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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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What was new in October for state sales and use taxes

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There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. An Arizona business challenging Louisiana’s remote seller sales tax structure is appealing to the U.S. The five worst states for business based on sales tax are Alabama, Washington, Louisiana, California and Tennessee. New York Gov.

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Is Tax Relief on the Horizon for Marijuana Businesses?

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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. Legal marijuana businesses are an enforcement priority of the IRS. Look for more states to follow suit. _

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More Than a Loophole: Delaware Sales Tax and Other Benefits of Incorporation in DE

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Incorporation is a critical legal matter that impacts more than your company’s tax responsibilities for doing business. Delaware is considered “the place” to establish your corporate entity as there’s no Delaware sales tax. Delaware is considered “the place” to establish your corporate entity as there’s no Delaware sales tax.

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Legalization and Taxation of Cannabis

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Legalization of cannabis and how it would be taxed has been a discussion for many years. But as states continue to pass laws legalizing the sale of cannabis, the businesses trying to capitalize on the market are struggling with the complexities of taxation as it differs from other sales. Local sales tax rates apply as well.

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Lodging Tax Insanity — So Many Ways to Tax Accommodations

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Still, whatever discomfort I experience when booking a room has nothing on what lodging platforms have to endure to comply with the multitude of lodging tax requirements in the United States. We talk a lot about how complicated sales tax compliance is at the Avalara Tax Desk, and it is. Sometimes you just have to go with it.

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Why Idaho Senator Mike Crapo Largely Controls Bipartisan Tax Bill’s Fate

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(TNS) In a rare show of bipartisan lawmaking, the House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill that would expand the child tax credit for parents and restore a set of tax breaks for businesses, but its fate in the Senate is uncertain. Mike Crapo of Idaho, the top GOP member of the Senate Finance Committee.

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