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State & Local

  • July 21, 2025

    MTC Highlights Biz Risks Of Altering State Tax Agreements

    Businesses that attempt to unilaterally alter the terms of a voluntary disclosure agreement that a state proposed risk that state using their information to pursue an enforcement action against them, according to an example a Multistate Tax Commission committee approved Monday to add to its VDA policy.

  • July 21, 2025

    JetBlue Says Fla. Used Unlawful Formula In Calculating Taxes

    JetBlue urged a Florida state court on Monday to negate a $631,000 corporate tax assessment by the state's Department of Revenue, arguing that a component of the agency's formula for taxing out-of-state miles is inconsistent with federal law.

  • July 21, 2025

    Mass. House Bill Would Allow Local-Option Tax Increases

    Massachusetts would allow cities and towns to raise certain local taxes above current limits under legislation pitched by Democratic Gov. Maura Healey and being considered in the state House.

  • July 21, 2025

    Calif. Energy Credit Conformity Bill Advances In Assembly

    California would conform to certain Internal Revenue Code provisions governing renewable energy tax credits from the Inflation Reduction Act under a bill passed by the state Assembly's Revenue and Taxation Committee and referred to its Appropriations Committee.

  • July 21, 2025

    Wis. Homeowners Lack Basis For Tax Burden Suit, Court Told

    A Wisconsin county, town and tribal school district pushed a federal court to throw out a suit by homeowners who claim the government entities have conspired to expand the Menominee Indian Tribe's holdings of tax-exempt land and increase taxpayers' burden, saying the homeowners lacked standing.

  • July 21, 2025

    Rising Star: Davis Polk's Aliza Slansky

    Aliza Slansky of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is lead counsel in Sycamore Partners' $23 billion acquisition of Walgreens Boots Alliance and advised Missouri tech company Emerson on a series of multibillion-dollar sales, earning her a spot among the tax law practitioners under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.

  • July 21, 2025

    NH To Exempt Electric Utilities From Some Property Taxes

    New Hampshire will exempt electric generating facilities from utility and education property taxes under a bill signed by the governor. 

  • July 21, 2025

    Mass. Tax Collections Through July 15 Down $24M

    Massachusetts' tax collection from July 1 through July 15 lagged behind the same period last year by $24 million, according to the state Department of Revenue.

  • July 21, 2025

    Ore. Wood Mills' Tax Value Lowered For Obsolescence

    Functional obsolescence may be considered for the property tax valuation of a pair of Oregon wood processing facilities, the Oregon Tax Court said, setting their values at a fraction of those proposed by a local assessor.

  • July 21, 2025

    Calif. Assembly Panel Advances Bill To OK Local Transit Taxes

    California would allow voters to authorize local retail transactions and use taxes to fund transportation projects via initiative measures under a bill passed by the state Assembly's Elections Committee and referred to its Appropriations Committee.

  • July 21, 2025

    Ore. Nixes Property Tax Break For Illegal Marijuana Farms

    Oregon farmland will be disqualified from an agricultural property tax break if its owner is found growing marijuana illegally, under legislation signed into law.

  • July 21, 2025

    MTC Audit Committee Chair To Retire Later This Year

    The Multistate Tax Commission's Audit Committee chair announced Monday that he will be stepping down later this year upon retiring from the Utah State Tax Commission.

  • July 18, 2025

    Law360 Names 2025's Top Attorneys Under 40

    Law360 is pleased to announce the Rising Stars of 2025, our list of more than 150 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.

  • July 18, 2025

    Pa. House Bill Seeks To End Personal Income Tax By 2026

    Pennsylvania would eliminate its personal income tax after 2025 under a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives.

  • July 18, 2025

    Mass. Advocates Pitch Doubling Real Estate Transfer Fee

    Massachusetts would double its real estate transfer fee to raise an estimated $300 million annually for affordable housing and climate mitigation efforts under legislation pitched to a state legislative panel by housing and environmental advocates.

  • July 18, 2025

    3 Key Budget Bill Issues Tax Pros Want IRS To Clarify Quickly

    The GOP's new tax overhaul is driving demand for guidance on long-sought business and worker-friendly provisions among tax professionals and lawmakers, who are watching to see if IRS staff cuts and funding reductions will hinder the agency's ability to take swift regulatory action. Here, Law360 looks at three areas where tax pros say a quick turnaround on guidance or regulations would be most helpful.

  • July 18, 2025

    Pa. Appellate Court Upholds Commercial Property Value

    A Pennsylvania commercial property was properly reassessed by the city of Philadelphia, and the reassessment did not violate court precedent, a state appellate court affirmed. 

  • July 18, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Slaughter And May

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Blackstone pours billions into data centers and related infrastructure, Waters Corp. and Becton Dickinson look to form a new life sciences powerhouse, Reckitt sells 70% of its Essential Home business to private equity firm Advent, and Chevron completes its acquisition of Hess following a favorable arbitral award.

  • July 18, 2025

    Oregon To Issue Report On Property Tax System

    The Oregon legislative revenue officer will issue a report on the state's property tax system and options to modernize it under legislation signed into law by the governor.

  • July 18, 2025

    Ohio Board OKs $1M Value Cut For Apartment Complex

    The Ohio Board of Tax Appeals on Friday granted an affordable housing apartment complex's request for its value to be reduced by nearly $1 million based on rents charged by comparable properties, saying the state Supreme Court previously had upheld the valuation method.

