Governor Tate Reeves announced that the Mississippi License Tag Commission is accepting design submissions for the state's next official car tag.
The submission process opened November 1, 2022. Proposed designs must be submitted by the end of the business day on November 30, 2022. All designs can be emailed to licenseplatedesign@dor.ms.gov for consideration.
The Department has issued guidance regarding The Children's Promise Act and the Pregnancy Resource Act for 2023 which can be found here.
MDOR-ABC Enforcement are currently accepting training documents for review related to Mississippi-compliant Cannabis Worker Training programs from third party vendors.
Medical Cannabis Dispensary Workers are currently required to attend 8 hours of training to obtain their Worker Card and then 5 hours of training every year after to retain their certification.
MDOR-ABC Enforcement have provided 3 hours of training for this purpose where the remaining 5 hours of training falls on the individual dispensaries themselves.
If you have a training program or video that you believe is compliant with all applicable Mississippi state statutes and administrative codes and you are interested in having your training videos or programs reviewed by ABC Enforcement please send them to the ABC Permit Division at ABCPermitDepartment@dor.ms.gov.
The training modules and material will be reviewed by MDOR-ABC Enforcement. If the training meets all of the applicable requirements, we will list the training on the MDOR Cannabis Website (https://dor.ms.gov/abc/medical-cannabis/dispensary-licensee-information) in the Worker Card Training section as “Training that ABC Enforcement Acknowledges as Meeting the Minimum Requirements.”
The Mississippi Department of Revenue would like to extend an invitation to all who may be interested in starting a career at the Mississippi Department of Revenue. We will host a career fair at our main office in Clinton, MS November 9, 2022 from 9 am to 2 pm. Our main office is located at 500 Clinton Center Drive, Clinton, MS 39056. There will be signs directing interested individuals to the designated parking area and entrance for the career fair. Please click the following link for more information.
Due to maintenance, the Bolton Building which houses the Gulf Coast office of MDOR will be closed for repairs beginning Monday, December 23, 2024. It is anticipated to be reopened Thursday, December 26, 2024, based on completion of the building maintenance. Please call (228) 436-0554 to check that the office has re-opened. Taxpayers may also visit the Hattiesburg District office at 17 JM Tatum Industrial Drive, Hattiesburg, MS for service, or visit TAP at https://tap.dor.ms.gov for online assistance.
The Department of Revenue has created a new way for taxpayers to submit Voluntary Disclosure Agreements (VDA). Taxpayers who wish to enter the VDA program can now email their request to vdaprogram@dor.ms.gov.
Voluntary disclosure is the process of reporting previously unpaid tax liabilities. Our program is designed to promote compliance and to benefit taxpayers who discover a past filing obligation and liability that have not been discharged. This program is not designed for taxpayers who have engaged in income shifting tax strategies, tax shelter activities, fraud, or negligence. The Department offers the VDA Program as a service to the taxpayer.
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MCCOMB, Miss. – On September 16, 2024, Lashotta Smothers, 40, of McComb, was indicted by a Pike County Grand Jury on charges of fraudulent statements and representations (MS Code 97-7-10) and Computer Fraud (MS Code 97-45-3) for fraudulent tax returns she filed for tax years 2021-2023.
The Department of Revenue will require all Withholding taxpayers filing Wage or Withholding Informational Returns with 10 or more W-2s or 1099s to file electronically for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024 and all subsequent tax years.
Failure to file returns electronically may subject taxpayers and/or tax preparers to a penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for the first instance of noncompliance and five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each additional instance of noncompliance. This authority is granted to the Department of Revenue under Miss Code Ann Section 27-3-83 and Title 35, Part 1, Chapter 4 of the Mississippi Administrative Practices and Procedures Code.
On August 13, 2024, Jared Frank Cannon, 46, of Ocean Springs, MS, was indicted by a Jackson County Grand Jury on charges of tax evasion (MS Code 27-3-79) for tax years 2017-2022.
On August 26, 2024, 69-year-old Ray A. Sims, Jr. of Hattiesburg entered a plea of guilty on two counts of tax evasion (Mississippi Code 27-3-79) before Lamar County Circuit Judge Brad Touchstone.