Blog posts in category Taxation Law

Clarifying Misconceptions Surrounding the Employee Retention Credit

Posted on 09/21/2022 at 01:29 PM by Cody Edwards, Charles Telk

Categories: Charles Telk, Cody Edwards, Taxation Law

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Clarifying Misconceptions Surrounding the Employee Retention Credit

The Employee Retention Tax Credit (“ERC”) has been a hot topic in tax circles lately. Enacted alongside the...

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2020 Iowa Legislative Session Sales and Use Tax Changes

Posted on 07/13/2020 at 12:00 PM by Cody Edwards

Categories: Cody Edwards, Table SALT, Taxation Law

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2020 Iowa Legislative Session Sales and Use Tax Changes

On June 29, 2020, Governor Reynolds signed into law House File 2641, which included several changes to Iowa’s sale...

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COVID-19: Tax Filing Date & Payment Extension, Tax Credits for Paid Leave, and NEW Stimulus Payments

Posted on 03/25/2020 at 01:18 PM by Emily Staudacher

Categories: Bankruptcy Law, Business Law, Emily Staudacher, Employment & Labor Law, Start-Up Group, Taxation Law

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COVID-19: Tax Filing Date & Payment Extension, Tax Credits for Paid Leave, and NEW Stimulus Payments

Tax Filing Date and Payment Extension Pursuant to IRS Notice 2020-18, the tax filing deadline and deadline for making in...

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Iowa Supreme Court Ruling Affects Construction Contractors’, Service Providers’ Sales Tax Obligations

Posted on 12/17/2018 at 01:47 PM by Cody Edwards

Categories: Cody Edwards, Table SALT, Taxation Law

Tagged As: Iowa sales tax, Iowa Supreme Court, Iowa Table SALT , Lowe's Home Centers vs. Iowa Department of Revenue, sales tax

Iowa Supreme Court Ruling Affects Construction Contractors’, Service Providers’ Sales Tax Obligations

On December 14, 2018, the Iowa Supreme Court, in Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC v. Iowa Department of Revenue,  fou...

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Let’s Get Serious About Ending the Double Dip

Posted on 03/26/2018 at 12:26 PM by Cody Edwards

Categories: Cody Edwards, Construction Law, Table SALT, Taxation Law

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Let’s Get Serious About Ending the Double Dip

I previously wrote about the double dip in sales tax in a light-hearted blog comparing George Costanza and the Iowa Depa...

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Airing of Grievances—State Tax Edition

Posted on 12/19/2017 at 09:31 AM by Cody Edwards

Categories: Business Law, Cody Edwards, Construction Law, Table SALT, Taxation Law

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Airing of Grievances—State Tax Edition

Happy Festivus! Gather ‘round the Festivus pole, consistent with Festivus tradition, it is time for airing of grie...

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Death and taxes. Maybe.

Posted on 06/20/2017 at 01:21 PM by Cody Edwards

Categories: Cody Edwards, Construction Law, Table SALT, Taxation Law

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Death and taxes. Maybe.

We’ve all heard the saying, sometimes attributed to Benjamin Franklin, that nothing in life is certain except deat...

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"Seinfeld" and the Iowa Department of Revenue

Posted on 03/03/2017 at 09:42 AM by Cody Edwards

Categories: Cody Edwards, Construction Law, Table SALT, Taxation Law

Tagged As: construction, contractor tax, double dipping, Iowa Department of Revenue, Letter of Findings, sales tax, Seinfeld

"Seinfeld" and the Iowa Department of Revenue

Call me old school, but the first thing I thought about when reading the Iowa Department of Revenue’s ("Depar...

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