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5 States with the Lowest Combined Business Taxes

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One crucial factor to consider when selecting your business location is the tax environment. Business taxes can significantly impact your bottom line and overall profitability. The importance of business taxes As an entrepreneur, you face countless decisions when starting a business.

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Is Tax Relief on the Horizon for Marijuana Businesses?

CPA Practice

By Joy Taylor, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) Businesses that sell marijuana have a heavy federal income tax burden. They are taxed on their income but can’t write off most of their business expenses. Here is the main federal income tax implication.

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R&D Tax Credit Questionnaire

inDinero Tax Tips

The R&D tax credit has stringent eligibility and application requirements that can prove difficult for your organization to navigate. In most cases, working with seasoned business tax specialists is the best way to find out if and how your business can benefit. Does Your Business Qualify for the Payroll Tax Offset?

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State and Local Tax (SALT) Predictions for 2024

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We predict that at least two more states will enact elective PTE taxes, despite the looming expiration of the federal SALT cap. Income tax rate fluctuations States are facing a very uncertain and non-uniform fiscal environment at the moment, affording some, but by no means all, states the ability to reduce state income tax rates.

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Last Week in Payroll: Summertime Tax Tips

ThomsonReuters

Among the book’s provisions include: (1) increasing the employer provided childcare tax credit for businesses, (2) creating a new general business credit equal to 10% of the eligible expenses paid or incurred in connection with onshoring a U.S. Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has announced the Back to Work CT Program.

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What is state tax apportionment and how do you calculate it?

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State income tax is a direct tax on business income you’ve earned in a state. It sounds straightforward, but this is a complex topic: States have various ways of calculating how much of your corporation’s business income is attributable to its presence and activity there.

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

CPA Practice

The ripple effects of the DAGRT case have also left states unclear on how to create, implement and manage their own digital advertising tax efforts. Currently, states with some form of digital advertising taxes include Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and Texas.