IRS audits of higher income taxpayers increase The IRS audited one in eight individuals with incomes over $1
million in fiscal year (FY) 2011. While the overall audit coverage
rate for individuals remained steady at just over one percent, the
a...
Tax gap grows to $450 billion; compliance rate holds steady The "gross tax gap," or the amount of tax owed to the U.S.
government that is not paid on time, climbed from $345 billion in
Tax Year (TY) 2001 to $450 billion in TY 2006, the IRS has
reported. (Be...
CA - Independent contractor withholding webinar announced The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) is holding a free webinar
on December 20, 2011, at 10 a.m. PST, for those who must withhold
personal income tax on California source income...
HI - 2011 electronic filing handbook released The Hawaii Department of Taxation has released its Handbook for
Electronic Filers of Hawaii Individual Income Tax Returns for tax
year 2011. The handbook is designed as a companion...
ID - Forestland tax redesignations may be made in 2012 Since the current 10-year Idaho forestland (property) tax
designation period will expire at the end of 2012, during the
coming year a forest landowner may change from the productiv...
MT - Tax certificate regulation adopted The Montana Department of Revenue has adopted a regulation that
explains various types of tax certificates issued at the request of
different legal entities to a domestic corporati...
NV - Net proceeds of minerals tax regulations adopted The Nevada Tax Commission has adopted regulations that revise the
deductions used to determine the new proceeds of minerals tax.
Effective January 1, 2012, the several deductions h...
OR - No good cause for representative’s failure to appear Regarding a taxpayer’s Oregon personal income tax appeal,
good cause did not exist for the failure by her representative to
either attend a case management conference or expl...
TX - Showroom was key to proving taxpayer was a retailer A taxpayer was eligible for the 0.5% rate when calculating its
taxable margin for Texas franchise purposes because, using an SIC
Code Manual analysis, 100% of its revenue was deriv...
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