IRS releases business standard mileage rate for 2012 The business standard mileage rate, which many employers use to
reimburse employees for business miles driven, is 55.5
cents-per-mile for 2012, the IRS has announced. This reflects
no change from ...
IRS reminds dual citizenship taxpayers to report foreign accounts The IRS recently reminded dual citizenship taxpayers and U.S.
citizens residing abroad to file U.S. income tax returns and, if
appropriate, Form TD F 90-22.1, Report of Foreign Bank and
Financial A...
IRS revises regulations for capitalization of tangible assets Just before year-end 2011, the IRS issued much-anticipated revised
regulations on the capitalization of tangible assets. The IRS
withdrew proposed regulations issued in 2008 and issued temporary
an...
IRS updates Form 940 for mid-year expiration of FUTA surtax The IRS has updated Form 940 to reflect the mid-year 2011
expiration of the 0.2 percent FUTA surtax. FUTA taxes for 2011 will
be calculated using two rates, the IRS explained.Mid-yea...
CA - Independent contractor withholding webinar announced The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) is holding a free webinar
on December 20, 2011, at 10 a.m. PST, for those who must withhold
personal income tax on California source income...
HI - 2011 electronic filing handbook released The Hawaii Department of Taxation has released its Handbook for
Electronic Filers of Hawaii Individual Income Tax Returns for tax
year 2011. The handbook is designed as a companion...
MD - Emergency status provided for green energy regulations The Maryland Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and
Legislative Review (AELR) has granted emergency status for the
corporate and personal income tax regulations pertainin...
NV - Bill containing a tax on services introduced A bill has been introduced in the Nevada Assembly that would impose
a 1% transaction tax on most services. The tax, if enacted, would
impose the tax upon the use in Nevada of any t...
NY - Application for award of administrative costs denied A taxpayer was not entitled to an award of administrative costs
under Tax Law §3030 with regard to a New York sales and use
tax settlement, even though the taxpayer established tha...
TX - Showroom was key to proving taxpayer was a retailer A taxpayer was eligible for the 0.5% rate when calculating its
taxable margin for Texas franchise purposes because, using an SIC
Code Manual analysis, 100% of its revenue was deriv...
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