State & Local
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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.
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June 17, 2025
Ill. Increases Sports Betting, Tobacco Tax And Taxes Airbnbs
Illinois increased its tax on sports betting and tobacco products and extended its tax on hotel operators to include short-term rentals like Airbnbs and Vrbos under a budget bill approved by the governor.
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June 17, 2025
La. Lawmakers OK Sourcing Change For Drop Shipments
Louisiana would change its sourcing of drop shipments for state sales tax purposes under a bill passed by state lawmakers and sent to the governor.
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June 17, 2025
Ariz. House OKs Raising Biz Property Tax Exemption
Arizona would increase its personal property tax exemption for property used in a trade or business or for agriculture to $500,000 and expand other tax breaks under a bill passed in the state House.
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June 17, 2025
Oregon SALT Cap Workaround Extension OK'd By Senate
Oregon would extend its optional alternative tax on pass-through entities and corresponding individual income tax credits, a workaround to the federal deduction caps for state and local taxes, under legislation approved Tuesday by the state Senate.
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June 17, 2025
Sam's Club $310M Tobacco Tax Bill OK'd By Ill. Appeals Panel
A Sam's Club outlet in Illinois was correctly assessed $310 million for its failure to pay county tobacco taxes on cigarettes it sold to out-of-county retailers, a state appeals panel said in a judgment, reversing a circuit court decision.
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June 17, 2025
Wisconsin Revenue Surges $896M Through May
Wisconsin general revenue collection for July through May beat last year's collection by $896 million, according to a report by the state Department of Revenue released Tuesday.
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June 17, 2025
Arizona Voters To Decide On Mileage Tax Ban
Arizona voters will decide whether to amend the state's constitution to bar state and local taxes on vehicle mileage under a resolution approved by state lawmakers.
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June 17, 2025
Ill. Revenue Through May Beats Budget Forecast By $225M
Illinois general fund revenue from July through May outpaced a forecast by $225 million, according to a report by the Office of Management and Budget.
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June 16, 2025
Senate Bill Sticks With TCJA's $10,000 SALT Cap
The Senate Finance Committee's tax portion of the chamber's budget reconciliation bill released Monday follows the House's lead on some provisions while breaking with the lower chamber's hard-won compromises on an increased state and local tax deduction and the phaseout of green energy credits.
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June 16, 2025
The Tax Angle: EITC Audits, UTPR, Energy Credits
From a look at Republicans' efforts to audit the earned income tax credit, complaints about unfair foreign taxation under the OECD's Pillar Two framework and Democrats' push against Republican plans to strip the Inflation Reduction Act's energy credits from the code, here's a peek into a reporter's notebook on a few developing tax stories.
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June 17, 2025
CORRECTED: Texas Tees Up Biz Property Tax Relief
Texas teed up an increase to its business personal property tax exemption and its homestead exemption under two bills signed Monday by Gov. Greg Abbott.
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June 16, 2025
Mo. Enacts Tax Breaks For Home Disasters, Sporting Events
Missouri will offer a tax credit for insurance policy deductibles incurred when homes are damaged by severe weather and increase a tax credit for tickets sold to certain sporting events under a bill signed by the governor.
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June 16, 2025
NJ Adopts Rules Following MTC Stance On Internet Activities
New Jersey will follow portions of the Multistate Tax Commission's guidelines on when a company's internet activities exceed a federal law's protection against state income taxes, according to final regulations the state's tax agency released Monday.
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June 16, 2025
Minn. Scales Down, Extends Tax Break For Data Centers
Minnesota is repealing part of a tax break on purchases by large data centers while extending the remainder of the exemption under legislation signed by Democratic Gov. Tim Walz following a special session.
Expert Analysis
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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.
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Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World
After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.