State and Local Tax 360˚

My name is Brian Strahle and I hope you find this blog informative and useful.  I am a multistate tax consultant who serves clients all across the U.S. regardless of location.  For more info, visit my website:  www.leveragestateandlocaltax.com

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Because state and local taxes are deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.

Latest posts

Mar
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It's March 1st.  The state tax sequester begins (just kidding; I think). Did you know that sequester (as a verb) means to isolate or hide away? Sequester (as a noun) means a general cut in government spending.
Feb
26
HB 2313, which passed the House 60 to 40 on February 22 and the Senate 25 to 15 the following day, would raise $880 million for transportation annually while eliminating motor fuel taxes and replacing them with wholesale taxes, effective July 1.
Feb
22
Real estate investors or groups that own, develop or manage real estate in Washington D.C. are facing a new franchise tax reporting methodology that may change the amount of franchise tax paid to D.C. for tax years beginning after December 31, 2010.
Feb
19
It starts in elementary school and doesn't seem to stop.  The "cool kids" or the "athletes," or "you fill in the blank" seem to get all of the breaks.  They are popular, drive the nice car, date the pretty girl, go to the best college, own the company, get the best advice and h
Feb
11
According to Delaware, the Secretary of State has been authorized by the recent passage of Senate Bill 258 to resolve claims for abandoned property, provided that holders of such property voluntarily disclose information re
Feb
05
On January 28th, the Maryland Court of Appeals found in favor of the taxpayer stating the State has to allow a credit for taxes paid to other jurisdictions against both the state tax and the local (county) tax.
Feb
04
A recent New York State Advisory Opinion (TSB-A-13(2)S) determined, in application to the taxpayer's facts, that property management companies providing different building maintenance services wer
Jan
25
Happy New Year, again.  Once we moved into January, seems like every state Governor has proposed some type of change to their tax system.  Some major, some minor, but a lot of them are looking at increasing sales tax rates and/or even the what types of items or services sales tax will b
Jan
21
If you purchased one or more Optional Service Contracts covering computer hardware sold by Dell between April 8, 1999 and June 30, 2008, and paid California sales or use taxes on such service contract(s), you may be eligible to receive a refund of these taxes.
Jan
20
The Virginia business, professional, and occupational license (BPOL) tax is a local option tax on the privilege of doing business within a locality.

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