Articles and Tax Tips
To ensure third party reporters are doing their part in making sure that their payees are accurately reporting taxes owed to the Federal Government the IRS has created a number of programs, including the focus of this article: the “B-Notice Program”.
On January 6, 2012 the IRS released a brand new set of tax gap estimates for TY2006. This is the first update since the one for TY2001. All told, the gross tax gap has increased from $345 billion dollars to $450 billion and the IRS has singled out underreporting of income amongst businesses and corporations as among the primary reason for this gap. So, what does this mean for you?
Nexus is a legal term of art that describes the connection you have with a specific state, such that you are subject to those state tax requirements. Determining nexus is far from simple and is highly fact and circumstance dependent. As such the analytical framework that you develop will be a key component of your state level compliance and reporting efforts. What follows are twenty key elements/questions that you should consider in determining whether or not you have nexus with a particular state.