15/2021. Several minor changes have been made along with some more impactful ones. The most notable of these changes are detailed below: • Added reminder that no format but pipe-delimited .txt […]
Arkansas recently released its 2021 Withholding Tax Employer’s Instructions, the booklet of information for Employers covering the general range of topics for employers withholding from wages and non-wage compensation. Most of the changes for tax year 2021 are formatting and grammatical in nature, but there are some changes that may affect employers. These changes are […]
The Ohio Department of Taxation recently announced that Form 1099-NEC is required if the form reports Ohio state withholding. Reporting must be done by scanning paper copies and submitting them via e-mail to the Department of Taxation at IncomeStatementsEWT@tax.state.oh.us with the proper identification because the current electronic filing system is not capable of processing electronically […]
Pennsylvania has announced that due to technical issues, it will be extending the filing deadline for forms W-2, 1099, and REV-1667 to February 5, 2021. The e-tides system has experienced significant technical difficulties with the high volume of users attempting to upload large volumes of information at the same time, resulting in the inability for […]
Based on prior year filing requirements relating to nonemployee compensation reporting, North Dakota will require Form 1099-NEC for tax year 2020 going forward. In prior years North Dakota required information returns if the record in question was subject to two conditions: the person resides, owns property, or carries on a trade or business in North […]
Indiana recently released updates to both its W-2 and WH-3 Guide and its W-2G and 1099 Guide which are the specifications for electronic filing. Few changes were made but the most important of these are listed below. Most notable is that all references to the RV record have been removed, and that Indiana states that […]
The California Franchise Tax Board (“FTB”) recently published its January 2021 issue of the Tax News bulletin which outlines certain tax and regulatory updates. In this bulletin the FTB announced a new filing requirement for Form 1099-NEC beginning in tax year 2020. Payers are required to report nonemployee compensation payments on Form 1099-NEC to the […]
The Alabama Department of Revenue recently confirmed by telephone that payers will be required to file Form 1099-NEC with the state in accordance with existing information return filing requirements. Alabama has not updated their guidance to date and is unlikely to do so prior to the state’s due date for 1099 forms. However, Form 1099-NEC […]