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Does sales tax apply to memberships?

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In recent years IHRSA lent its voice to prevent imposition of sales taxes on health club memberships in Maine, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Wyoming, Georgia and Arizona. Instead, policymakers should be actively encouraging physical activity,” the organization contends. States don’t take membership sales tax lightly.

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2024: What’s coming up in sales tax

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Weaker state revenue The kind of year it’s going to be for state coffers could greatly influence such future sales tax trends as new levies, tougher nexus thresholds and intensifying audits. States expected to do best with sales tax in 2024 are West Virginia, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Iowa and New York. If so, watch out for 2024.

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Professionals on the Move – August 2023

CPA Practice

The new promotions touch the firm’s offices in both Pittsburgh and Columbus, and they reach across several areas of the firm’s service offerings, including the firm’s Tax, Audit and Consulting practices, as well as the Merger and Acquisitions/Transaction Advisory practice. Deatrick joined the firm in 2009.

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Do you really understand economic nexus for sales tax?

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Now that the pandemic helped them discover just how lucrative sales tax can be, states and jurisdictions are also intensifying sales tax investigations and audits. In many states – notably Alaska – local jurisdictions are intensifying enforcement of sales tax nexus through home rule and other new sales tax laws.

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What's New in State Sales and Use Taxes - Monthly Update

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more than in December 2020; and West Virginia saw consumer sales tax receipts $20.1 Arkansas had an almost 20% gain in December, pushing state tax revenue 1.5% beyond budget estimates; Georgia’s sales and use tax collections totaled $1.37 billion, an increase of $243.4 billion in sales taxes for December, $101.9

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Schneider Downs Announces Seven Additions to Ownership Group

CPA Practice

The new promotions touch the firm’s offices in both Pittsburgh and Columbus, and they reach across several areas of the firm’s service offerings, including the firm’s Tax, Audit and Consulting practices, as well as the Merger and Acquisitions/Transaction Advisory practice. Deatrick joined the firm in 2009.

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5 States with the Lowest Combined Business Taxes

CPA Practice

The eight states with the lowest property tax rates, on average, are Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia. If you’re ever audited, you’ll need proof to justify your tax decisions and payments. And, 31 states have property taxes that average less than 1%.