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The California Office of Tax Appeals (OTA) recently reversed a Franchise Tax Board (FTB) proposed assessment of a Texas-based independent contractor working for a California-based company. The OTA found that income reported to the contractor on a Form 1099-MISC did...
Following the California Supreme Court decision in Dynamex Operations v. Superior Court, 4 Cal. 5th 903 (2018), which identified the "ABC Test" for worker classification for the purposes of California's wage and hour determinations under the IWC Wage Orders, and now...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced changes to tax rate schedules and certain tax provisions to adjust for inflation in tax year 2020. The standard deduction for taxpayers who are married filing jointly will increase to $24,800; for taxpayers who are...
The Franchise Tax Board (FTB) recently published its updated lists of California's top 500 individual and top 500 business tax debtors, who now collectively owe the state more than $581 million in income tax. Since October 2007, this list is updated twice annually....
While the federal penalty for failure by individuals to access health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) was eliminated by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, several states, including California, have instituted...
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed AB 37 into law, which legalizes licensed state cannabis businesses including marijuana growers, processors, and sellers to take deductions for their business expenses on state income tax returns. It exempts these...
Teymour Khoubian, a businessman based in Southern California, was recently sentenced to 21 months in prison for filing false tax returns that failed to report his offshore accounts in Germany and Israel from 2005 through 2011, representing a total tax loss to the U.S....
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued guidance for taxpayers who transact in virtual currency. Revenue Ruling 2019-24 (available here) addresses when distributions of new currency following a soft or hard fork will be a taxable event to the holder of the...
The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) recently released its Initial Discussion Paper for the Interested Parties Meeting it is hosting on October 15, 2019, in Sacramento to discuss and clarify the Marketplace Facilitator Act established in...
The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) recently released its first annual report on the administration and enforcement of the state's sales and use tax programs. During FY 2017-18, the CDTFA managed nearly 1 million sales and use tax permits...
