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  • May 01, 2025

    Colo. Fees Don't Violate TABOR, Appeals Panel Says

    The enterprise fees in Colorado's state transportation package passed in 2021 do not violate the state's Taxpayer Bill of Rights, a state appeals court said Thursday, upholding a district court ruling and rejecting a challenge from a conservative group.

  • May 01, 2025

    Colo. House OKs Eliminating Deduction For Free Sports Bets

    Colorado would reduce and then eliminate a tax deduction for sports betting operators for free bets placed by players under a bill passed by the state House of Representatives and referred to the state Senate's Finance Committee.

  • May 01, 2025

    Ind. Co. May Get OK For GILTI, Foreign Dividends Deduction

    A company in Indiana that was originally assessed additional corporate income tax after being denied a $17 million deduction for dividends from foreign subsidiaries may be able to claim another deduction, the Department of State Revenue said in a letter of findings.

  • May 01, 2025

    Ore. Tax Court Retains Nix Of Microsoft Foreign Income Relief

    The Oregon Tax Court is adhering to its finding on the treatment of Microsoft's repatriated foreign income when calculating its state income, making only minor changes to an earlier order and rejecting the company's arguments for further relief.

  • May 01, 2025

    Ind. Sales Tax Applies To Car Service's Rentals

    An Indiana company providing car transportation services properly paid sales tax on its rentals of vehicles, the state Department of Revenue determined, finding that the company failed to prove it was entitled to a refund.聽

  • May 01, 2025

    Wis. Senate Bill Seeks Film Tax Credit For Wages, Expenses

    Wisconsin would allow film and television production companies to claim an income and franchise tax credit for wages and expenses paid to make a movie or broadcast in the state under a bill introduced in the Senate.聽聽

  • May 01, 2025

    Texas Senate Bill Aims To Bar Green Energy Tax Exemption

    Texas would prohibit municipalities from exempting renewable energy facilities from property tax under a bill passed by the state Senate.

  • April 30, 2025

    House Judiciary Panel OKs Broadening PL 86-272 Protections

    The U.S. House Judiciary Committee advanced legislation on Wednesday that would impose more restrictions on state tax authorities to levy income taxes on out-of-state businesses, approving changes to P.L. 86-272 in the panel's portion of the federal budget reconciliation bill.

  • April 30, 2025

    Tribes Join Push For High Court To Review Ariz. Tax On Plant

    Arizona misinterpreted federal law and threatened the sovereignty of a Native American tribe with its taxation of a natural-gas-powered plant that sits on a reservation, the tribe told the U.S. Supreme Court in a brief Wednesday.

  • April 30, 2025

    Sheppard Mullin Brings On Kirkland Tax Ace In Houston

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Wednesday that it expanded its tax, employee benefits and trusts and estates practice with a new partner most recently with Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

  • April 30, 2025

    NY Sales Tax Applies To Co.'s Document Services, ALJ Rules

    New York state sales tax applies to a Utah company's sales of document management products because the products are considered prewritten software, a New York administrative law judge ruled Wednesday.

  • April 30, 2025

    Texas Voters To Decide On Financial Transactions Tax Ban

    Texas voters will decide whether to prevent the state from taxing securities transactions under a joint resolution passed by the state Senate.

  • April 30, 2025

    Fried Frank Taps Sidley's UK Tax Head

    The former head of Sidley Austin LLP's U.K. tax practice has joined Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's London office, where he will advise on U.K. and international tax structuring, the firm announced.

  • April 30, 2025

    Mont. To Cut Top Individual Income Tax Rate, Adjust Brackets

    Montana will lower its top individual income tax rate, adjust tax brackets so that more income is subject to a lower tax rate and double the state's earned income tax credit under a bill signed by the governor.

  • April 30, 2025

    Texas House OKs Ballot Question On Banning Inheritance Tax

    Texas would have voters decide if the state should create a constitutional amendment prohibiting taxes on a decedent's property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance, legacy, succession or gift under a resolution passed by the state House of Representatives.

  • April 30, 2025

    Colo. House OKs Extending Advanced Industry Tax Credit

    Colorado's tax credit for investment in certain advanced industries would extend for five years beyond its current sunset under legislation approved Wednesday by the state House of Representatives.

  • April 30, 2025

    Mich. Revenues Through March Surge $466M From Last Year

    Michigan's general revenue collection from October through March exceeded the same period in the previous year by $466 million, according to a report by the state Budget Office released Wednesday.

  • April 30, 2025

    NJ Panel Declines To Revive Tobacco Co.'s Tax Refund Claim

    A tobacco company cannot revive its claim for a tax refund, a New Jersey appeals court found,聽agreeing with the state's tax court that 2020 amendments to a regulation limiting a royalty add-back deduction must be applied retroactively.

  • April 30, 2025

    Bipartisan House Members Pitch Expanded Paid Family Leave

    A bipartisan group of House lawmakers unveiled legislation Wednesday that they said would expand access to paid family leave by incentivizing states to establish their own programs and facilitating the exchange of information between state and federal officials.

  • April 29, 2025

    MTC Digital Work Group Backs Tax Pact's Bundling Rules

    The Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board's model for how to tax products sold in a bundle generally works well and more states should consider it, a Multistate Tax Commission work group studying how to harmonize state rules for taxing digital products said Tuesday.

  • April 29, 2025

    MTC Group Finalizing Work On Sourcing Partners' Payments

    The Multistate Tax Commission group working on the state taxation of partnerships said Tuesday it is preparing for the final stages of one of its major fields of research, the state sourcing of partnership income.

