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  • Post Falls general manager guilty of grand theft, income tax evasion

    December 16, 2025

    BOISE, Idaho — December 16, 2025 — A Post Falls woman who embezzled money from her workplace and failed to report it on her taxes is serving prison time and must pay restitution. Savannah Green pled guilty to charges of grand theft, income tax evasion, and perjury in the Kootenai County District Court. Green received […]

  • Idaho Short-Term Rental Marketplaces Reminded to Charge Taxes on Booking Fees

    December 9, 2025

    The Idaho State Tax Commission is reminding short-term rental marketplaces that booking fees they charge customers are taxable. The applicable taxes are sales tax, travel and convention tax, and an auditorium district tax if the lodging is in an auditorium district. These three taxes could also apply to other lodging and lodging-related sales. Short-term rental […]

  • Sandpoint general manager guilty of income tax evasion

    October 31, 2025

    BOISE, Idaho — October 31, 2025 — A general manager from Sandpoint is on probation and must pay restitution after he embezzled money from his employer and failed to file income tax returns. Brandon Beauregard pled guilty to grand theft, income tax evasion, and vehicle title fraud in the Bonner County District Court. Beauregard received […]

  • Idaho launches My School Choice website for Parental Choice Tax Credit program

    October 3, 2025

    BOISE, Idaho – Oct. 3, 2025 – The State of Idaho today launched MySchoolChoice.idaho.gov, a new website supporting the Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit program. The site offers easy-to-use resources for parents, including a program eligibility checklist, to ensure families can quickly determine whether they qualify. The Idaho State Tax Commission administers the Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit program, […]

  • Extended deadline nears for filing income tax returns

    October 1, 2025

    BOISE, Idaho — Oct. 1, 2025 — Time’s running out to file your 2024 Idaho income tax return. The Idaho State Tax Commission says taxpayers who qualified for an automatic extension to file must send in their return and full payment by October 15. “Taxpayers have submitted more than 992,000 individual income tax returns this […]

  • Advance payment, more info shared for Parental Choice Tax Credit program

    September 10, 2025

    BOISE, Idaho – Sept. 10, 2025 – The Idaho State Tax Commission website now has information about the advance payment for the Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit program. The website also includes more clarification on expenses that might qualify, the age criteria for students, and that eligible parents and children must have lived in Idaho […]

  • More info now shared for Parental Choice tax credit program

    August 19, 2025

    BOISE, Idaho – August 19, 2025 – The Idaho State Tax Commission has added more FAQs about the Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit program to its website, including examples of expenses that might qualify, a program timeline, and clarification that only full-time Idaho residents are eligible. Find the FAQs at tax.idaho.gov/parentalchoicecredit. The Idaho Parental Choice […]

  • Access to unpermitted accounts in TAP is ending

    August 11, 2025

    If you manage TAP accounts for your clients, you might have received an email from us telling you that you’ll soon lose access to TAP accounts that require a tax permit but don’t have one. Please note that you’ll still have access to permitted and other TAP accounts you manage. However, if you’re reporting and paying on […]

  • New law means Idaho small sellers won’t have to charge sales tax

    July 17, 2025

    BOISE, Idaho – July 17, 2025 – A new law took effect on July 1 that creates an exemption for qualifying Idaho small sellers, who won’t have to charge sales tax on sales they make in Idaho. Idaho law defines a “small seller” as an Idaho resident operating as an individual or sole proprietorship, whose […]