Welcome to your daily briefing on hospitality developments in Mississippi. Today we're covering 4 key stories including updates on mississippi hospitality headlines, background & context. Let's dive in.
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To obtain a liquor license in the state of Mississippi, you need to apply for an Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Permit through the Mississippi Department of Revenue. The process involves signing up for an online TAP account, completing….
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In most MS jurisdictions, liquor licenses attach to the licensee, not the business entity. Selling the business does not automatically transfer the license; the buyer typically applies for a new license, which can take 60-180 days. Operating during the gap is illegal in most states and may not be insurable.
Restaurant acquisitions that close before license transfer can leave the buyer dark on alcohol service for months — typically 30-50% of revenue at full-service venues.
Federal FLSA permits tip-credit on wages only for employees who customarily and regularly receive tips, and only for the time spent on tip-producing duties. Many states (and the federal "80/20" rule) limit how much side-work can be performed while paying tip-credit wage. Polishing silverware for an hour at the start of shift is the most common silent violation.
Wage-and-hour collective actions in restaurants frequently win on the side-work issue and produce back-pay liability across all tipped staff in the lookback period.
Short-term rental platforms collect and remit local occupancy tax in some jurisdictions and not others — the same platform may handle it for one city and not the next over. Hosts who assume the platform handles all tax obligations frequently owe state or local tax that was never withheld.
Tax authorities are increasingly using platform data to identify hosts; back-tax assessments in this category routinely run multi-year and include penalties.
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