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Drive Down Your Business Taxes with Local Transportation Cost Deductions

RogerRossmeisl

Understanding how to deduct transportation costs could significantly reduce the tax burden on your small business. You and your employees likely incur various local transportation expenses each year, and they have tax implications. Lets start by defining local transportation.

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Sales tax on shipping: latest updates

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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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Groceries vs. restaurant food: Digging into the sales tax differences

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Youd think that if you eat it, its sales tax treatment would be the same at least similar across different states and given methods of preparation of the food. Pre-packaged food such as canned drinks, bottled beverages, packaged snacks, frozen meals and canned products can also be groceries for purposes of sales tax.

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Colorado: Fee or tax?

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The fee will apply when at least one item is subject to sales or use tax and the delivery is mailed, shipped or delivered by motor vehicle. Payment is due at the same time the seller’s sales tax return is due. While termed a fee, it functions as a tax,” adds the Tax Foundation. Popular it’s not. Will the fee stand?

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Sales Tax on Shipping: When Does it Apply?

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It’s one of the most important aspects of an online business – and one of the wackiest when trying to determine whether sales tax applies or not. Many states say that when the contents of a shipment are taxable, so is the shipping cost; similarly, when items in a shipment are exempt from sales tax, so is the cost of shipping.

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What's New in October for State Sales and Use Taxes

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There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. ZIP it: The Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board has requested input on changing the Streamlined Agreement’s rules on sourcing sales of digital goods when purchasers don’t provide certain address details. State Updates. California Gov.

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Traveling for Business Again? What can you Deduct?

RogerRossmeisl

Under tax law, there are a number of rules for deducting the cost of your out-of-town business travel within the United States. Note that under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) , employees can’t deduct their unreimbursed travel expenses through 2025 on their own tax returns. Here are some of the rules that come into play.