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Payroll Taxes Demystified: A Breakdown for Accountants and CPAs Serving Business Owners

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As accountants and CPAs, dealing with payroll taxes is essential to managing finances for your business clients. Understanding the details of payroll taxes helps you better assist your clients in fulfilling their obligations and maximizing tax efficiency. Social Security Tax : Employers and employees each contribute 6.2%

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S Corporations and State Income Taxes

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Contributors: John Ford | Senior Consultant, Government Contracting Industry Practice Tony Konkol | Manager, State & Local Tax Practice As a general rule, corporations are responsible for paying Federal and state taxes on the income they earn. This allows S corporations to avoid double taxation on the corporate income.

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A history of sales tax

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All hail sales tax! Taxing certain goods dates back as far as 4,000 years. Ancient Egypt taxed cooking oil, for instance. The tax was levied on a product people had to buy and were forbidden to reuse (coincidentally, the Pharaoh had a monopoly on production). Salestaxes are no exception.

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Telecommunication Taxes & Fees by State | TaxConnex

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In addition to state and local taxes, your business may also be subject to various federal and state regulatory obligations. Most taxes are administered by the state Departments of Revenue (DOR) and local jurisdictions. The remainder of this blog will discuss the various tax requirements for a telecom company. to 7 percent.

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U.S. Sales Tax Rate Changes Reach 10-Year High

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The domestic sales tax landscape in the United States has been in a constant state of flux over the last decade. In fact, the 2023 Vertex End-of-Year Sales Tax Rates and Rules report shows that a total of 444 sales tax rate changes took place across all U.S. States continue to issue new fees, exemptions and tax holidays.

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Sales tax and accounting services

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It’s that time of year again when everyone suddenly thinks about preparing their income taxes. But does tax preparation incur sales taxes – and if it does, where and how? For some 90 years, states have levied sales tax on goods (West Virginia was the first to do so , in 1921). Sourcing is huge.

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What happened in sales tax in 2022

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New sources of tax revenue, old ones robust but sputtering in spots, tax holidays as political tools amid inflation: It’s been a year of new trends in sales tax. Heading into the new year, state sales tax revenues were up coast to coast, often by double-digit percentages. Add that U.S. Too much or too little?

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