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Special Report: 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards

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What’s new in sales tax in 2025?

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Chicago raised its Personal Property Lease Transaction Tax to 11%, up from 9%, and California’s Bay Area saw increases in sales taxes after voters approved the district tax changes last November. Kansas finally dropped its sales tax on some groceries to zero.

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Trump’s Big Bill Boosts Micron’s Tax Break for Chip Plants by About $5 Billion

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Micron has already started building a new chipmaking plant at its headquarters in Boise, Idaho, where it is in the middle of a $15 billion expansion. Construction, labor and material costs increased by an average of 10% in the past year as chipmakers began work on more than 120 expansion projects in the U.S.

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IRS Commissioner Targets IRS Direct File for Cancellation

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The agency “has little incentive to ensure hardworking Americans do not pay more than they owe in taxes and may instead benefit from families and small businesses paying greater amounts than they are required by law,” the letter said.

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Billy Long Sworn in as 51st Commissioner of the IRS

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Mike Crapo, an Idaho Republican who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, called on Long to prioritize taxpayers. Crapo said his conversations with Long had assured him he would focus on improving taxpayer services and enforcing tax laws with fairness. I don’t want either one of that equation to be intimidated by the other side.”

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Mastering U.S. Federal Payroll Compliance

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What oil and gas companies need to know about taxation worldwide

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In most cases, severance taxes can be deducted from a company’s federal corporate income tax. But because the AMT is based on financial statement income, not taxable income, IDC deductions don’t lower taxable income as much as they can for smaller oil and gas companies not subject to the AMT.