New Local Tax Laws Add to a Patchwork of Complications

  In July 2018, New Jersey became the latest state to pass legislation allowing cities to impose payroll taxes on employers, joining 15 other states that allow local taxing. The New Jersey bill allows municipalities with more than 200,000 residents to impose employer payroll taxes of up to 1 percent of total payroll to be […]

Paid Sick Leave Is Now the Law in 10 States; New Jersey Is the Latest to Switch

One in five U.S. states now require private-sector employers to provide paid sick leave to their employees. On May 2, New Jersey joined nine states and the District of Columbia in making paid sick leave mandatory. The law takes effect Oct. 29, and is expected to provide paid sick leave to 1.2 million New Jersey residents who […]

Coast to Coast Tax Developments: Opt-Ins in New York, Deferments in San Francisco

There are some notable tax changes at the state and local levels for the 2018 tax year, with two historical bellwethers—New York and San Francisco—leading the way. Following the passage of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, New York state responded by making changes to its 2019 budget that will offset what’s now in the […]

DID OBAMACARE JUST LOSE ITS PROTECTION AS A TAX? TWENTY STATES ARE TRYING TO FIND OUT.

On Feb. 26, 20 states filed a lawsuit in a federal district court in Texas to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The sweeping Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, signed into law in December, repealed the tax imposed on individuals for failure to obtain health insurance during that taxable year—also known as the “individual mandate”. With that in mind, […]