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Kentucky now taxes a range of services

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“Services” are generally not subject to sales tax while tangible personal property generally is subject to sales tax. Kentucky is the latest in terms of taxing specific services. The Bluegrass State looks to expand sales tax on what it calls high-growth services. Get in touch to learn more.

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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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Hot Topics: Sales Tax Rates | TaxConnex

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Sales tax compliance depends on many factors. One of the most important – and the most incessantly changing – is the tax rates that America’s thousands of jurisdictions impose. Exemptions can also seem whimsical: New York charges different sales tax on a bagel that’s sold as-is or has been toasted and smeared with cream cheese.

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2024: What’s coming up in sales tax

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The new year will no doubt be another active one in sales tax. 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. Overall, state tax revenues dropped 5.3%. If so, watch out for 2024.

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LBMC Adds Kentucky CPA Firm Strothman & Co.

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team further enhances our service offerings and allows us to expand our Kentucky presence, where we currently serve over 100 clients across the state.” is a full-service accounting and advisory firm serving clients in Kentucky, Indiana, and elsewhere. “The Strothman & Co. Strothman & Co.

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Ex-Kentucky CPA Accused of Failing to Report More Than $300,000 on Federal Taxes

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By Bill Estep, Lexington Herald-Leader (TNS) A former Kentucky accountant has been indicted after allegedly failing to report more than $320,000 in income on his federal taxes. A federal grand jury indicted Charles Marshall Stivers, of Manchester, last week on two charges of making false statements on tax returns in 2018 and 2020.

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What’s new in sales tax?

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There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. followed by South Dakota, Kentucky, West Virginia and Kansas. Johns County, Florida, received a $750 credit from Amazon after discovering that the marketplace facilitator had been overcharging her for sales tax for more than a decade, news reports said.

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