Tax news from around the web: April 29 – May 3, 2019

California sets $500,000 threshold for remote seller tax collection obligation
In the wake of South Dakota v. Wayfair, California Governor Newsom has signed into law Assembly Bill 147, which imposes a sales/use tax collection obligation on remote sellers that exceed $500,000 in sales for delivery in California.

IRS announces multi-year plan to update, modernize IT systems; Effort focused on improved taxpayer services, expanded cybersecurity and taxpayer data protections
The IRS has released a six-year plan to modernize the agency’s Information Technology systems and improve a variety of taxpayer services critical to the nation’s tax system.

Tech Corner - Psychologist explores controlling games directly with your brain
Increasingly, game developers are asking whether a 17-button controller or a mouse/keyboard are the best possible interfaces for interacting with games — or if there is something more “naturalistic” that could improve the connection between what we want to do in a game and what actually happens.