Firstly, expenses are either operating expenses or non-operating expenses. Expenses incurred in operating the firm's core line of business are operating expenses. Employee wages, inventory handling costs, and expenditures for office supplies are operating expenses.
However, the state of Utah, just beat Washington to the punch. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, a law that rolled in with the new year, ended âyears of legal discrimination against some groups in Utah.â The new law that went into effect on January 1, 2015, ends pit bull bans throughout the state of Utah.
As for U.S. jurisdictions that are not states, as of November 2012 smoking is banned in all public places (including bars and restaurants) in American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and United States Virgin Islands. Guam prohibits smoking in restaurants, but not in any other workplaces.