  • April 29, 2025

    New MTC Form Would Assure Sellers On Sales Tax Collection

    Fifteen states have so far approved, on an optional basis, a new form that a marketplace facilitator can use to certify to its marketplace sellers that it will be taking over the collection and remittance of sales tax, relieving the sellers of that responsibility, a Multistate Tax Commission official said Tuesday.

  • April 29, 2025

    NY Court Upholds PL 86-272 Regulations, Bars Retroactivity

    A New York rule allowing state taxation of nonsolicitation business activities over the internet isn't barred by a federal law providing limited protections against state income tax, but the rule cannot apply retroactively, a state Supreme Court ruled.

  • April 29, 2025

    MTC Group To Weigh Updating Airline, Broadcaster Tax Rules

    A Multistate Tax Commission committee gave the green light Tuesday for a work group to consider ways to revise the intergovernmental agency's decades-old sourcing regulations for airlines and broadcasting companies to account for how they generate income from current business practices.

  • April 29, 2025

    Hochul, Legislators Agree On Budget With Small-Biz Tax Cuts

    New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers agreed on a budget plan with payroll mobility tax relief for small businesses and a $1 billion tax cut for middle- and low-income residents, the governor said, despite critics saying the plan leaves the state exposed to federal cuts.

Expert Analysis

  • How Attys Can Avoid Pitfalls When Withdrawing From A Case

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    The Trump campaign's recent scuffle over its bid to replace its counsel in a pregnancy retaliation suit offers a chance to remind attorneys that many troubles inherent in withdrawing from a case can be mitigated or entirely avoided by communicating with clients openly and frequently, says Christopher Konneker at Orsinger Nelson.

  • Using A Children's Book Approach In Firm Marketing Content

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    From 鈥淭he Giving Tree鈥 to 鈥淲here the Wild Things Are,鈥 most children鈥檚 books are easy to remember because they use simple words and numbers to tell stories with a human impact 鈥 a formula law firms should emulate in their marketing content to stay front of mind for potential clients, says Seema Desai Maglio at The Found Word.

  • Tax Assessment: Recapping Georgia's Legislative Session

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    Jonathan Feldman and Alla Raykin at Eversheds Sutherland examine tax-related changes from Georgia鈥檚 General Assembly 鈥 such as the governor鈥檚 successful push to accelerate income tax cuts 鈥 and suggest steps to take before certain tax incentives are challenged in the state's next legislative session.

  • Geothermal Energy Has Growing Potential In The US

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    Bipartisan support for the geothermal industry shows that geothermal energy can be an elegant solution toward global decarbonization efforts because of its small footprint, low supply chain risk, and potential to draw on the skills of existing highly specialized oil and gas workers and renewable specialists, say attorneys at Weil.

  • Bad Ideas That Won't Go Away: SALT In Review

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    From California's latest move toward a digital ad tax to Kansas' proposed tax credits for film production, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.

  • Exploring An Alternative Model Of Litigation Finance

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    A new model of litigation finance, most aptly described as insurance-backed litigation funding, differs from traditional funding in two key ways, and the process of securing it involves three primary steps, say Bob Koneck, Christopher Le Neve Foster and Richard Butters at Atlantic Global Risk LLC.

  • Trump Hush Money Case Offers Master Class In Trial Strategy

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    The New York criminal hush money trial of former President Donald Trump typifies some of the greatest challenges that lawyers face in crafting persuasive presentations, providing lessons on how to handle bad facts, craft a simple story that withstands attack, and cross-examine with that story in mind, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • A Vision For Economic Clerkships In The Legal System

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    As courts handle increasingly complex damages analyses involving vast amounts of data, an economic clerkship program 鈥 integrating early-career economists into the judicial system 鈥 could improve legal outcomes and provide essential training to clerks, say Mona Birjandi at Data for Decisions and Matt Farber at Secretariat.

  • E-Discovery Quarterly: Recent Rulings On Text Message Data

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    Electronically stored information on cellphones, and in particular text messages, can present unique litigation challenges, and recent court decisions demonstrate that counsel must carefully balance what data should be preserved, collected, reviewed and produced, say attorneys at Sidley.

  • Kentucky Tax Talk: Budget Focus Cools Tax Reform Efforts

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    There were some noteworthy tax developments during Kentucky鈥檚 legislative session 鈥 like the revival of local tax reform and enactment of another tax amnesty program 鈥 but major tax initiatives, like those seen in recent years, were largely tabled as legislators focused on establishing the state鈥檚 two-year budget, say attorneys at Frost Brown.

  • NY Tax Talk: Primary Function Is Key Analysis For Sales Tax

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    Two sales tax cases recently decided by New York's Appellate Division illustrate why both taxpayers and the state's Department of Revenue subscribe to the primary function test, a logical way to determine whether business transactions are subject to sales tax, say Elizabeth Cha and Jeremy Gove at Eversheds Sutherland.

  • Time To Fix NYC's Broken Property Assessment System

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    A New York appellate court's decision to revive Tax Equity Now New York v. City of New York may force the city to revamp its outdated and unfair real estate tax assessment system, which could be fixed with a couple of simple changes, says Seth Feldman at Romer Debbas.

  • Strange Notions Bubble Up: SALT In Review

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    From an assault on North Carolina's phaseout of its corporate income tax to a court ruling on the taxability of sparkling water in Pennsylvania, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.

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