This week, the City Council in Portland, Oregon modified the business license tax for publicly traded companies subject to SEC reporting. Basically, before the change, this tax is 2.2% of adjusted net income (City Code 7.02.500). The new language increasing this for either a 10% or 24% surtax, follows:
What is an EIN (Employer Identification Number) and why do I need one? Or why would I not want to have one?
The EIN is the United States of America (USA) equivalent of a business number. It is the number used to identify a business in the USA for federal taxation.
The United States has a well-developed and robust anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) regime through which it is effectively investigating and prosecuting money laundering and terrorist financing. However, the system has serious gaps that impede timely access to beneficial ownership information.
No! Overturning Quill Corporation v North Dakota, 504 U.S. 298 (1992) would mean retailers throughout the United States would have to collect, report and remit sales tax for all other states with a sales tax even if the retailer has no physical presence in the other states.
Although the presidential campaign seemed to dominate headlines earlier this month, there was another proposition that passed in California (as well as a handful of other states): recreational marijuana became legal. What does this mean for the Golden State’s sales tax revenue? And how will it affect other industries? I thought it would be worth taking a look at what other states have done and how California may proceed in the coming months.
The last of the original thirteen colonies is Georgia, the Peach State. Georgia is also known as the Empire State of the South. The state has varied terrain with mountains and natural rock in the northwest, urban areas, forest in the southern part and farmland.
California’s tax hike, Prop 55 on the 11/8/16 ballot, passed (62-38). Its story dates back to 2012.
In 2012, a need for revenue led voters to enact two temporary tax increases (Proposition 30). The state sales tax was increased from 7.25% to 7.50% for four years (2013 through 2016). Also, new personal income tax brackets (10.3, 11.3, and 12.3 percent) were added to the existing top rate of 9.3 percent for seven years, starting at income levels greater than $250,000. The income tax rate increase was retroactive back to January 1, 2012.
There were numerous tax initiatives on ballots across the United States this year. One of the major tax initiatives was the legalization of marijuana and its subsequent taxing in eight states during the 2016 November election. Prior to the November elections, there were 26 states and the District of Columbia who legalized the use of marijuana, whether in the form of recreational use or medical use only. Now,California, Massachusetts, Nevada and Maine have all voted to allow the use of recreational marijuana. (As of now, the margin of victory in Maine is less than 1.5%, which means there will be a recount that does not affect the taxpayers.)
In 1996, feeling unfulfilled and tired of corporate politics and a long commute, Salim left a “cushy” corporate, CFO position with a corner office to fulfill his mission of starting his own CPA firm. He soon found out that this was no easy task, and he struggled with low-paying clients, poor cash flow and a high employee turnover.
After going $100,000 into debt, Salim made it his mission to transform his struggling practice into a highly profitable, 12+ person firm that it is today. Best of all, he works only a few days a week while his practice continues to thrive.
In 1996, feeling unfulfilled and tired of corporate politics and a long commute, Salim left a “cushy” corporate, CFO position with a corner office to fulfill his mission of starting his own CPA firm. He soon found out that this was no easy task, and he struggled with low-paying clients, poor cash flow and a high employee turnover.
After going $100,000 into debt, Salim made it his mission to transform his struggling practice into a highly profitable, 12+ person firm that it is today. Best of all, he works only a few days a week while his practice continues to thrive.
In 1996, feeling unfulfilled and tired of corporate politics and a long commute, Salim left a “cushy” corporate, CFO position with a corner office to fulfill his mission of starting his own CPA firm. He soon found out that this was no easy task, and he struggled with low-paying clients, poor cash flow and a high employee turnover.
After going $100,000 into debt, Salim made it his mission to transform his struggling practice into a highly profitable, 12+ person firm that it is today. Best of all, he works only a few days a week while his practice continues to thrive.
In 1996, feeling unfulfilled and tired of corporate politics and a long commute, Salim left a “cushy” corporate, CFO position with a corner office to fulfill his mission of starting his own CPA firm. He soon found out that this was no easy task, and he struggled with low-paying clients, poor cash flow and a high employee turnover.
After going $100,000 into debt, Salim made it his mission to transform his struggling practice into a highly profitable, 12+ person firm that it is today. Best of all, he works only a few days a week while his practice continues to thrive.
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