Regulatory Analysis
Michigan recently updated its Withholding for Pension Administrators page with the amount of qualifying pension and retirement benefits from private sources that may be deducted from Michigan income. For single/married filing separate filers, up to $53,759 may be deducted and $107,517 may be deducted for married filers filing joint for the 2020 tax year. Previously […]
South Carolina has released an updated version of Form SCDOR-111. The form is used to register for various types of tax withheld for the state. While not a complete redesign, the document underwent significant changes for the 2020 Tax Year, the most notable of which are detailed below: Section A has been renamed Entity Registration […]
Income Tax Withholding Certificate for Nonresident Individuals, used for nonresidents performing personal services substantially in Nebraska. Form 941N is the Nebraska Income Tax Withholding Return, used for employers to report withholding to Nebraska. The Nebraska Circular EN is the state’s guide on income tax withholding for wages, pensions and annuities, and gambling winnings. Most of […]
The Utah State Tax Commission recently published an updated version of Publication 58, Utah Interest and Penalties. This publication contains information and instruction relating to how interest rates and penalties are applied to certain tax types including withholding tax and information return filing. The publication remains largely unchanged except for the addition of the interest […]
The State of Rhode Island’s Division of Taxation recently published updated interest rates for calendar year 2021. These rates apply to delinquent taxes due to the state and overpayments made to the state. For calendar year 2021, the interest rate for delinquent taxes remains the same at 18% per annum, while the interest rate on […]
The Missouri Department of Revenue recently published updated interest rates for refunds and delinquencies for 2021. These rates apply to tax payments due to the Department, or refunds that are due to the taxpayer during the taxable year. They are based on the prime rates charged by financial institutions and are effective for the applicable […]
The Mississippi Department of Revenue recently published an updated version of Publication 89-145, Procedures and Specifications for Filing Wage and Tax Information Electronically. This publication provides instructions and electronic filing specifications for reporting 1099 and W-2 information to the state of Mississippi. While the specifications and instructions remain largely the same from the prior version […]
Pennsylvania recently released its EFW2/EFW2C Reporting Instructions and Specifications Handbook. This booklet contains the EFW2 specifications and special instructions for reporting information returns to Pennsylvania. The most notable change this year is that Pennsylvania will now require filing of Forms 1099-NEC with the commonwealth and that the e-TIDES system will accept those files as well. […]
Rhode Island recently released an FAQ for its Health Insurance Mandate reporting requirements. The most notable part of the FAQ is an announcement that the Division of Taxation will extend the state reporting deadline to individuals from January 31, 2021 to March 2, 2021, and the deadline for reporting to the Division from January 31, 2021 […]
Nebraska recently released an updated version of its Form 501N, the Nebraska Monthly Income Tax Withholding Deposit form. This form is used for reporting the monthly deposit numbers to the state Department of Revenue. The only notable change to the form is that ACH Debit and ACH Credit electronic payments are not named specifically but […]
Oregon recently released specifications for plain paper filing for tax year 2020. Some significant changes were made to the specifications this year including the removal of the OA domestic specifications (though that form may remain valid for some domestic employers) and the inclusion of Schedule B and OQ specifications. One change was noted for Form […]
Hawaii recently released its Publication EF-10 EFW2 and EFW2C Format for Forms W-2 and W-2C. Some changes have been made to the document including formatting and some grammatical changes. The most notable of these changes are detailed below: Under Methods of Transmission, the option to create an EFW2 file by converting a .txt extension to […]
On October 29, 2020, Pennsylvania updated its guidance to indicate that both cloth and disposable face masks are clothing and therefore exempt from sales tax. According to Pennsylvania, “face masks (cloth and disposable) are exempt from Pennsylvania sales tax. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, masks sold at retail were typically subject to Pennsylvania sales tax. […]
The Nebraska Department of Revenue recently updated Publication 21 CM, Nebraska Computer Reporting Procedure for 1099s. This publication provides instructions and state specifications for reporting information returns like 1099 and W-2G records to Nebraska. The publication remains largely the same from prior years, except for two updates. First, Form 1099-NEC was added to the list […]
Maine recently released its interest rates for calculating interest on overdue payments owed by taxpayers to Maine Revenue Services (MRS), as well as to calculate interest on overdue refunds owed by MRS to taxpayers. The previous rates for Calendar Year 2020 were 7% annually broken down to 0.5833% monthly. The rates for Calendar Year 2021 […]
Oregon recently released its specifications for Forms W-2 and 1099. No changes were made to the specifications for W-2 filing. The notable changes made for the 1099 specifications are detailed below. Oregon will require Forms 1099-NEC and 1099-K be filed with the state electronically. The filing threshold will be “if required to file federally and […]
Kansas recently released the following publications for tax year 2020/reporting year 2021: K-2MT (Kansas W-2 Specifications for Electronic Filing – EFW2 Format) K-99CSV (Kansas 1099 Specifications for Electronic Filing – CSV Format) K-99MT (Kansas 1099 specifications for Electronic Filing – Pub. 1220 Format) KW-2CSV (Kansas W-2 Specifications for Electronic Filing – CSV Format) Aside from […]
The Nebraska Department of Revenue recently published an updated version of Publication 21EFW2, Nebraska Computer Reporting Procedure. This publication provides instructions and specifications for filing W-2 records electronically with the state. The only update to the publication is covered in the Overview section on the first page, mentioning the 1099-NEC as a new requirement for […]