This is Part 2 in our Cool Culture Counts series, featuring Wesley Middleton, Managing Partner of MiddletonRaines+Zapata. The first webinar, Making Your Firm a Great Place to Work, discussed how a firm’s physical environment affects firm culture. Don’t miss the introduction to the series: 5 Keys to a Cool Culture.  A cool place to work – You […]

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CCH Tax Day Report The local sales and use taxes imposed by a Washington public facilities district expire when the bonds issued are retired but not more than forty years after the tax is first imposed. Previously, the maximum period for imposition of the taxes was twenty-five years. H.B. 1201, Laws 2017, effective 91 days […]

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CCH Tax Day Report For purposes of the Tennessee corporate franchise and excise taxes, a financial institution should include the trusts in its financial institution affiliated group because it had represented that the trusts were financial institutions and were members of the unitary group. However, the trusts’ net earnings, assets and liabilities should be excluded […]

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CCH Tax Day Report For taxes it administers, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (DOR) has amended its 2017 Amnesty Program Guidelines as it relates to the most recent periods eligible for amnesty for the vehicle rental tax. The period was changed from “Jan. 1—Dec. 31, 2014; due 2/2/15” to “Third Quarter 2015; due 10/20/15.” The […]

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CCH Tax Day Report Oklahoma legislation authorizes sales tax credits for approved entities that create or expand certain tourism attractions in the state. Entities that spend more than $500,000 but less than $1 million in approved costs of a tourism attraction project can receive a credit against sales tax of up to 10% of their […]

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CCH Tax Day Report The House voted along party lines on May 4 to approve a repeal and replacement plan for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) (P.L. 111-148). The American Health Care Act (AHCA) (HR 1628), approved by a 217-to-213 margin, would eliminate most of the ACA’s taxes, including the penalties connected […]

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