Kelly Phillips Erb, known as Taxgirl, is a tax attorney, writer, and speaker who explains tax news, IRS updates, scams, financial crime, and money in plain English.
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Retailer Target Jumps The Gun On Sales Tax
Usually, companies land themselves in hot water with taxing authorities for waiting too late to take action. But it’s actually possible to get into trouble for acting too quickly. Just ask retailing giant Target: a Target store found itself under the microscope in South Carolina for allegedly implementing a new sales tax a month early….
Judge Okays Gun & Ammo Tax After Legal Challenge From NRA, Gun Rights Groups
The city of Seattle has the authority to impose a tax on guns and bullets according to Judge Palmer Robinson of King County Superior Court. Judge Robinson ruled in favor of the City of Seattle this week after the National Rifle Association (NRA), the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the Second Amendment Foundation, and others filed…
Back To School Shopping: Sales Tax Holidays & More
I can’t believe that folks are already talking about back to school… With all of the snow this year, I feel like my kids just got out of school! But my niece is reporting that she’s starting next week (early, I know) and my inbox is filled with emails from Lands End reminding me to…
Internet Tax Ban Ending Soon: Speaker Boehner Hopes To Keep Internet Tax Free
With Black Friday on its way, will the internet stay tax free? Speaker Boehner has signaled that he will not support the Main Street Fairness Act. However, with the moratorium on taxing internet access under the Internet Tax Freedom Act about to expire, is there room for compromise?
States, Local Governments Consider Aggressive Tax Collection Efforts To Plug Budget Holes
All of the taxes in the world don’t mean a thing if you can’t collect on them – or so many states and localities are figuring out these days. Taxing authorities from Tennessee to New Jersey are reporting shortfalls and lags in collections activities just as cuts from federal funding are being felt. Some taxing…
Back To School Sales Tax Holidays For 2015 Starting Soon
With temps hitting the 90s last week, you’d swear it was still summer. However, the catalogues piling up on my living room table tell a different story: back to school season is starting already. Back to school is a huge industry. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), spending on back to school for families…
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