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  • 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, 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.

  • April 29, 2025

    Kansas To Require Single Sales Factor For Multistate Cos.

    Kansas will require multistate corporations to switch from the three-factor apportionment method for income to a single-sales-factor apportionment method and to market-based sourcing of receipts under a bill signed by the governor.

  • April 29, 2025

    Kan. Creates Sales Tax Exemption For Data Center Developers

    Kansas established a sales tax exemption for businesses that build and make purchases for the development of data centers in the state under a bill signed by the governor.

  • April 28, 2025

    Court Urged To Reconsider Jurisdiction In Tribal Tariff Row

    Blackfeet Nation members are asking a Montana federal judge to reconsider an order to transfer their challenge against President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports from Canada and abroad to the U.S. Court of International Trade, saying the decision is based on the constitutional question of the Indian commerce clause.

  • April 28, 2025

    Mich. Justices Won't Hear Cos.' Bid To Adjust Asset Basis

    Michigan's highest court declined Monday to review an appeals court's decision that two companies may not account for depreciation they didn't receive credit for under Michigan law to increase the basis of assets they sold when determining their state tax liabilities.

  • April 28, 2025

    Colo. House OKs Tax Break For Employee-Owned Businesses

    Colorado would offer a $1 million state tax deduction and other tax benefits for conversions of businesses into worker-owned cooperatives under a bill approved Monday by the state House of Representatives.

  • April 28, 2025

    Reds, Bengals Stadiums' Land Tax Upheld By Ohio Board

    The land on which the stadiums for the Cincinnati Bengals and Cincinnati Reds reside are subject to property tax, but parking facilities near the sports complexes are tax-exempt because they are used for public purposes, the Ohio Board of Tax Appeals ruled.

  • April 28, 2025

    Maine Revenue Surpasses Forecast By $8M Through March

    Maine's general revenue collection from July through March outperformed a forecast by $8 million, according to a report by the state Department of Administrative and Financial Services.

  • April 28, 2025

    Mo. Proposed Rule Outlines SALT Cap Workaround

    The Missouri Department of Revenue would carry out a law that allows members of pass-through entities to opt out of the state's entity-level tax that bypasses the $10,000 federal cap on state and local tax deductions under a proposed regulation.

  • April 28, 2025

    Ore. Tax Court Allows Partial Deduction For Timber Biz Owner

    The owner of an Oregon timber business can make a partial deduction from gross income for contract labor expenses, but the rest of his claimed deductions were properly recalculated by a state Department of Revenue auditor, the Oregon Tax Court ruled.

  • April 28, 2025

    Ark. Will Exempt Groceries From State Sales Tax

    Arkansas will exempt groceries from state sales and use tax starting in 2026 under a bill signed into law by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

  • April 28, 2025

    Colo. House Panel OKs Axing Deduction For Free Sports Bets

    Colorado would eliminate a tax deduction for sports betting operators for free bets placed by players under a bill approved by the state House Appropriations Committee.

  • April 28, 2025

    Ala. Couple Failed To Abandon Domicile, Tribunal Says

    A couple who left Alabama for work in other states owe income tax for the 2014 and 2019 tax years because they failed to abandon their domicile, the state's Tax Tribunal ruled.

  • April 28, 2025

    Colo. Ends Tax Reimbursement For Destroyed Property

    Colorado will no longer provide reimbursements for property taxes when real or business property is destroyed by natural causes under legislation signed by Gov. Jared Polis.

  • April 28, 2025

    Md. Expands Tax Break For Biz-Owned Child Care Property

    Maryland expanded eligibility for a property tax credit for Anne Arundel County businesses that dedicate a portion of their property to child care services under a bill signed by the governor.

  • April 25, 2025

    Feds Say Tariff Fight Belongs In International Trade Court

    The Trump administration wants to litigate a challenge to its tariffs in a federal trade court, not the D.C. district court, arguing that the U.S. Court of International Trade is the only venue with jurisdiction to hear the case.

Expert Analysis

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

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    From “The Giving Tree” to “Where the Wild Things Are,” most children’s books are easy to remember because they use simple words and numbers to tell stories with a human impact — 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’s General Assembly — such as the governor’s successful push to accelerate income tax cuts — 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 — integrating early-career economists into the judicial system — 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’s legislative session — like the revival of local tax reform and enactment of another tax amnesty program — but major tax initiatives, like those seen in recent years, were largely tabled as legislators focused on establishing the state’s 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.

  • Don't Use The Same Template For Every Client Alert

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    As the old marketing adage goes, consistency is key, but law firm style guides need consistency that contemplates variety when it comes to client alert formats, allowing attorneys to tailor alerts to best fit the audience and subject matter, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.

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