Tax Roundup, 1/16/2013: Iowa legislators to push Alternative Maximum Tax?...
Kraig Paulsen It looks like the Republican leadership in the Iowa House of Representatives will be pushing income tax changes this year. Unfortunately, it looks like they are pushing the plan I call...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 1/25/2013: Only a few days left for IRA distribution mulligan....
A proposal to refund part of the state budget surplus. The Des Moines Register reports: Iowa House and Senate Republican leaders today proposed to give a flat $750 to every Iowa household in an effort...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 1/30/2013: Bah. Humbug. And where states get their cash.
Why so grumpy? Because it’s the first “official” day of tax season as the IRS begins processing returns. But only some of them. The last-minute Fiscal Cliff tax law is delaying the processing of...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 2/18/2013: Your tax dollars at work for somebody else.
Why don’t some big companies complain about Iowa’s highest-in-the-nation corporation tax rate? Because they are on the receiving end. The Department of Revenue last week issued the 2012 list of...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 2/22/2013: Why California refugees might not choose Iowa. And:...
Enjoying a short winter commute in bicycle-friendly Des Moines. We aren’t scaring them. Governor Branstad is making a trip to California to poach some businesses from the failing Golden State. He’s...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 2/26/2013: A map of state tax futility. And why bankers don’t...
Close enough to zero. Monday Map: Corporate Income Tax Revenue as a Percentage of All State/Local Tax Revenue (Nick Kasprak, Tax Policy Blog): IRS Field Attorney Advice: Bank must capitalize...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 3/7/2013: Consultant says Iowa should do more of what he...
Answering the wrong questions. The Iowa Chamber Alliance asked a consulting firm that makes money playing the corporate location incentives game whether Iowa should sweeten its corporate location...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 3/14/2013: Iowa house passes Alt Max Tax. Also: a jobs tax...
The Iowa House of Representatives approved an Alternative Maximum Tax yesterday. It won’t get anywhere in the Iowa Senate. But that’s probably not the point. The 4.5% tax on AGI, with no credits...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 3/15/13: Corporate return day! And: Can you audit a myth?
Calendar-year corporation returns are due today! They are easy to extend on Form 7004 if you can’t finish them today. If you don’t extend an S corporation return and you file late, the penalty starts...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 4/2/2013: Your corporate welfare is my wise economic development...
Not your corporate welfare. Just ours. Iowa Senate taxwriters have been eloquent in criticizing the corporate welfare famously doled out to fertilizer companies over the last year. It turns out,...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 4/11/2013: A new Iowa income tax reform proposal. And: new Obama...
Iowa Senate Republicans advance income tax plan. TheGazette.com reports: Sen. Randy Feenstra, R-Hull, said all 24 minority Senate Republicans have signed onto a proposal to significantly lower state...
View ArticleIowa House advances one-time stock gain bill
When you have high tax rates, you make taxpayers highly-motivated to carve out exemptions for themselves. That’s how you get things like HF 633, which cleared the Iowa House of Representatives this...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 6/14/2013: Resort wear edition. And: Iowa income tax reform,...
Today is probably the last post until June 24 as I take a summer hiatus. It is also the last day of our Traverse City, Michigan seminar. It’s been a great time, and Traverse City is a beautiful...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 8/27/2013: This isn’t Butte edition. And: you’re not your mom!
The Great Iowa RV Roundup. Iowa has caught on to recreational vehicle owners who have registered their units in Montana to save taxes and fees. Now the Department of Revenue is giving these...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 10/10/13: Climate change edition. And great moments in web design!
Iowa has moved out of the bottom 10 in the Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index for 2014. That’s the good news. The bad news is that it’s not the result of Iowa’s tax climate improving,...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 10/18/13: IRS is back, but the lines may be busy. Happy Fall...
The Tax Court had two weeks to work on it, and they issued no decisions yesterday. Slackers. So audits resume, notices come out again, and the IRS can resume giving 20%-accurate answers to taxpayer...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 10/31/13: A scary Iowa tax proposal, just in time for Halloween!
Jack Hatch’s income tax plan would raise taxes on all but very small businesses. It’s all in the spin. My headline is just as accurate as the headline in the Des Moines Register on the tax plan...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 11/6/13: Relief for the road warrior? And the futile state...
Flickr image courtesy Tom Hilton under Creative Commons license Relief for the traveling employee? Tax Analysts reports ($link) that the “Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2013″...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 12/5/2013: Branstad floats optional income tax without federal...
If Iowa’s income tax were a car, it would look like this. Iowa Alternative Maximum Tax proposal revived? Governor Branstad may push an optional income tax with lower rates and no deduction for federal...
View ArticleTax Roundup, 12/16/2013: Ames! And: if you’re explaining, you’re losing.
It’s a cold day In Ames, Iowa, but it’s toasty warm with 315 or so eager participants in the last session of this year’s ISU Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation Farm and Urban Tax Schools! The...
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