  • July 17, 2025

    Uber Asks Ga. Justices To Reverse Sales Tax Ruling

    Georgia's highest court should review and reverse an appellate panel's decision that Uber was required to collect and remit millions in sales taxes on behalf of drivers and customers who used its app before the Wayfair decision, the ride-hailing company told the state's justices.

  • July 17, 2025

    Calif. Initiatives Seek Higher Bar For Local Tax Hikes

    Two proposed ballot measures that would limit the ability of voters to raise taxes for local governments have been approved for signature gathering by California's secretary of state.

  • July 17, 2025

    Canada Mulling Changes To Ability To Rewrite Transactions

    Canada's Department of Finance is considering changes to legislation that outlines the tax authority's power to recharacterize transactions set forth in contracts between related parties when their behavior doesn't match what the contract says, an official said Thursday.

  • July 17, 2025

    W.Va. Car Dealer Tells Ohio Justices It's Exempt From Tax

    A West Virginia car dealer is not liable for commercial activity tax in Ohio, it argued to the Ohio Supreme Court, saying customers taking their purchased cars across state lines did not create a liability.

  • July 17, 2025

    NY Tax Collections Through June Rise By $3.4B

    New York state's tax collections from April through June outpaced last year's total for that period by $3.4 billion, according to the state Department of Taxation and Finance.

Expert Analysis

  • Shake-Ups For Courts In Different Fields: SALT In Review

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    From the end of Chevron deference in the courts to the planned sale of the NBA's reigning champion, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.

  • Kentucky Tax Talk: Appeals Court Revisits Leases' Tax Effects

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    With better facts and greater emphasis on the Kentucky Constitution, Walgreen Co. may succeed in its latest Kentucky Court of Appeals challenge to a tax assessor's method of valuing leaseholds on real property for purposes of determining ad valorem tax, say Mark Sommer and Elizabeth Ethington at Frost Brown Todd.

  • Lead Like 'Ted Lasso' By Embracing Cognitive Diversity

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    The Apple TV+ series “Ted Lasso” aptly illustrates how embracing cognitive diversity can be a winning strategy for teams, providing a useful lesson for law firms, which can benefit significantly from fresh, diverse perspectives and collaborative problem-solving, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

  • Now More Than Ever, Lawyers Must Exhibit Professionalism

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    As society becomes increasingly fractured and workplace incivility is on the rise, attorneys must champion professionalism and lead by example, demonstrating how lawyers can respectfully disagree without being disagreeable, says Edward Casmere at Norton Rose.

  • Reading Between The Lines Of Justices' Moore Ruling

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent Moore v. U.S. decision, that the Internal Revenue Code Section 965 did not violate the 16th Amendment, was narrowly tailored to minimally disrupt existing tax regimes, but the justices' various opinions leave the door open to future tax challenges and provide clues for what the battles may look like, say Caroline Ngo and Le Chen at McDermott.

  • A Midyear Forecast: Tailwinds Expected For Atty Hourly Rates

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    Hourly rates for partners, associates and support staff continued to rise in the first half of this year, and this growth shows no signs of slowing for the rest of 2024 and into next year, driven in part by the return of mergers and acquisitions and the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, says Chuck Chandler at Valeo Partners.

  • Another Crack In The Shield: SALT In Review

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    From the latest assault on a federal shield against taxing out-of-state businesses to an update on beer taxes, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.

  • States Should Loosen Law Firm Ownership Restrictions

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    Despite growing buzz, normalized nonlawyer ownership of law firms is a distant prospect, so the legal community should focus first on liberalizing state restrictions on attorney and firm purchases of practices, which would bolster succession planning and improve access to justice, says Michael Di Gennaro at The Law Practice Exchange.

  • Texas Ethics Opinion Flags Hazards Of Unauthorized Practice

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    The Texas Professional Ethics Committee's recently issued proposed opinion finding that in-house counsel providing legal services to the company's clients constitutes the unauthorized practice of law is a valuable clarification given that a UPL violation — a misdemeanor in most states — carries high stakes, say Hilary Gerzhoy and Julienne Pasichow at HWG.

  • How To Clean Up Your Generative AI-Produced Legal Drafts

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    As law firms increasingly rely on generative artificial intelligence tools to produce legal text, attorneys should be on guard for the overuse of cohesive devices in initial drafts, and consider a few editing pointers to clean up AI’s repetitive and choppy outputs, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.

  • A Tale Of 2 Trump Cases: The Rule Of Law Is A Live Issue

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    The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision this week in Trump v. U.S., holding that former President Donald Trump has broad immunity from prosecution, undercuts the rule of law, while the former president’s New York hush money conviction vindicates it in eight key ways, says David Postel at Henein Hutchison.

  • Industry Self-Regulation Will Shine Post-Chevron

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's Loper decision will shape the contours of industry self-regulation in the years to come, providing opportunities for this often-misunderstood practice, says Eric Reicin at BBB National Programs.

  • 3 Ways Agencies Will Keep Making Law After Chevron

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    The U.S. Supreme Court clearly thinks it has done something big in overturning the Chevron precedent that had given deference to agencies' statutory interpretations, but regulated parties have to consider how agencies retain significant power to shape the law and its meaning, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

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