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How to Survive Through Property Tax Season… and Still Find Savings

October 13, 2022.
Tax Publications

If you’re not doing this, you’re filing your property taxes wrong. The essential items to every property tax filer needs to know to be compliant and file timely are: Which jurisdictions to file, Return due dates, Assessment dates, Taxability of tangible personal property, Taxability of...

How to Know if You’re Overdue for a Tax Automation Project

September 14, 2022.
Tax Publications

What Do We Mean By “Tax Automation”? Two areas where technology can enhance tax compliance are in the data transformation and data visualization phases. The area with the largest opportunities to reap the benefits of automation is in the data transformation phase. Automation can reduce the...

In Case You Missed It: Last Week in Allyn Tax News (Week of August 29 - September 2)

September 05, 2022.
Tax Publications

Hawaii Golf Courses Assessed Below Par The County of Kauai has issued a regulation to clarify the process of accessing golf courses for real property tax purposes. In Kauai County, real property is normally assessed based on its highest and best use. Although golf courses have many functions including preservation...

Tired of Dealing with Sales Tax? Here’s the Scoop.

August 31, 2022.
Tax Publications

Sales Tax is a tax on the sale, transfer, or exchange of a taxable item or service. It is generally added to the sales price and charged to the purchaser or ultimate consumer. Use tax is defined as a tax on the storage, use, or consumption of a taxable item...

PA Sales and Use Tax Audit Support Case Study

August 23, 2022.
Tax Publications

Allyn offers tailored audit management services that address all elements of the audit from start to finish. We leverage our team’s multi-state tax experience, expertise, and best practices to regularly achieve savings in excess of six figures. Allyn provided sales and use tax audit support for a heavy...

In Case You Missed It: Last Week in Allyn Tax News (August 15 - 19)

August 22, 2022.
Tax Publications

Stay In The Know, While On The Go Just recently, California passed a budget trailer bill regarding the sale and use of diesel fuel. From October 1, 2022 to October 1, 2023, gross receipts from the sale, storage, use, or consumption of diesel fuel are exempt from sales and use taxes. This exemption only...

In Case You Missed It: Last Week in Allyn Tax News (August 8-12)

August 15, 2022.
Tax Publications

To Exempt or Not To Exempt The Mississippi Attorney General determined the manufacturing exemption and the free port warehouse exemption for personal property that can be granted is at the sole discretion of the governing authorities of the county. If an entity is eligible, the governing authorities can grant...

In Case You Missed It: Last Week in Allyn Tax (July 25-29)

August 01, 2022.
Tax Publications

Farming for Taxes—Arkansas Clarifies Farming Machinery Exemption. A taxpayer failed to prove entitlement to the farm machinery and equipment exemption for an ATV purchased outside Arkansas. The machinery is not used exclusively and directly in the commercial production of food and fiber, and the taxpayer is not a...

In Case You Missed It: Last Week in Allyn Tax News (July 18-22)

July 25, 2022.
Tax Publications

The More You Know; The More You Save – TX Online Learning Courses Exempt Online learning courses on academic subjects, professional topics, and vocational licensure preparation are not taxable, as determined by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. On the other hand, sales of teacher plans which allow teachers to ...

In Case You Missed It: Last Week in Allyn Tax News (July 11-15)

July 18, 2022.
Tax Publications

Do you manage your exemption certificates, or do they manage you? Exemption certificates are issued by businesses to ensure sales tax is not applied to their invoice since they are an exempt organization, intend to use the purchase for an exempt purpose such as resale or manufacturing, or for other...

In Case You Missed It: Last Week in Allyn Tax News (July 4-8)

July 11, 2022.
Tax Publications

3 Steps to Managing your Exemption Certificates An exemption or resale certificate is a form or document issued by a business to ensure sales tax is not applied to their invoice because they are an exempt organization, intend to use the purchase for an exempt purpose such as resale or manufacturing,...

In Case You Missed It: Last Week in Allyn Tax News (June 27 - July 1)

July 07, 2022.
Tax Publications

Let the Music Rock and the Sales Tax Roll – Lease of Georgia COAMs Determined Taxable The lower court finding that amounts paid to lease coin-operated amusement machines (COAMs) are subject to sales tax has been upheld by the Georgia Court of Appeals. An exemption does exist for the money...