Category Archives: Nexus

Not A Temporary Job

  Today TaxMama® hears from Dustin in the TaxQuips Forum, who has a very reasonable question. (Let me paraphrase.) “I live in Idaho and just got a construction job in Nevada that will last two years. My wife wants to stay in Idaho near her doctor during her pregnancy. What’s the best way to handle […]

Single Member LLC

  Today TaxMama® hears from Sheronda in the TaxQuips Forum, with this question – which is more common than you might think. She read this on the Delaware website “Single-member Delaware LLCs are “disregarded entities” according to IRS regulations, which means they have no U.S. income tax and no reporting due.” And asks, “Does this […]

Board of Equalization Approves Use Tax Look-Up Table for 2011

Betty T. Yee, First District Member of the California State Board of Equalization (BOE), today announced that the Board approved the 2011 Use Tax Look-Up Table for calculating and reporting estimated California use tax on individuals’ state income tax returns. The intent of the table is to make it more convenient for taxpayers not registered […]

The Amazon Bill

[Note: Chapter 12 of Small Business Taxes Made Easy is all about this issue. We have been anticipating this in California and other major states for quite some time now.] The state of California finally passed a budget which seems to be balanced on the basis of charging sales tax to Amazon.com and similar online […]

Not Feeling Helpless

Today TaxMama wants to talk to you about feeling helpless in the face of encroaching laws and rules. In the course of what I do and what I write, I encounter ever more legislation and more complex procedures constricting our lives. And people. Sometimes the despair radiating from people caught in the sticky web of […]