State and Local Tax 360˚

My name is Brian Strahle and I hope you find this blog informative and useful.  My personal mission is to fix and prevent state tax problems. I provide companies with leverage (knowledge, judgment and advocacy) so they can operate across state lines with peace of mind.

I am a multistate tax consultant and I serve clients across the U.S. from my office in Washington D.C. For more info, visit my website:  www.leveragestateandlocaltax.com

Connect with me on LinkedIn. Follow me on Twitter. Join the Leverage | SALT LinkedIn Group, connect and contribute with your colleagues!  

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

Latest posts

Oct
22
"Bundled transactions," or "mixed-transactions" as they are sometimes called, is when a business sells items that are taxable with items that are non-taxable (from a sales tax perspective).  When a company sells taxable and non-taxable items together and does not separa
Oct
12
If you haven't already heard, I thought I would let you know that I recently re-joined Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (Baker Tilly) as the DC Office State and Local Tax Services leader.  I previously worked at Baker Tilly as the Minneapolis Office State and Local Tax Services leader.
Oct
05
If your client or company is in the process of preparing a District of Columbia (DC) combined return due October 15, 2012, then you probably are experiencing the pain of working through the regulations and calculations.  Especially since the regulations just became final and there are confli
Oct
01
Attention all District of Columbia (DC) employers:
Sep
25
Kentucky has announced that it will provide an Amnesty Program for taxpayers that owe back taxes, penalties, fees, and interest to Kentucky from tax bills due December 1, 2001 to October 1, 2011.
Sep
19
What is the greatest state and local tax expense of Inc. 500 companies? 
Sep
13
My dad was not just a "handyman," but was "the" handyman.  He could work on anything, fix anything and he had every tool known to mankind.  He had a huge workshop with 10 million screwdrivers, hammers, wrenches, saws, etc. (no exaggeration, I counted).
Sep
10
If your company or your client is required to file a combined report to the District of Columbia, you now have until October 15, 2012 to file.  The original deadline was September 17, 2012.
Sep
08
The Rhode Island Division of Taxation is offering a Tax Amnesty program which will allow certain taxpayers to pay the full amount of overdue taxes plus 75% of any interest due, without having to pay the remaining interest and any penalty amoun
Aug
22
According to a recent Center on Budget Policies and Priorities article, thirty-one states projected budget gaps totaling $55 billion for fiscal year 2013.

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