Moss Point Tourism, Parks and Recreation Tax
This special tax is levied at the rate of two percent (2%) on the gross proceeds of restaurants within the City of Moss Point.
Modernization Expenditure Reports
Annual Use Tax Modernization Expenditure Reports will now be submitted online through the Mississippi Department of Revenue's TAP website, tap.dor.ms.gov.
Tag Design Contest
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.
Children's Promise Act/Pregnancy Resource Act Notice – 2023
The Department has issued guidance regarding The Children's Promise Act and the Pregnancy Resource Act for 2023 which can be found here.
Review of Cannabis Dispensary Worker Training Documents
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.”
Career Fair
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.
1099 Guidance for Recipients
1099 information returns are tax documents that are prepared by businesses, financial institutions and other payers and sent to the IRS to report payments paid to non-employees and other businesses during a tax year. 1099s that are submitted to the IRS are also required to be filed with the Mississippi Department of Revenue. Recipients of these tax documents are to report this information on their state income tax returns.
Common income types reported on a 1099 include:
•Non-employee compensation
•Retirement income/pensions
•Interest
•Dividends
•Proceeds from stock sales
W2-1099 Mandate
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.
Lamar County Man Enters Guilty Plea on Two Counts of Tax Evasion
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.
Jackson County Man Indicted on Charges of Tax Evasion
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.