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U.S. Withholding Taxes for Payments to Foreign Persons
Whilst the United States (“U.S.”) taxes its citizens, residents, and domestic corporations on their worldwide income, nonresident individuals and foreign entities (collectively, foreign persons) are generally taxed on only four categories of income. The U.S. may impose a tax on a foreign person without legal jurisdiction over that foreign taxpayer sufficient to fully enforce compliance…
Read MoreKBF Sales and Use Tax Newsletter – 1st Quarter 2022
KBF’s quarterly newsletter updates clients on sales and use tax news, developments, and trends from around the country. For this edition, we feature updates on state rulings for which goods and services are taxable and which are exempt. Learn more about these developments by downloading the newsletter here.
Read MoreCalifornia Makes Favorable Changes to the Pass-Through Entity Tax
Summary Since the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in 2017, individuals who itemize their federal tax deductions have been limited to a $10,000 deduction for state and local income taxes. A pass-through entity (“PTE”) tax is meant to be a workaround for the federal $10,000 state tax limitation. It imposes an…
Read MoreCalifornia 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…
Read MoreNew Oregon Pass-Through Entity-Level Business Alternative Income Tax
Senate Bill 727 (SB 727) was introduced as Oregon’s response to the enactment of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and the IRS Notice 2020-75. TCJA imposed a limit on the amount of state and local taxes that an individual may deduct from federal taxable income each year. IRS Notice 2020-75 clarified that state…
Read MoreKBF Sales and Use Tax Newsletter – 4th Quarter 2021
KBF’s quarterly newsletter updates clients on sales and use tax news, developments, and trends from around the country. For our fourth edition, we feature updates on the multistate trend of taxing profits from digital advertising and data mining. We also highlight updates from more states on the classification and taxability of digital goods. Learn more…
Read MoreCalifornia 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…
Read MoreNew KBF Director of Talent Acquisition
Please join us in welcoming our newest team member – April Dennis. April joins KBF in our newly created Director of Talent Acquisition role. Prior to joining KBF, April spent more than ten years with KPMG and joins us from their TA leadership team. Throughout her career, April has managed various HR programs and communication…
Read More2022 Partner Promotions
KBF CPAs LLP is pleased to announce the admission of Rob Buchan as an audit and advisory partner of our firm. With more than 15 years of public accounting experience, Rob has spent his entire career providing audit and advisory services to both public and private clients across a diverse range of industries. In his…
Read MoreOregon-based Hemex Health receives funding for life-saving diagnostics device
Hemex Health has received the Innovation Award for its innovative portable diagnostics device which can help detect sickle cell, malaria, and other life-threatening diseases. Along with the Innovation Award, Hemex Health will receive funding from Oregon Lottery which funds programs and projects for Oregonians. This includes projects such as Oregon’s public schools, job creation, state…
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