KBF Sales and Use Tax Newsletter – 4th Quarter 2022

KBF’s quarterly newsletter updates clients on sales and use tax news, developments, and trends from around the country. This edition includes important filing deadlines for businesses, changes in tax rates, tax requirements on digital services and remote sellers, and more. Learn more about these developments by downloading the newsletter here.

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Los Angeles City Business Tax: What You Need To Know

Companies and individuals doing business in the City of Los Angeles and its neighboring cities may find themselves subject to the annual Los Angeles City Business Tax (LACBT), due on February 28, 2023. With work-from-home arrangements becoming more common, along with broad nexus standards, companies may find themselves unexpectedly triggering a filing obligation or increasing/decreasing…

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California Unclaimed Property Tax Compliance

Summary Beginning in 2022, the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) will require most businesses to disclose the status of their unclaimed property compliance on their business tax returns.  This information will be shared with the State Controller’s Office (SCO) with the purpose of increasing the awareness of, and compliance with, unclaimed property reporting requirements.  To…

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California Sales and Use Tax Exemption

Background California allows qualifying manufacturers and certain research and developers a partial exemption from sales and use tax on various purchases of machinery and equipment used primarily for manufacturing, research, and development activities.  Additionally, the state expanded the partial exemption to certain power generators and distributors for equipment used for power generation, production, storage or…

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New California small business hiring credit for 2020. Especially attractive for restaurants and retail industries

Small businesses are able to get a nonrefundable credit of $1,000 for each net full time equivalent employee addition. The total credit can range from $1,000-$100,000. The increase is measured by comparing the average number of full time employees in the second quarter of 2020 to the average number in the 5 month period 7/1/2020-11/30/2020.…

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Temporary California Net Operating Loss Suspension Signed into Law

History California has at times either restricted the ability of individuals and corporations to utilize the full carryover amount of net operating losses (“NOLs”) or completely suspended net operating loss deductions for business entities and individuals with business income in response to facing budgetary constraints.  For example, in response to the global mortgage crisis that…

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