Regulatory Analysis
The Utah State Tax Commission recently published an updated version of Publication 14, Withholding Tax Guide. This publication provides guidance and information for taxpayers relative to withholding tax payment and reporting, along with W-2 and 1099 reporting information. Note that this most recent release is effective as of January 1, 2023; the version effective for […]
The Ketchikan City Council recently approved ordinance No. 22-1949. The ordinance establishes a seasonal tax rate of 5.5%, from April 1 through September 30, on all retail sales, services, and rents subject to sales tax. Additionally, it lowers the tax rate to 3% for the period of October 1 through March 31. The rate changes […]
The State of Colorado recently approved HB 1055. This bill exempts “period products”, diapers and incontinence products from sales and use tax effective January 1, 2023. For the purposes of the new exemption, “incontinence products and diapers” means absorbent cloth or disposable products worn by humans and “period products” means consumer products used to manage […]
Texas Tax Rule 3.334 modified to the definition of “place of business” as it applies to local sales and use tax sourcing. It would have required that sales personnel be present at a location for it to be considered a “place of business” for sales tax purposes. If the location only housed a computer server, […]
Virginia recently passed House Bill 90 which will exempt food purchased for human consumption and essential personal hygiene products beginning January 1, 2023. Food purchased for human consumption does not include alcohol, seeds and plants which produce food, or food sold by any retail establishment where the gross receipts derived from the sale of prepared […]
Nebraska recently updated its State Taxability Matrix with the Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board to include a broader range of items which are considered exempt “home medical supplies.” Home medical supplies are defined as “supplies primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose which are appropriate for use in the home and are generally […]
The IRS recently released a revision to Publication 1586, Reasonable Cause Regulations and Requirements for Missing and Incorrect Name/TINs. There were minor grammar and punctuation changes as well as updates to revision date and years. Additionally, the following notable changes were made: · Penalty rate tables updated to reflect new rates, including annual inflation adjustments […]
Publication 1179 was updated for 2022. Publication 1179 is the general rules and specifications for substitute Forms 1096-1098-1099, 5498, and certain other information returns. In addition to updates in year, bulletin number, and slight wording changes, the Publication also incorporates changes made to individual forms for 2022. There were no substantial updates to the publication […]
North Carolina recently released a notice which details a temporary reduction in the penalties for late tax payments to the state. According to the notice which was officially released June 30, 2022, the 2021 General Assembly enacted legislation to change the calculation of the penalty from the flat rate of ten percent (10%) to a […]
Effective October 1, 2022, Denver, Colorado ordinance 22-0577 provides an exemption for incontinence products and diapers from sales and use tax. The ordinance defines, “incontinence products and diapers” to mean an adsorbent cloth or disposable product worn by humans. Further legislative details may be found here.
On August 5, 2022, Indiana Governor Holcomb signed Senate Bill 2 providing upon passage an exemption for children’s diapers from the state’s gross receipts tax. “Children’s Diapers” is defined as disposable or reusable diapers marketed to be worn by children. Further information concerning the bill can be found here.
Illinois recently released updates to both Publication 130 and Publication 131. Respectively, these publications are “Who is Required to Withhold Illinois Income Tax” and “Withholding Income Tax Payment and Filing Requirements,” the two primary withholding tax publications for Illinois. Both publications had several minor stylistic updates. Both Publications have a revision date of 6/22 and […]
The IRS recently released an update to the 2022 Publication 5165. This publication contains the specifications for electronic filing of Federal Affordable Care Act forms in the AIR system. This update for the 2022 filing season is purely cosmetic in nature and contains no actual changes to the substantive information contained within the publication itself. […]
California recently introduced two new questions to their state income tax forms regarding unclaimed property compliance; Has the company ever filed unclaimed property reports with the state of California and if yes, how much? Based on what we know today, we’re anticipating that California will use the information garnered through the responses to identify organizations […]
New Jersey recently passed Act 1522 establishing a new annual ten-day sales tax holiday for sales of school supplies and sport or recreational equipment. The holiday will run from the ninth day preceding the first Monday in September to that Monday each year. For 2022 that period is August 27 to September 5. The exemption […]
Minnesota has released a revision to Income Tax Withholding Instruction Booklet and Tax Tables. The only change is to include affirmative instructions stating that payors of non-periodic distributions must request a Form W-4MNP from the payee. Form W-4MNP is a form to be completed by the payee and retained by the payor that enables payees […]
Effective July 6, 2022, OH SB 272, establishes mandatory disclosures by high-volume third-party sellers using online marketplaces. “High-volume third-party sellers” must disclose to a marketplace the seller’s bank account number, contact information, and tax identification number. A high-volume third-party seller is a participant on an online marketplace’s platform that is a third party seller which […]
Maine recently released updates to several documents for business registration and withholding. These documents include Form 941BN-ME, ME-21, the Business Change Notification; the Registration Application for Withholding and other taxes; and Form EFT, the Electronic Funds Transfer Application. Few changes were made across the three forms, none of them substantive. Most changes to the documents […]