State and Local Taxes

Compliance with state and local taxes (SALT), especially sales and use taxes, could be getting much easier for U.S. small businesses and the accountants who serve them.

Cash-strapped states are looking to tax amnesty programs that give scofflaws a bit of a break on penalties and interest if they own up and pay up. The programs bring needed revenues to states struggling to balance their budgets and encourage taxpayers ...

Recent regulatory changes in the Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) section 740-10, Accounting for Income Tax, have triggered disruption in the state tax provision area- especially around how organizations calculate deferred tax assets and liabilitie

The selection of a registered agent is not a trivial matter. This agent is required to have a physical address in the state (post office boxes and private rented mailboxes don't count) and be willing to be available during normal business hours to ...

Even if the company doesn't have a physical location within a state, in order to sell taxable items and collect and remit sales tax, in most cases, the company must have a business license in the state.

The Avalara partner awards spotlight the ability of top business partners to recognize the increasing market adoption of cloud compliance solutions, and make intelligent business decisions in marketing Avalara’s compliance solutions to their ...

Many states use tax amnesty programs as a way of bringing in additional revenue and, more importantly, get some former taxpayers back on active tax payment duty.

Thomson Reuters CS Professional Suite today announced it is the first to certify an application for electronic filing with the Indiana Department of Revenue, effective immediately. 90,000 Indiana S corporations will now be able to electronically file ...