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State and local taxes impact almost every taxpayer, and developments in any one jurisdiction can be frequent and sometimes confusing. In this newsletter edition, we will briefly summarize certain SALT developments in several states which may be important to you.
Alabama – Updates Reported
Extension to May 17: On March 18, 2021, the Alabama Department of Revenue (Department) issued guidance with respect to the income tax filing deadlines in light of the IRS issuing IR-2021-59, which provided that the federal income tax filing due date for individuals for the 2020 tax year will be automatically extended from April 15, 2021 to May 17, 2021. The Department s guidance stated that Alabama provides an automatic extension of up to six months to file Alabama income tax returns wherever there is a corresponding federal extension, and that Alabama taxpayers will not need to request an extension to file Alabama returns without a l
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While very little is known at this point about what has caused the outage, it looks like the problems first appeared on March 30 but are still preventing the systems from coming back online at the time of press.
Applus Technologies, the company that developed the vehicle emissions testing platform, confirmed the outage and said it’s actively working on restoring all systems. Still, for the time being, no information can be provided as to when the testing platform could be back online.
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It is imperative that we ensure every component of the program is free from malware, thoroughly tested and operating normally before bringing the program back online. The testing process will involve all of our agencies as well as the station owners who own and operate the computerized workstation equipment used to perform the motor vehicle inspections,” the company says.
Georgia vehicle emission testing returning after system outage
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ATLANTA - Georgia s vehicle emissions inspections will return back to normal Thursday after a week-long system outage.
On March 30, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division waived the inspections for a period of time after the vendor for multiple states noticed and stopped a malware attack.
The outage affected the transmission of information to and from inspection stations in eight states.
Starting Thursday, vehicle owners will be able to obtain their emissions tests.
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Due to the outage, anyone who registered or renewed a vehicle between March 31 and April 8 will not need to get an emissions test until next year s renewal period.
Georgia emissions system shut down after cyberware attack Michael Seiden
Nearly 100 business owners were part of an emergency Zoom meeting Monday all centered around an FBI investigation into hackers shutting down Georgia’s emissions system.
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The Georgia Department of Revenue said its automated systems have been offline since March 31.
The FBI is now investigating it as a cyberware attack that has halted all emission testing across Georgia and seven other states.
The outages are delivering a huge blow to small business owners. The CEO of Applus Technologies, whose software runs the system, apologized during the emergency meeting Monday.
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