State & Local
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June 23, 2025
Weil Gotshal Hires Akin Gump Tax Partner In NY
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced Monday the hiring of a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as a tax partner out of Weil's New York office.
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June 23, 2025
New York Tax Revenue Surges $2.27B
New York's general revenue collection from May through June outpaced last year by $2.27 billion, according to a report by the state Department of Taxation and Finance.
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June 23, 2025
Oregon Lawmakers OK Extending Brownfield Tax Breaks
Oregon would extend its program of local property tax incentives for brownfield development by six years under legislation passed by the state House of Representatives.
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June 23, 2025
Oregon House Passes Bill To Nearly Double Lodging Tax
Oregon would nearly double its lodging tax rate under legislation approved by the state House.
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June 23, 2025
Texas Authorizes Tax Break For Border Safety Infrastructure
Texas authorized a property tax exemption for real property used to install border security infrastructure in counties that border Mexico, pending voter approval of a proposed amendment to the state constitution, under a bill signed by Gov. Greg Abbott.
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June 23, 2025
Ore. Lawmakers OK Barring Farm Tax Break For Illegal Pot
Oregon farmland would lose eligibility for a tax break if its owner is found to be illegally growing marijuana on it under legislation approved by state lawmakers.
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June 23, 2025
Oregon Sets Uniform Deadlines For Tax Refund Requests
Oregon is establishing uniform deadlines for requesting refunds of taxes administered by the state Department of Revenue under legislation signed by Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek.
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June 20, 2025
NY ALJ OKs Like-Kind Exchange On Investors' Same-Day Sale
Two New York residents qualify for a like-kind exchange deferment of gains they received from selling an apartment building on the same day they obtained its title from a partnership they were invested in, a New York administrative law judge said in a determination released Friday.
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June 20, 2025
Texas Justices Pass On USA Today, Tax Firm Defamation Fight
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday declined to take up a venue dispute in a defamation suit against USA Today over a 2021 investigative series into tax services and technology company Ryan LLC.
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June 20, 2025
REIT Wants Mo. Justices To Review City Tax On Rental Income
Rental income from property owned by healthcare real estate investment trust Ventas Inc. should not be taxed by Kansas City, Missouri, as income from business activity, the company said, seeking review of the case by the state supreme court.
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June 20, 2025
Arizona Voters To Decide On Local Grocery Tax Cap
Arizona cities and towns would be barred from imposing new or increased grocery tax rates above 2% if voters approve a state constitutional amendment proposed in a resolution approved by lawmakers Friday.
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June 20, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Latham, Paul Weiss, Covington
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Nippon Steel closes its purchase of U.S. Steel, Hunter Point Capital buys a minority stake in Equitix, Eaton acquires Ultra PCS Ltd. from the Cobham Ultra Group, and Eli Lilly and Co. acquires Verve Therapeutics.
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June 20, 2025
80% Back Energy Co. Taxes For Climate Damage, Oxfam Says
About 80% of people surveyed across the world support taxing oil, gas and coal corporations as a way to pay for environmental damages caused by pollution, including 75% in the U.S., according to a survey by nongovernmental organization Oxfam International and environmentalist organization Greenpeace International.Â
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June 18, 2025
Oregon House Panel OKs Nearly Doubling Lodging Tax Rate
Oregon would raise its state transient lodging tax rate from 1.5% to 2.75%, with the new revenue dedicated to state conservation efforts, under legislation advanced by the House Revenue Committee.
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June 18, 2025
La. Officials Probe Tax Dept.'s Capacity For Seller Audits
More enforcement is needed to ensure proper collection of taxes on remote sales, members of Louisiana's remote sellers commission said Wednesday, while noting challenges the state's tax department may face should it take on audits for the commission.
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June 18, 2025
Square, Cash App Parent Wins Push To Slash Atlanta Tax Bill
A trial court correctly ruled that the parent company of online payment systems Square and Cash App didn't owe around $540,000 in business occupation tax to Atlanta, the Georgia Court of Appeals found, agreeing that the company owed around $20,000 instead.
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June 18, 2025
Mich. Housing Co-Op Suit On Hold After Disclosure Exemption
A Michigan federal judge hit pause on a lawsuit from a group of housing cooperatives to escape requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act after the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network said it would give U.S.-based entities a break from the rules.
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June 18, 2025
Aramark's Agency Exclusion Claim Rejected By Ohio Justices
Aramark can't claim an agency exclusion on its gross receipts tax calculations for reimbursements it received from clients for purchases, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, affirming the state tax agency's denial of a roughly $908,000 tax refund claim from the food services company.
