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Alabama Overtime Tax Law: Tax Break for Employees, Required Reporting for Employers

Patriot Software

Understand the new Alabama overtime tax law that exempts employees' overtime earnings from state income tax. Get the details and reporting requirements for businesses. Read More

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2023 in review: The year in sales tax

TaxConnex

No year’s ever dull in sales tax, and the pace has only accelerated in the five years since the Supreme Court’s Wayfair decision. As we start the new year, here’s a look back at some significant sales tax events from 2023. This year, multiple states introduced new sales tax exemptions, too.

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Legal analysis: Implications of state tax exclusion of overtime wages for employers and employees

ThomsonReuters

Beginning In 2024, Alabama uses a unique approach to address its labor shortage. Checkpoint Payroll Update caught up with John Wertz, tax attorney and partner at Holland & Knight’s New York office, to discuss this first-of-its-kind law. Some states have removed some restrictions in child labor provisions to fill gaps.

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Top 10 States for Credits and Incentives Opportunities

Cherry Bekaert

individual states offer unique tax credits and negotiated incentives to attract or retain business operations. To qualify for payroll or cash refunds, the company must file an application and receive approval from the state prior to creating the new jobs. Throughout the U.S., The incentive amount varies by location and industry.

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Employer Payroll Tax Obligations When Employees Work Out-Of-State

Anders CPA

This changing employment landscape requires employers to reassess their payroll tax withholding processes to ensure you are withholding the proper amount of state, local and unemployment taxes from your employees’ wages. Below we dive into the state and unemployment tax responsibilities employers need to know.

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Last Week in Payroll: Federal Employment Taxes

ThomsonReuters

Federal Employment Taxes. The United States first imposed a federal income tax briefly during the American Civil War and also in the 1890s. Constitution in 1913 that permanently legalized a federal income tax. Next, in 1939, the Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) was passed, which resulted in an employer tax (typically, 0.6%

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IRS Extends Tax Deadline in Three States to Oct. 16 for Taxpayers Impacted By Disasters

CPA Practice

Disaster-area taxpayers in most of California and parts of Alabama and Georgia now have until Oct. 16 to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments, the IRS said on Feb. 16 various tax filing and payment deadlines, including those for most calendar-year 2022 individual and business returns.

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