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  • 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.

  • April 17, 2025

    Wis. Senate Bill Seeks Tax Credit For Rail Modernization

    Wisconsin would create an income and franchise tax credit for railroads that make rail infrastructure and maintenance expenditures under a bill introduced in the state Senate.

  • April 17, 2025

    Calif. Court Says Co.'s Heart Monitors Are Not Tax-Exempt

    A California company is not eligible for a $3.3 million refund of sales and use tax paid on heart monitoring devices because the devices aren't considered tax-exempt medicine, a state appeals court ruled.

  • April 17, 2025

    Ill. Revenues Beat Budget Forecasts By $192M

    Illinois general revenue collection from July through March outpaced forecasts by $192 million, according to a report by the Governor's Office of Management and Budget.

  • April 17, 2025

    Okla. Total General Revenues Up $82M From Estimate

    Oklahoma's general revenue collection from July through March outpaced forecasts by $82 million, according to a report by the state Office of Management and Enterprise Services.

  • April 17, 2025

    Colo. House Panel OKs Lowering Family Leave Premium

    Colorado would lower the premium rate for its paid family medical leave insurance program next year under legislation passed by a state House of Representatives panel.

  • April 16, 2025

    NJ Tax Dept. Launches Mediation Program For Disputes

    Businesses that have disputes with the New Jersey Division of Taxation will be able to consider resolving them with a new mediation program instead of going through a traditional controversy process, the division said in a bulletin.

  • April 16, 2025

    Ariz. Lawmakers OK Making Tax Dept. Report New Stances

    Arizona would require its tax department to notify lawmakers if a proposed new interpretation or application of law would adversely affect taxpayers under legislation passed Wednesday by the state House of Representatives.

  • April 16, 2025

    Ark. Lawmakers OK Income Tax Break For Biz Moves To State

    Arkansas would create an income tax credit for businesses that relocate their corporate headquarters to the state equal to up to 50% of a business's payroll for qualifying employees under a bill approved by state lawmakers and headed to Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

  • April 16, 2025

    NM Gov. Vetoes Bill Creating Quantum Facility Tax Credit

    New Mexico's tax package proposing a new tax break for quantum facilities and reworking its earned income tax credit was vetoed by the governor.

  • April 16, 2025

    Miss. Revenue Collection Through March Sinks $18M

    Mississippi's general revenue collection from July through March dropped $18 million from the total for the same period last fiscal year, the state Department of Revenue reported.

  • April 16, 2025

    Ohio House Bill Would Allow Biz Tax Credit For Parental Leave

    Ohio employers would be able to claim a nonrefundable income tax credit for parental leave benefits offered to employees under a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives. 

  • April 16, 2025

    Ala. House Panel OKs Remote Worker Tax Exemption

    Certain workers who spend 30 days or less per year performing their duties in Alabama would be exempt from the state's income tax under a bill approved Wednesday by the state House Ways and Means Education Commitee.

  • April 16, 2025

    Neb. Revenue Falls $12.7M Short Of Estimate

    Nebraska's general fund revenue collection from July through March totaled $12.7 million less than an estimate for the period, according to a report by the state Department of Revenue.

  • April 16, 2025

    NY Tax Collections In Fiscal Year Up $11B Over Previous

    New York's tax collections from April through March beat last year's revenue by roughly $11 billion, the state Department of Taxation and Finance reported.

  • April 16, 2025

    NJ General Revenue Collection Through March Up $1.6B

    New Jersey's revenue collection from July through March outpaced collections last year by $1.6 billion, the state's Department of the Treasury reported.

  • April 15, 2025

    CarMax's Intercompany Deals Assailed In SC Appeals Court

    CarMax used intercompany transactions to distort an entity's business activity and thus its tax burden in South Carolina, the state's tax agency told an appeals court, arguing that because of this distortion, the state was correct in requiring CarMax to use an alternative apportionment method.

  • April 15, 2025

    Georgia Cuts Income Tax Rates, Offers Rebates

    Georgia's income tax rate for both individuals and corporations will fall and individuals also will get an income tax rebate under a pair of bills signed Tuesday by Gov. Brian Kemp.

Expert Analysis

  • Neb. Justices Should Weigh IRC Terms In Dividend Tax Case

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    Nebraska’s highest court, which will hear oral arguments in Precision CastParts v. Department of Revenue on April 1, should recognize that the Internal Revenue Code provides key clues to defining “dividends received or deemed to be received,” and therefore limits Nebraska’s tax on foreign-sourced corporate income, says Joseph Schmidt at Ryan.

  • Strange But True, Here And There: SALT In Review

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    From a confusing proposal to relocate the Louisiana Tax Commission to a perplexing legislative vote on a citizen initiative in Washington state, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.

  • Judicial Independence Is Imperative This Election Year

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    As the next election nears, the judges involved in the upcoming trials against former President Donald Trump increasingly face political pressures and threats of violence — revealing the urgent need to safeguard judicial independence and uphold the rule of law, says Benes Aldana at the National Judicial College.

  • Spartan Arbitration Tactics Against Well-Funded Opponents

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    Like the ancient Spartans who held off a numerically superior Persian army at the Battle of Thermopylae, trial attorneys and clients faced with arbitration against an opponent with a bigger war chest can take a strategic approach to create a pass to victory, say Kostas Katsiris and Benjamin Argyle at Venable.

  • 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.

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