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State Tax Credits in Alabama and Mississippi: New and Expanded Investment Opportunities

Cherry Bekaert

Alabama and Mississippi are two of the latest states to create new state tax credits and extend existing state tax credits. These state tax credits were implemented to reward taxpayers who invest and contribute funds toward economic development initiatives in these states.

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Mississippi Tax Preparers Sentenced to Prison for False Tax Return Conspiracy

CPA Practice

A group of Mississippi tax return preparers were sentenced to prison on February 22, 2024, for charges related to a conspiracy to prepare and file false tax returns for clients in Jackson, Mississippi. million in tax loss to the IRS. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division made the announcement.

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Why are some states’ sale taxes higher than others?

TaxConnex

When you sell across multiple states – or even within various localities in a single state – one striking observation emerges: the consistent inconsistency of sales tax rates. The federal income tax has just seven brackets to cover the whole span of what somebody can make. Why do sales tax rates have to be so complex?

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Vitamins, supplements and sales tax – the latest

TaxConnex

For purposes of incurring sales tax in any state, that essentially translates into “sometimes.” In other instances, vitamins and supplements aren’t taxed at all. How do you handle sales tax liability if you sell vitamins, dietary supplements or other items in this nebulous category? And we don’t mean “sometimes.”

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Sales tax on shipping: latest updates

TaxConnex

Ecommerce couldn’t exist without shipping (and probably not without shipping’s partner “handling,” either), but do either incur sales tax? As is often the case in sales tax, it depends on what, how and where. Portions of packages that contain non-taxable or exempt items get a break on the tax on the S&H.

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Weather victims in Mississippi, Iowa get tax relief

Accounting Today

The IRS is pushing back both filing and payments deadlines for impacted taxpayers.

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States’ tax websites and sales tax searches

TaxConnex

But not all search engines – or state tax websites – are created equal. What it’s like typing “sales tax” into that little rectangle with the magnifying glass on each state’s website? Here are first impressions from one-and-done searches for “sales tax” on the revenue site of each state. Connecticut Dept.

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