Tax News

CCH (cch.taxgroup.com) reports:

  CCH Tax and Accounting is hosting a live two-hour audio seminar, State Tax Issues for Service Businesses, on Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at 1 p.m. Eastern; noon Central; 10 a.m. Pacific. This two-hour CCH Audio Seminar is presented by noted state tax experts, educators and authors, John C. Healy, M.S.T., CPA, and Bruce Nelson, M.A., CPA, and will focus on the special state tax issues encountered by service businesses and suggest compliance and planning strategies for dealing with various situations.

  Program topics include the following:

  -- creating nexus for sales and use and income tax purposes,

  -- solicitation for sellers of services versus tangible personal property,

  -- the impact of agents or third parties performing services on behalf of principal or other taxpayer,

  -- use tax issues for repairers of tangible personal property,

  -- apportionment issues for providers of personal services,

  -- applicability of Public Law 86-272 to service businesses, and

  -- determining the "essence of the transaction" for proper application of sales tax.

  The learning objectives include:

  -- gaining a practical understanding of the key state tax issues for service businesses,

  -- knowing which activities create nexus for service businesses, and

  -- identifying steps to take and opportunities to pursue to reduce state tax liabilities for service businesses.

  Registration can be completed online at
http://www.krm.com/cch or by calling 1-800-775-7654. Participants can receive two hours of CPE credit for an additional $25 per person. Firms registering for this audio seminar will also receive a copy of CCH's
Multistate Corporate Tax Course (2009 Edition) .