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  • April 21, 2025

    Ohio Parking Garage Not Exempt From Tax, Board Says

    A parking garage owned by a public authority in Ohio but leased to a private entity isn't eligible for a property tax exemption because it's not exclusively used for public purposes, the state's Board of Tax Appeals ruled.

  • April 21, 2025

    Justices Pass On Fla. Man's Taking Claims From Tax Sale

    The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a man's claims that a Florida county's foreclosure sale of his home for an amount equal to his back taxes, interest and penalties without paying him a surplus resulted in an unconstitutional taking of property.

  • April 21, 2025

    Mont. Allows Automatic Return Of Some Unclaimed Property

    Montana granted the state's Department of Revenue authority to automatically return unclaimed property valued at $1,000 or less to its owner if certain conditions are met under a bill signed by the governor.

  • April 21, 2025

    Marketers Knock NJ Plan To Adopt MTC Web Activity Rules

    New Jersey's proposal to adopt portions of the Multistate Tax Commission's guidelines regarding the taxation of internet activities that fall outside a federal law limiting tax on income would be unlawful, a lobbying group for the direct and remote marketing industry said Monday.

  • April 21, 2025

    Colo. House OKs High-Earner Tax Hike For Meals Plan

    Colorado voters would decide whether to boost taxes on high earners to support the state's universal school meals program, and whether to let the state keep excess revenue already collected, under legislation passed Monday by the state House.

  • April 21, 2025

    NM Revenue Through Oct. Tops Forecast By $348M

    New Mexico's general fund revenue collection from July through October outpaced an estimate by $348 million, according to the state Legislative Finance Committee.

  • April 21, 2025

    Va. General Revenue Through March Up $1.2B

    Virginia's general revenue collection from July through March beat last year's collection during the same period by $1.2 billion, according to a report by the state's secretary of finance.

  • April 21, 2025

    RI General Revenue Collection Beats Estimates By $1.3M

    Rhode Island's general revenue collection from July through March exceeded estimates by $1.3 million, according to a report by the state Department of Revenue.

  • April 21, 2025

    Supreme Court Won't Hear Neb. Tribe's Tobacco Sales Dispute

    The U.S. Supreme Court won't hear two Nebraska tribal companies' bid to undo an Eighth Circuit ruling that held the state can regulate a tribally owned manufacturer's sales of cigarettes to Indigenous-owned distributors after officials attempted to apply a settlement with major tobacco companies on the Winnebago reservation.

  • April 18, 2025

    Ore. Realtors Urge Panel To Reject Fees On Vacant Homes

    Proposed legislation to allow local governments to impose fees on certain vacant homes would violate fundamental principles of property rights, Oregon Realtors told a state Senate panel.

  • April 18, 2025

    Del. House Bill Would Exempt Overtime Pay From Income Tax

    Delaware would exempt eligible workers' overtime pay from state income tax under a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives.

  • April 18, 2025

    Trump Ousts New IRS Acting Chief Days After Appointment

    The White House said Friday that President Donald Trump will appoint the U.S. Treasury Department's deputy secretary to be the acting IRS commissioner to replace a former special agent who was appointed to the role days before.

  • April 18, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Simpson Thacher

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Global Payments Inc. buys Worldpay from GTCR and FIS, Intel Corp. sells a stake in its Altera business to Silver Lake, KKR acquires OSTTRA from S&P Global and CME Group, and Canada's Capital Power Corp. nabs two U.S. natural gas power plants.

  • April 18, 2025

    Tenn. Revenue Through March Misses Estimate By $10.5M

    Tennessee's total general revenue collection from July through March trailed a budget estimate by $10.5 million, according to a report by the state Department of Revenue.

  • April 18, 2025

    Idaho Revenues Through March Fall $144M From Forecasts

    Idaho's general fund revenue collection from July through March underperformed estimates by $144 million, according to a report by the state Division of Financial Management.

  • April 18, 2025

    Utah General Revenue Collection Through March Up $428M

    Utah's general fund revenue collection from July through March outpaced collections made during the same period last year by $428 million, the State Tax Commission said Friday in its monthly report.

