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Hot Topics: Sellers and marketplace facilitators | TaxConnex

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And the following year, a Pennsylvania court ruled that non-Pennsylvania businesses selling through the Amazon FBA Program and whose connections to Pennsylvania were only shown to be limited to the storage of merchandise by Amazon in one of the facilitator’s warehouses in the state did not constitute physical nexus.

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The PA Employer’s No-fuss Guide to Payroll Tax in Pennsylvania 

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Payroll tax in Pennsylvania is notoriously difficult, confusing, and overwhelming for new and veteran employers alike. And when it comes to payroll, you probably don’t want to waste time making preventable payroll mistakes. To help simplify PA employment tax, we’ve put together the following article to review your employer responsibilities.

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Pennsylvania High Court to Consider Case on Pittsburgh’s ‘Jock Tax’

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By Hallie Lauer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS) The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will consider Pittsburgh’s reliance on a tax levied on out-of-town athletes and performing artists—the so-called “jock tax”—following a lower court’s ruling earlier this year that the tax is unconstitutional, a decision that could have lasting budgetary implications for the (..)

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What’s new in state sales and use taxes

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The regressive nature of sales tax, for instance, is the crux of the argument of one Pennsylvania legislator who recently called for complete elimination of that state’s sales and use tax. Though there is no bill yet, a second Pennsylvania lawmaker has called for a two-month break from the state's sales tax this summer, citing inflation.

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Pennsylvania to join IRS Direct File free tax program

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The Keystone State will become the 15th to join the IRS's free tax program next filing season.

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Q-commerce and sales tax: the latest

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Major origin-based states include Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, and California. California is also a hybrid-origin state that applies certain state and local taxes based on the origin of a transaction but also applies certain district level sales taxes based on the destination.)

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Pennsylvania Will Recognize Grantor Trusts for Tax Years Beginning After January 1, 2025

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Pennsylvania Senate Bill 815, signed into law on December 14, 2023, amended the Pennsylvania tax code to recognize irrevocable grantor trusts for tax years beginning after January 1, 2025. These transactions will now be disregarded for Pennsylvania income tax purposes as well.