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Tax Season Got Off to a Rough Start in Oregon

CPA Practice

By Jeff Manning, oregonlive.com (TNS) The Oregon Department of Revenue acknowledged Thursday that it sent personal tax refund information for about 5,000 taxpayers to the wrong address. Battison worries that some taxpayers may not notice their 1099-G is actually someone else’s and inadvertently file a false tax return. “I

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Oregon senator demands refunds for TurboTax customers

Accounting Today

Ron Wyden, in a letter, demanded that TurboTax refund customers who, due to a software glitch, were inappropriately encouraged to take non-optimal choices, resulting in higher taxes.

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What Is the Oregon Transit Tax?

Patriot Software

Are you an employer in Oregon? If so, you should familiarize yourself with state-specific taxes, including the statewide Oregon transit tax. This tax applies to all businesses with employees working or living in the state of Oregon. Confused yet? […] READ MORE.

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Loopholes and other odd sales tax rules, part 2

TaxConnex

Last time we looked at a sample of the strange sales tax laws regarding food, including a sliced bagel in New York. If only that was the only complex category concerning sales tax. Diapers and groceries are taxed in Hawaii, Idaho, Utah, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee and Alabama, Mississippi and South Dakota.

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How the 50 States Rank By Lifetime Taxes

CPA Practice

Earlier this week WalletHub released a study that shows which states’ residents have the highest and lowest tax burden , measured as the proportion of total personal income that residents pay toward state and local taxes. The study looks at how much tax the average person is estimated to pay in each state throughout their lifetime.

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NOMAD States: The Latest on Sales Tax

TaxConnex

NOMAD and sales tax – I’m sure you’ve heard it before. When it relates to sales tax, the NOMAD states refer to the five American states without a statewide sales tax: New Hampshire, Oregon, Montana, Alaska, and Delaware. The NOMADs bear watching for changes in how they handle sales tax. But what does it mean?

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Economic nexus overview - all states with sales tax now active

TaxConnex

Next summer will mark five years since the Supreme Court ignited economic sales tax nexus with the South Dakota v. Many businesses are still trying to figure out how to manage the resulting obligations, but one thing’s clear: Now every state with a sales tax has economic nexus. Wayfair, Inc et al decision. Stay tuned.