by CLA Staff | Jan 9, 2019 | Legislative Newsletter
Lawmakers Increasingly Looking at Taxing Services As states focus attention on federal tax conformity and Wayfair implementation legislation, another tax issue is percolating at the state level: proposals to expand sales and use taxes to services,...
by CLA Staff | Oct 1, 2018 | Legislative Newsletter
Texas Judge Blocks Paid Sick Leave Ordinance Following a legal challenge from business groups and bolstered by the Texas attorney general, the Texas Court of Appeals for the Third District blocked Austin’s paid sick leave ordinance from taking effect on October 1. The...
by CLA Staff | Jun 1, 2018 | Legislative Newsletter
CLA, Lobbying Group Intervene to Protect Laundry Owners’ Sales Tax Exemption in Kentucky Laundry owners in Kentucky dodged a bullet this spring – a bullet aimed directly at their bottom line… in the form of a 6 percent sales tax. Due to the state’s more than $50...
by CLA Staff | Apr 1, 2018 | Legislative Newsletter
Minimum Wage Update: Elections Driving Legislative Activity The last federal minimum wage increase – to $7.25 per hour, from $6.55 per hour – occurred on July 24, 2009. In the years since Congress last increased the minimum wage, state and local leaders across the...
by CLA Staff | Jan 3, 2018 | Legislative Newsletter
Memo: Iowa GOP Looking to Expand State Sales Tax in 2018 Iowa Republicans apparently are taking a run at tax reform next year, according to a leaked memo that outlines an overall plan to pare down the income tax by beefing up the sales tax. Specifically, it proposes...
by CLA Staff | Oct 1, 2017 | Legislative Newsletter
White House, Congressional Leaders Reveal Tax Reform Plan The White House and Congressional leaders have unveiled a new framework for tax reform, releasing a proposal that could ultimately become the first major rewrite of the tax code in 31 years. Leaders in both...
