Blog posts in category Cody Edwards

Court Ruling: Iowa Department of Revenue Violated Iowa’s Open Records Law and Iowa Public Record Board Rubber Stamped the Violation

Posted on 04/16/2026 at 09:47 AM by Cody Edwards

Categories: Cody Edwards, Dickinson Bradshaw News

Tagged As: Iowa Department of Revenue, Iowa Public Record Board, Iowa Open Records Law , Iowa Public Information Board

Court Ruling: Iowa Department of Revenue Violated Iowa’s Open Records Law and Iowa Public Record Board Rubber Stamped the Violation

In August of 2025, I wrote a blog titled “Iowa Open Records Law: Hot Tip for Government Agencies that Want to Keep Secre...

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ERC Claim Stalled With a PEO? What Employers Need to Know and Do Now

Posted on 11/05/2025 at 03:18 PM by Cody Edwards

Categories: Cody Edwards, Dickinson Bradshaw News, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Employee Retention Credit , Employee Retention Tax Credit , ERC

ERC Claim Stalled With a PEO? What Employers Need to Know and Do Now

The employee retention credit (“ERC”) continues to generate headaches for businesses, and claims filed through professio...

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Yes, You Can Make a Claim Against the Iowa Department of Revenue Under the Iowa Tort Claims Act for its Improper Collection Actions

Posted on 05/30/2025 at 09:29 AM by Cody Edwards

Categories: Cody Edwards, Dickinson Bradshaw News, Table SALT, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Iowa Department of Revenue, tax collection, Iowa Tort Claims Act , improper tax collection actions

Yes, You Can Make a Claim Against the Iowa Department of Revenue Under the Iowa Tort Claims Act for its Improper Collection Actions

The Iowa Department of Revenue (“Department”) enjoys immunity from lawsuits for “[a]ny claim arising in respect to the a...

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Court of Appeals Decision May Remove State Tax Exemptions of College Conferences, Property Owned Jointly by Cities and Counties, and Catholic Schools

Posted on 04/23/2025 at 03:02 PM by Cody Edwards

Categories: Cody Edwards, Dickinson Bradshaw News, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Iowa Court of Appeals, Iowa Court of Appeals decision, Iowa Taxation Law, taxation law, Health Enterprises of Iowa v. Iowa Department of Revenue

Court of Appeals Decision May Remove State Tax Exemptions of College Conferences, Property Owned Jointly by Cities and Counties, and Catholic Schools

A recent opinion from the Iowa Court of Appeals may have far-reaching tax consequences for cities and counties, private...

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Iowa Law Firms and Other Professional Firms are Paying Too Much Sales Tax

Posted on 02/26/2025 at 11:00 AM by Cody Edwards

Categories: Cody Edwards, Dickinson Bradshaw News, Table SALT, Taxation Law

Tagged As: professional services firms, sales tax

Iowa Law Firms and Other Professional Firms are Paying Too Much Sales Tax

Pssst. I have a secret that the Iowa Department of Revenue does not want Iowa law firms and other professional firms to...

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The Iowa Lawyer: Update on the ERC

Posted on 10/08/2024 at 11:25 AM by Cody Edwards

Categories: Cody Edwards, Dickinson Bradshaw News

Tagged As: Employee Retention Credit , Employee Retention Tax Credit , ERC

The Iowa Lawyer: Update on the ERC

In the new October 2024 edition of The Iowa Lawyer, Attorney Cody Edwards provides an update on the issues that continue...

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The IRS has Disallowed Your ERC, Now What?

Posted on 08/01/2024 at 01:01 PM by Cody Edwards

Categories: Cody Edwards, Dickinson Bradshaw News, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Attorney Cody Edwards , Employee Retention Credit , Employee Retention Tax Credit , ERC

The IRS has Disallowed Your ERC, Now What?

The IRS has sent you a letter indicating it disallowed your employee retention credit claim. Whether or not the IRS’s le...

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ERC Update: IRS says up to 90% of ERC Claims are High Risk or Show an Unacceptable Level of Risk

Posted on 07/09/2024 at 02:19 PM by Cody Edwards

Categories: Cody Edwards, Dickinson Bradshaw News, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Employee Retention Credit , Employee Retention Tax Credit , ERC

ERC Update: IRS says up to 90% of ERC Claims are High Risk or Show an Unacceptable Level of Risk

After months of silence, on June 20, 2024, the IRS issued a news release (IR-2024-169) providing an update on the employ...

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Iowa Hemp Act (2024): Using the Iowa Administrative Procedures Act to Shape Rules Regulating Liquid Consumable Hemp Products

Posted on 06/10/2024 at 03:24 PM by Cody Edwards

Categories: Agribusiness Law, Agricultural Law, Banking Law, Cody Edwards, Dickinson Bradshaw News, Employment & Labor Law

Tagged As: hemp, Iowa Hemp Act, Liquid Consumable Hemp Products in Iowa, Iowa House file 2605, Iowa Department of Health and Human Services

Iowa Hemp Act (2024): Using the Iowa Administrative Procedures Act to Shape Rules Regulating Liquid Consumable Hemp Products

On June 3, 2024, the Des Moines Register published an article that explained some brewers of consumable hemp products be...

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Clear as Mud and More Holes Than a Sieve: Iowa Department of Revenue Releases Another Declaratory Order on Sales Taxation of “Commercial Recreation,” “Turkish Baths,” and “Reducing Salons"

Posted on 03/08/2024 at 02:53 PM by Cody Edwards

Categories: Cody Edwards, Dickinson Bradshaw News, Table SALT

Tagged As: Attorney Cody Edwards , Cody Edwards , commercial recreation, infared sauna, Iowa Auto Dealers Ass’n v. Iowa Dept. of Revenue, Iowa Department of Revenue, Iowa sales tax, Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC v. Iowa Dept. of Revenue, Messerschmidt v. City of Sioux City, reducing salons, sales tax, Sorg. v. Iowa Dept. of Revenue, turkish baths

Clear as Mud and More Holes Than a Sieve: Iowa Department of Revenue Releases Another Declaratory Order on Sales Taxation of “Commercial Recreation,” “Turkish Baths,” and “Reducing Salons"

I have not been shy about my criticism about the Iowa Department of Revenue’s (“Department”) muddy guidance on the sales...

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