State & Local

  • December 10, 2024

    Treasury Finalizes Simplified Foreign Currency Rules

    The U.S. Treasury Department finalized regulations Tuesday that aim to simplify aspects of how corporations determine taxable income or loss with respect to certain affiliates that conduct business in a foreign currency.

  • December 09, 2024

    SG Tells Justices To Pass On Philly Tax Credit System Dispute

    The U.S. solicitor general advised the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to decline to hear a Philadelphia woman's claim that the city's refusal to provide a credit for Delaware state taxes paid is unconstitutional, saying the policy doesn't inherently discriminate against interstate commerce.

  • December 09, 2024

    NH Total Revenue Receipts Trail Estimate By $21M

    New Hampshire's total revenue receipts from July through November lagged behind forecasts by almost $21 million, according to the state Department of Administrative Services.

  • December 09, 2024

    NJ Panel OKs Axing Transaction Threshold For Sales, Biz Tax

    New Jersey would eliminate its transaction threshold for sales tax and corporate income tax nexus purposes under a bill the state Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee approved Monday.

  • December 09, 2024

    Ohio Justices Uphold Dialysis Co.'s Tax Liability On Services

    A dialysis company's receipts from laboratory tests and certain administrative costs should be sourced to Ohio, the state's highest court ruled Monday, rejecting the company's arguments that they should be sourced to other states where employees handling that part of the business performed work.

  • December 09, 2024

    Microsoft Wrong On Foreign Earnings, Ore. Tells Tax Court

    The Oregon Tax Court was correct to reject alternatives pitched by Microsoft for treatment of its repatriated foreign earnings when calculating Oregon taxable income, the state tax department told the court.

  • December 09, 2024

    La. Authorizes Local Property Tax Exemption For Biz Inventory

    Louisiana authorized the creation of optional local property tax exemptions for business inventories as part of a bill signed by the governor, though whether the measure takes effect is contingent on the passage of a proposed amendment to the state constitution.

  • December 09, 2024

    Chicago Pol's Lies Enough To Keep Conviction, Feds Say

    The government urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to disturb a former Chicago alderman's conviction for lying about money he'd borrowed from a since-shuttered bank, arguing his knowing understatements were enough to illegally mislead federal investigators.

  • December 09, 2024

    Nevada Sept. Sales Tax Revenue Declines 1% From Last Year

    Nevada's sales tax revenue collection in September fell roughly 1% compared with the same period last year, according to a report from the state's Department of Taxation.

  • December 09, 2024

    W.Va. Tax Collections Through Nov. Beat Forecast By $5M

    West Virginia general revenue collection from July through November beat forecasts by $5 million, according to the state Budget Office.

  • December 09, 2024

    Texas Net Revenue Through November Rises 1% From 2023

    Texas' total net revenue collection from September through November was 1% higher compared with the same period in the last fiscal year, according to a report from the state comptroller.

  • December 06, 2024

    Neb. Tribe Asks US High Court To Undo Tobacco Sales Ruling

    A Nebraska tribe's tobacco companies are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an Eighth Circuit ruling that held the state can regulate a tribally owned manufacturer's sales of cigarettes to Indigenous-owned distributors, arguing that Native American nations' ability to conduct their own affairs within their own borders is at stake.

  • December 06, 2024

    Ark. Justice Rejects Tax Case Recusal Over Owning 1 Share

    An Arkansas Supreme Court justice said her ownership of one share of stock in Murphy USA doesn't require her to recuse from a pending case in which the oil business is defending tax refunds stemming from allocating deductible interest payments to Arkansas.

  • December 06, 2024

    Mass. Tax Interest Rates To Drop In First Quarter Of 2025

    Massachusetts' interest rates for tax overpayments and underpayments will drop by a percentage point in the first quarter of 2025, the state Department of Revenue said.

  • December 06, 2024

    Simpson Thacher Adds Tax Pro From Ropes & Gray

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced the firm has added a tax professional from Ropes & Gray LLP as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office.

  • December 06, 2024

    Alcatel Asks Pa. Justices For Remand On $4M Tax Refund

    The Pennsylvania Supreme Court should remand Alcatel-Lucent's case against the commonwealth over a $4 million income tax refund so that a more complete factual record can be established, the company told the justices in an application for reargument.

  • December 06, 2024

    Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Gibson Dunn

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, BlackRock buys HPS Investment Partners, TreeHouse Foods Inc. buys Harris Tea, Aya Healthcare acquires Cross Country Healthcare, and Bruin Capital launches a soccer representation business.

