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2018 Year-End Tax Planning Tax Reform 2.0 2018 Post-Filing Season Update Congress Approves Sweeping Tax Overhaul

Estimated Tax Penalty Waived for Farmer and Fisherman Returns Filed by April 15
The IRS will waive the estimated tax penalty for any qualifying farmer or fisherman who files their 2018 federal income tax return and pays any tax due by Monday, April 15, 2019. The deadline is Wedne...

JCT Issues Overview of Section 199A QBI Deduction
The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) on March 13 released a slideshow overview of the Code Sec. 199A deduction for qualified business income (QBI). The deduction was enacted und...

IRS Issues FAQs on FATCA Procedures
The IRS has updated its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) General Compliance.Updated Q/A #23 addresses whether a withholding agent can be subjec...

Acquiescence in Result Only in Meals as De Minimis Fringe Benefits Case
The IRS has acquiesced in result only in J.M Jacobs,148 TC No. 24, Dec. 60,947, relating to whether the taxpayer’s expenses for provision of pregame meals at away city hotels to profes...

IRS Issues FAQ on Deduction of Attorney Fees
The IRS has issued a Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) on Code Sec. 162(q). The FAQ addressed whether taxpayers are not allowed to deduct their attorney’s fees related to the settlement of a ...

AZ - Local rate change announced
An upcoming change to a local transaction privilege tax (TPT) rate in Arizona has been announced.Flagstaff TPT RateEffective July 1, 2019, Flagstaff will increase its TPT rate to 2.281% for the follow...

CA - Tax return information notice explanation issued
The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) issued the standard language for a notice explaining the adjustments to an entity's corporate income tax or minimum franchise tax return. The explanation inclu...

CO - Colorado codifies evidence necessary for reacquisition of residency
Recently enacted legislation requires active duty military to provide evidence when attempting to reacquire legal residency in Colorado. In this situation, the individual would not pay Colorado person...

FL - County’s authority to enact ordinance discussed
A Florida county cannot enact an ordinance requiring persons to comply with the federal E-Verify program as a condition for obtaining a business tax receipt because no general law authorized such an o...

GA - Georgia discusses taxation of Canadian company
A Canadian company doing business in Georgia could be liable for Georgia tax, even though it was exempt from federal tax under a treaty.The company was based in Canada and it solicited sales to U.S. c...

HI - Hawaii enacts marketplace facilitator law
Hawaii has enacted legislation that establishes marketplace facilitators as the sellers of tangible personal property, intangible property or services for sales and use tax purposes. Hawaii Gov. David...

ID - Idaho amends federal foreign source income conformity provisions
Recently enacted legislation conforms Idaho corporate income tax law to several federal foreign source income provisions amended by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (P.L. 115-97). This is accomplishe...

IL - Purchase of aircraft not exempt because it was not used in agricultural production
A taxpayer’s purchase of an aircraft did not qualify for the farm machinery and equipment exemption from Illinois use tax because the taxpayer failed to show that the aircraft was used primarily...

IA - Some income tax deadlines extended
Iowa will follow the Internal Revenue Service and extend income tax filing dates for residents of five counties affected by flooding.Taxpayers whose primary residence or business is in the f...

MD - Appeal dismissed for failure to exhaust administrative remedies
Maryland personal income taxpayers who contested the interest rate reduction on refunds received pursuant to the decision in Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. Wynne, U.S. Supreme Court, ...

MA - Notice of intent to assess information request discussed
For corporate and personal income tax purposes, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (department) is sending out "Notice of Intent to Assess Information Request" for 2018 tax years. The n...

NV - Regulation establishing standards to determine whether overpayment of taxes was made intentionally or by reason of carelessness
The Nevada Tax Commission has issued a sales tax regulation establishing the standards to be used by the Department of Taxation to determine whether an overpayment of certain taxes was made intentiona...

NM - New Mexico enacts combined reporting bill
New Mexico has enacted legislation that:requires corporate income tax combined reporting and implements market-based sourcing;adds a new top personal income tax rate for all filing statuses (contingen...

NY - Taxpayer ineligible for deduction of excess FICA taxes
A New York corporate income taxpayer was not allowed to make subtraction modification for the amount of its excess Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) taxes in computing its entire net income b...

NC - IRC conformity updated
North Carolina enacted legislation that updates the IRC conformity date for computing corporate and personal income tax liability.IRC Conformity DateThe legislation changes the IRC conformity date fro...

ND - New provision relating to income tax exclusion for employee education assistance introduced
North Dakota has enacted a law related to a personal income tax exclusion for employee education assistance provided by an employer. As per the law, an employee would be permitted to deduct from his/h...

OH - Earned income tax credit amended
Ohio has increased the amount of the personal earned income tax credit to 30% of the federal credit allowed. The credit was previously limited to 10% of the federal credit allowed.The limitation, on i...

OR - Updated repatriation income instructions released
Oregon has updated instructions for corporate income taxpayers with repatriation income due to IRC Sec. 965. The revised instructions clarify the use of Oregon addition code 184 for repatriation incom...

PA - Compliance with notice requirements for tax sale satisfied
For Pennsylvania property tax purposes, the trial court did not err in concluding that County Tax Claim Bureau’s (Bureau) met its burden of proving the legal sufficiency of the posting because t...

TN - Classification of business as seller of glass affirmed
The trial court did not err in determining that the taxpayer should be classified under Classification 1(B) for Tennessee business tax purposes because the majority of gross sales for the taxpayer wer...

TX - Purchaser liable for payment of taxes imposed on personal property
A Texas trial court did not err in finding the taxpayer liable for personal property taxes because the taxpayer failed to present evidence as to why the taxes were improperly assessed and prove that h...

UT - Utah expands corporate income tax nexus standard
Utah legislation expands the state’s "doing business" standard for corporate income tax purposes. The legislation is operative for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2019.The s...

VA - Virginia enacts economic nexus standard
Virginia enacts an economic nexus standard requiring remote sellers and marketplace facilitators to collect retail sales and use tax if they meet certain economic thresholds. The provisions are effect...

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