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June 18, 2025
RI Revenue Collection Trails Forecast By $1.1M
Rhode Island's general fund revenue collection for July through May underperformed an estimate by $1.1 million, according to the state Department of Revenue.
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June 18, 2025
Okla. Apartments Not Subject To Property Tax Bump Transfer
An Oklahoma apartment complex is not subject to the county's increased tax assessment that is allowed when a property's title is transferred just because the limited partnership that owns the complex changed ownership, the state Supreme Court ruled.Â
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June 18, 2025
NC Total Revenue Through May Up $980M From Last Year
North Carolina's total revenue collection from July through May surpassed the amount collected during the same period last fiscal year by $980 million, according to the state controller's office.
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June 18, 2025
Okla. Gov. Nixes Betting Loss Exclusion From Deduction Cap
Oklahoma's governor pocket vetoed a bill that would have exempted gambling losses that are deductible for federal income tax purposes from the state's cap on itemized deductions.
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June 18, 2025
Virginia General Revenue Collection Through May Up $1.6B
Virginia's general fund revenue collection from July through May surged ahead of last year by $1.6 billion, according to a report by the state finance secretary.
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June 17, 2025
Florida Lawmakers Approve Ending Business Rent Tax
Florida would eliminate its business rent tax and require a study on whether the state could eliminate or reduce residential property taxes under budget-related legislation the state Legislature approved.
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June 17, 2025
Wyden Vows To Fight For Energy Credits Facing GOP Repeal
The top Senate Democratic tax writer vowed Tuesday to try to protect clean energy tax provisions of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act that would face an early repeal under the sweeping tax and budget legislation released by Republicans in the Senate Finance Committee.
Expert Analysis
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Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys
Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.
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Colorado Banking Brief: All The Notable Legal Updates In Q3
In the third quarter of 2024, Colorado's banking and financial services sector faced both regulatory updates and changes to state law due to recent federal court decisions — with consequences for local governments, mortgage lenders, state-chartered trust companies and federally chartered lenders serving Colorado consumers, says Sarah Auchterlonie at Brownstein Hyatt.
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Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession
About 30,000 people who took the bar exam in July will learn they passed this fall, marking a fitting time for all attorneys to remember that they are members in a specialty club of learned professionals — and the more they can keep this in mind, the more benefits they will see, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
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AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys
The thing that’s so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what’s most scary about it — its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys’ chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.
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Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners
Partner and associate mobility data from the second quarter of this year suggest that there's never been a better time in recent years for law firms to hire lateral candidates, particularly experienced partners — though this necessitates an understanding of potential red flags, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.
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Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics
Disney and American Airlines recently abandoned certain litigation tactics in two lawsuits after fierce public backlash, illustrating why corporate counsel should consider the reputational implications of any legal strategy and partner with their communications teams to preempt public relations concerns, says Chris Gidez at G7 Reputation Advisory.
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It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers
Amid fierce competition for business, the transactional “trusted adviser” paradigm from which most firms operate is no longer sufficient — they should instead aim to become trusted partners with their most valuable clients, says Stuart Maister at Strategic Narrative.
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Frames Of Deference: SALT In Review
From a challenge to New York state regulations that follows on the end of Chevron deference to a court ruling siding with the Nebraska Revenue Department's view of a tax deduction, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.
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Navigating A Potpourri Of Possible Transparency Act Pitfalls
Despite the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network's continued release of guidance for complying with the Corporate Transparency Act, its interpretation remains in flux, making it important for companies to understand potentially problematic areas of ambiguity in the practical application of the law, say attorneys at Sidley.
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How Methods Are Evolving In Textualist Interpretations
Textualists at the U.S. Supreme Court are increasingly considering new methods such as corpus linguistics and surveys to evaluate what a statute's text communicates to an ordinary reader, while lower courts even mull large language models like ChatGPT as supplements, says Kevin Tobia at Georgetown Law.
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Local Taxes And Repercussions: SALT In Review
From a study of local taxes to news that corporations will relocate to tax-friendlier places, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.
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Financial Incentives May Alleviate Affordable Housing Crisis
There is a wide array of financial incentives and assistance that the government can provide to both real estate developers and individuals to chip away at the housing affordability problem from multiple angles, say Eric DeBear and Madeline Williams at Cozen.
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Why Attorneys Should Consider Community Leadership Roles
Volunteering and nonprofit board service are complementary to, but distinct from, traditional pro bono work, and taking on these community leadership roles can produce dividends for lawyers, their firms and the nonprofit causes they support, says Katie Beacham at Kilpatrick.