  • April 18, 2025

    IRS Outlines Plan To Advance Whistleblower Program

    The Internal Revenue Service released an operating plan for its whistleblower program Friday, saying it aims to enhance the claim submission process, safeguard whistleblower information and keep whistleblowers informed on the status of their claims.

  • April 17, 2025

    NY High Court Upholds Tax On Co.'s Ad Analysis Service

    A research company's service that measures the effectiveness of advertising campaigns qualifies as a taxable information service, New York's highest court ruled Thursday, upholding a roughly $2.3 million state sales tax assessment against the business.

  • April 17, 2025

    Harvard Says No Grounds For IRS To Deny Tax-Exempt Status

    Harvard University said Thursday that there is no legal basis to rescind its tax-exempt status amid an investigation by President Donald Trump's administration into whether the university has violated the terms of that status.

  • April 17, 2025

    Ind. To Cut Income Taxes In 2030 If State Meets Revenue Goal

    Indiana will lower its individual adjusted gross income tax rate starting in 2030 if certain revenue targets are met under a bill signed by the governor.

  • April 17, 2025

    Mich. Bill Would Lower Taxes If Legislative Seats Left Vacant

    Michigan would provide income tax deductions to residents who live in state districts with legislative vacancies for certain periods of time under a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives.

  • April 17, 2025

    Colorado Lawmakers OK Suspending Tax Interim Panels

    Colorado would suspend the activities of a pair of interim tax policy panels this year, along with other committees, under legislation approved by lawmakers.

  • April 17, 2025

    Ala. Tribunal Says Store Owner Owes Sales Tax Assessment

    An Alabama convenience store owner owes sales tax liability assessed by the state Department of Revenue after failing to prove the department incorrectly applied a 35% markup to the store's purchases to calculate its sales, the state Tax Tribunal ruled. 

  • April 17, 2025

    Wis. Bill Proposes Tax Break For Video Game Development

    Wisconsin would create a refundable income and franchise tax credit for video game production under a bill introduced in the state Senate.

  • April 17, 2025

    Indiana Extends Income Tax Credit For Film, Media Production

    Indiana extended an income tax credit for eligible film and media production expenses by four years, established limits on the amount of credits that may be provided and authorized film and media producers to assign part of a credit to another taxpayer under a bill signed by the governor.

Expert Analysis

  • To Make Your Legal Writing Clear, Emulate A Master Chef

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    To deliver clear and effective written advocacy, lawyers should follow the model of a fine dining chef — seasoning a foundation of pure facts with punchy descriptors, spicing it up with analogies, refining the recipe and trimming the fat — thus catering to a sophisticated audience of decision-makers, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Circuit Judge Writes An Opinion, AI Helps: What Now?

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    Last week's Eleventh Circuit opinion in Snell v. United Specialty Insurance, notable for a concurrence outlining the use of artificial intelligence to evaluate a term's common meaning, is hopefully the first step toward developing a coherent basis for the judiciary's generative AI use, says David Zaslowsky at Baker McKenzie.

  • Ohio Tax Talk: The Legislative Push For Property Tax Relief

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    As Ohio legislators attempt to alleviate the increasing property tax burden, four recent bills that could significantly affect homeowners propose to eliminate replacement property tax levies, freeze property taxes for longtime homeowners, adjust homestead exemptions annually for inflation, and temporarily expand the homestead exemption, say Raghav Agnihotri and Rachael Chamberlain at Frost Brown.

  • Looking South With A Smile: SALT In Review

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    From Mississippi's long walk toward repealing its personal income tax to a welcome stroke for open government in Kentucky, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.

  • Trauma-Informed Legal Approaches For Pro Bono Attorneys

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    As National Trauma Awareness Month ends, pro bono attorneys should nevertheless continue to acknowledge the mental and physical effects of trauma, allowing them to better represent clients, and protect themselves from compassion fatigue and burnout, say Katherine Cronin at Stinson and Katharine Manning at Blackbird.

  • 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 “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.

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