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  • April 30, 2025

    Tribes Join Push For High Court To Review Ariz. Tax On Plant

    Arizona misinterpreted federal law and threatened the sovereignty of a Native American tribe with its taxation of a natural-gas-powered plant that sits on a reservation, the tribe told the U.S. Supreme Court in a brief Wednesday.

  • April 30, 2025

    Sheppard Mullin Brings On Kirkland Tax Ace In Houston

    Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Wednesday that it expanded its tax, employee benefits and trusts and estates practice with a new partner most recently with Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

  • April 30, 2025

    NY Sales Tax Applies To Co.'s Document Services, ALJ Rules

    New York state sales tax applies to a Utah company's sales of document management products because the products are considered prewritten software, a New York administrative law judge ruled Wednesday.

  • April 30, 2025

    Texas Voters To Decide On Financial Transactions Tax Ban

    Texas voters will decide whether to prevent the state from taxing securities transactions under a joint resolution passed by the state Senate.

  • April 30, 2025

    Fried Frank Taps Sidley's UK Tax Head

    The former head of Sidley Austin LLP's U.K. tax practice has joined Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's London office, where he will advise on U.K. and international tax structuring, the firm announced.

  • April 30, 2025

    Mont. To Cut Top Individual Income Tax Rate, Adjust Brackets

    Montana will lower its top individual income tax rate, adjust tax brackets so that more income is subject to a lower tax rate and double the state's earned income tax credit under a bill signed by the governor.

  • April 30, 2025

    Texas House OKs Ballot Question On Banning Inheritance Tax

    Texas would have voters decide if the state should create a constitutional amendment prohibiting taxes on a decedent's property or the transfer of an estate, inheritance, legacy, succession or gift under a resolution passed by the state House of Representatives.

  • 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.

Expert Analysis

  • What Recent Study Shows About AI's Promise For Legal Tasks

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    Amid both skepticism and excitement about the promise of generative artificial intelligence in legal contexts, the first randomized controlled trial studying its impact on basic lawyering tasks shows mixed but promising results, and underscores the need for attorneys to proactively engage with AI, says Daniel Schwarcz at University of Minnesota Law School.

  • Gonna Fly Now From California: SALT In Review

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    From an actor's impending relocation to two more defeats of efforts to tax streaming services, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.

  • Litigation Inspiration: A Source Of Untapped Fulfillment

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    As increasing numbers of attorneys struggle with stress and mental health issues, business litigators can find protection against burnout by remembering their important role in society — because fulfillment in one’s work isn’t just reserved for public interest lawyers, say Bennett Rawicki and Peter Bigelow at Hilgers Graben.

  • Think Like A Lawyer: Forget Everything You Know About IRAC

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    The mode of legal reasoning most students learn in law school, often called “Issue, Rule, Application, Conclusion,” or IRAC, erroneously frames analysis as a separate, discrete step, resulting in disorganized briefs and untold obfuscation — but the fix is pretty simple, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.

  • How New EU Tax And Transfer Pricing Rules May Affect M&A

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    Companies involved in mergers and acquisitions may need to adjust fiscal due diligence procedures to ensure they consider potential far-reaching effects of newly implemented transfer pricing measures, such as newly implemented global minimum tax and European Union anti-tax avoidance directives and proposals, says Patrick Tijhuis at BDO.

  • How Firms Can Ensure Associate Gender Parity Lasts

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    Among associates, women now outnumber men for the first time, but progress toward gender equality at the top of the legal profession remains glacially slow, and firms must implement time-tested solutions to ensure associates’ gender parity lasts throughout their careers, say Kelly Culhane and Nicole Joseph at Culhane Meadows.

  • NY Shouldn't Pair 421-a Restoration And Good Cause Eviction

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    The good cause eviction system of rent control should not be imposed in New York, nor should its legislation be tied to renewal of the 421-a tax abatement program, which New York City desperately needs, says Alexander Lycoyannis at Holland & Knight.

  • 7 Common Myths About Lateral Partner Moves

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    As lateral recruiting remains a key factor for law firm growth, partners considering a lateral move should be aware of a few commonly held myths — some of which contain a kernel of truth, and some of which are flat out wrong, says Dave Maurer at Major Lindsey.

  • DC's Housing Tax Break Proposal: What's In It, What's Missing

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    Proposed Washington, D.C., rules implementing the Housing in Downtown Tax Abatement program — for commercial property owners who convert properties into residential housing — thoroughly explain the process for submitting an application, but do not provide sufficient detail regarding the actual dollar value of the abatements, says Daniel Miktus at Akerman.

  • Location, Location, Location: SALT In Review

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    From a possible replacing of Florida's property tax to Cincinnati's taxing of remote workers, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.

  • 6 Pointers For Attys To Build Trust, Credibility On Social Media

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    In an era of information overload, attorneys can use social media strategically — from making infographics to leveraging targeted advertising — to cut through the noise and establish a reputation among current and potential clients, says Marly Broudie at SocialEyes Communications.

  • A Post-Mortem Analysis Of Stroock's Demise

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    After the dissolution of 147-year-old firm Stroock late last year shook up the legal world, a post-mortem analysis of the data reveals a long list of warning signs preceding the firm’s collapse — and provides some insight into how other firms might avoid the same disastrous fate, says Craig Savitzky at Leopard Solutions.

  • How 3 New Laws Change Calif. Nonprofits' Legal Landscape

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    Legislation that went into effect on Jan. 1 should be welcomed by California’s nonprofit organizations, which may now receive funding more quickly, rectify past noncompliance more easily and have greater access to the states’ security funding program, say Casey Williams and Brett Overby at Liebert Cassidy.

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