Council Post: Navigating The State Tax Landscape: Three Areas Growing Tech Companies Should Focus On

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : The information provided here is not investment, tax or financial advice.
47% : While sales tax laws have historically been targeted toward taxing tangible goods, more states are trying to define taxes that can capture revenue from the sale of intangible goods.
46% : The silver lining of all that spending is that income tax charges are usually not a part of the assessment -- but this doesn't mean there aren't plenty of tax traps for the unwary technology company on the way to an IPO.
46% : Telecommuting employees can lead to nexus for sales tax, income tax, franchise tax, property taxes and withholding taxes in a state regardless of whether or not you hire with the help of a PEO or not.
46% : Without a bona fide office in that new state, New York could try to claim that an out-of-state employee owes payroll and withholding tax to New York.

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