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Tax Season Got Off to a Rough Start in Oregon

CPA Practice

By Jeff Manning, oregonlive.com (TNS) The Oregon Department of Revenue acknowledged Thursday that it sent personal tax refund information for about 5,000 taxpayers to the wrong address. Battison worries that some taxpayers may not notice their 1099-G is actually someone else’s and inadvertently file a false tax return. “I

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TurboTax Promises Refunds to Oregon Filers Whose Returns It Bungled

CPA Practice

By Mike Rogoway, oregonlive.com (TNS) TurboTax began notifying some Oregon customers this week that it made a mistake in their tax returns , offering them instructions on how to amend their filings and promising to refund money they paid for TurboTax’s service. “We It aims to notify everyone affected by its mistake by May 14.

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What Is the Oregon Transit Tax?

Patriot Software

Are you an employer in Oregon? If so, you should familiarize yourself with state-specific taxes, including the statewide Oregon transit tax. This tax applies to all businesses with employees working or living in the state of Oregon. Confused yet? […] READ MORE.

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Oregon senator demands refunds for TurboTax customers

Accounting Today

Ron Wyden, in a letter, demanded that TurboTax refund customers who, due to a software glitch, were inappropriately encouraged to take non-optimal choices, resulting in higher taxes.

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Loopholes and other odd sales tax rules, part 2

TaxConnex

Last time we looked at a sample of the strange sales tax laws regarding food, including a sliced bagel in New York. If only that was the only complex category concerning sales tax. Diapers and groceries are taxed in Hawaii, Idaho, Utah, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and Alabama, Mississippi and South Dakota.

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NOMAD States: The Latest on Sales Tax

TaxConnex

NOMAD and sales tax – I’m sure you’ve heard it before. When it relates to sales tax, the NOMAD states refer to the five American states without a statewide sales tax: New Hampshire, Oregon, Montana, Alaska, and Delaware. The NOMADs bear watching for changes in how they handle sales tax. But what does it mean?

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How the 50 States Rank By Lifetime Taxes

CPA Practice

Earlier this week WalletHub released a study that shows which states’ residents have the highest and lowest tax burden , measured as the proportion of total personal income that residents pay toward state and local taxes. The study looks at how much tax the average person is estimated to pay in each state throughout their lifetime.