The Colorado Department of Revenue recently issued guidance regarding reporting requirements for retailers making Colorado sales that are not required to collect Colorado sales and use tax.  Read more. 

Streamlined Process for Seeking Retroactive Reinstatement of Tax-Exempt Status Announced.  It goes without saying that the Internal Revenue Service Exempt Organization Division had a challenging 2013.  Read more. 

Current pressures being felt in the auto dealership industry center around compliance and regulation matters, particularly surrounding the F&I function, customer retention and shifting buying habits of the consumer.  Read more. 

A recent survey by Bloomberg BNA^[1] analyzes key factors driving state taxation of trusts. It offers interesting insights into the criteria that states use for determining if a trust is subject to income tax. The survey identifies seven actions creating sufficient nexus to trigger application of a state's income tax.   Read more. 

Schneider Downs' Internal Audit and Risk Advisory Services practice Shareholder Donald R. Owens will host a Corporate Corruption and Fraud Prevention Seminar at the Hilton Columbus at Easton on Thursday, January 16, from 7:30 until 11:45 a.m. Read more. 

As a follow-up to my webinar on November 20, the final tangible asset regulations were passed by the IRS in September. As discussed, we all have probably heard about the concept of a cost segregation study (CSS).  Read more. 

Manufacturing finished up 2013 with a strong December, says the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing report from the Institute for Supply Management. This data is consistent with what Schneider Downs reported in the results of its third annual economic manufacturing survey released in December 2013.  Read more. 

The 2013 U.S. Goodwill Impairment Study was recently released by Duff & Phelps and the Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF).  Read more. 

The following is a summary of the 2014 Social Security thresholds that impact both working and retired Americans.  Read more. 

On December 19, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled parts of the Marcellus Shale drilling law, established under Act 13 of 2012, a statute amending the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Act, to be unconstitutional.  Read more.