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Lodging Tax Insanity — So Many Ways to Tax Accommodations

CPA Practice

States typically take one of five different approaches to taxing accommodations: A single, statewide tax on accommodations but no additional local taxes (e.g., Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire) A combined state/local sales tax on accommodations and local jurisdictions can impose an additional local accommodations tax (e.g.,

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Trendspotting: Top Ten Payroll Issues of State Legislatures

ThomsonReuters

The bill would also increase the average annual gross volume of sales of retail stores, service industries, hotels, motels, and 16 restaurant operations from $95,000 to $500,000 to qualify for an exception. West Virginia. West Virginia. The state currently has scheduled minimum wage increases. per hour since 2016.

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Maryland Digital Ad Tax Case Leaves States in Limbo, But Digital Taxes Aren’t Going Away

CPA Practice

The digital economy has caused an incredible shift in how jurisdictions create, administer, remit and audit indirect taxes. Over the last decade, businesses, governments, regulators and policy makers have all been trying to make sense of this new retail landscape.