  • December 06, 2024

    Ore. Court Says Social Security Counts In Tax Break Test

    An Oregon man was rightly denied a property tax deferral because his household income exceeded the limit for beneficiaries, the state tax court said, rejecting his argument that his exempt Social Security income should not be counted in that determination.

  • December 05, 2024

    NYC's Denial Of Tax Break For Paid Commissions Affirmed

    New York City properly denied an architectural firm's deductions for commissions paid to a domestic international sales organization owned by the firm's partners, a New York state appeals court affirmed Thursday, saying the city wasn't required to follow the federal deduction rules for the payments.

  • December 05, 2024

    Ohio Court Affirms Nix Of Bid To Double $42M Property Value

    An effort to nearly double the $42 million taxable value of a property to its recent sale price was correctly dismissed, an Ohio state appeals court said, upholding a state law barring complaints based on the untimeliness of a sale.

  • December 05, 2024

    Texas Court Strikes Down Change In Sales Tax Sourcing

    A Texas tax agency regulation that declared that fulfillment centers are not automatically places of business for local sales tax sourcing is harmful to the Texas cities that opposed it and the state comptroller of public accounts is banned from enforcing it, a state trial court judge said.

  • December 05, 2024

    Mich. House Panel OKs Fix To Avoid Double Tax On Deliveries

    Michigan would allow certain marketplace facilitators of deliveries to deduct sales tax that they paid to sellers to avoid potential double-taxation issues under a bill advanced by a state House of Representatives tax-writing committee.

  • December 05, 2024

    Mich. Legislature OKs Allowing LLC Status For Telecom Cos.

    Telecommunication companies would be able to convert to limited liability companies in Michigan while continuing to be considered corporations for state tax purposes under a package of bills passed by the Legislature.

  • December 05, 2024

    La. Enacts Flat Income Tax, Will End Franchise Tax In 2026

    Louisiana will eliminate its tiered corporate and individual income tax regime in favor of flat taxes and will scrap the state's corporate franchise tax in 2026 under a package of bills signed Thursday by the governor.

  • December 05, 2024

    Ariz. Parcel's Improvements Have No Value, Tax Court Says

    The improvements to an industrial parcel in Arizona have no value, the state tax court ruled, agreeing with the owner that a county assessor's valuation of the property was excessive.

Expert Analysis

  • Credit Cards And Trading Cards: SALT In Review

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    From Mastercard's loss in a South Carolina court case to the taxability of trading cards imported to California, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.

  • Calif. Budget Will Likely Have Unexpected Tax Consequences

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    A temporary suspension of net operating loss deductions and business incentive tax credits, likely to be approved on June 15 as part of California’s next budget, may create unanticipated tax liabilities for businesses that modeled recently completed transactions on current law, says Myra Sutanto Shen at Wilson Sonsini.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Attys Can Be Heroic Like Olympians

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    Although litigation won’t earn anyone an Olympic medal in Paris this summer, it can be worthy of the same lasting honor if attorneys exercise focused restraint — seeking both their clients’ interests and those of the court — instead of merely pursuing every advantage short of sanctionable conduct, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • Lean Into The 'Great Restoration' To Retain Legal Talent

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    As the “great resignation,” in which employees voluntarily left their jobs in droves, has largely dissipated, legal employers should now work toward the idea of a “great restoration,” adopting strategies to effectively hire, onboard and retain top legal talent, says Molly McGrath at Hiring & Empowering Solutions.

  • How Cannabis Rescheduling May Alter Paraphernalia Imports

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    The Biden administration's recent proposal to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana use raises questions about how U.S. Customs and Border Protection enforcement policies may shift when it comes to enforcing a separate federal ban on marijuana accessory imports, says R. Kevin Williams at Clark Hill.

  • Fishing Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Atop the list of ways fishing makes me a better lawyer is the relief it offers from the chronic stress of a demanding caseload, but it has also improved my listening skills and patience, and has served as an exceptional setting for building earnest relationships, says Steven DeGeorge​​​​​​​ at Robinson Bradshaw.

  • A Healthier Legal Industry Starts With Emotional Intelligence

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    The legal profession has long been plagued by high rates of mental health issues, in part due to attorneys’ early training and broader societal stereotypes — but developing one’s emotional intelligence is one way to foster positive change, collectively and individually, says attorney Esperanza Franco.

  • 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.

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