Almost exactly a year after it shook the tax world by granting certiorari, on June 20, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Moore v. United States, No. 22-800. By a vote of 7-2, the Court upheld the constitutionality...more
The Supreme Court granted certiorari on June 26 with respect to the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Moore v. United States. The question presented is whether the section 965 transition tax is a “direct tax” that violates the...more
In a significant reversal of prior policy, on June 20, 2019, the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate passed Senate Bill 6615, which will exclude 95% of a corporate franchise taxpayer’s gross global intangible...more
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo released his Fiscal Year 2020 budget and accompanying legislation on January 15, 2019 (the Budget Bill). Among other things, the Budget Bill proposes statutory revisions to respond to the...more
1/18/2019
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The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance released guidance in the form of tax return instructions addressing how it will account for global intangible low-taxed income (referred to as GILTI) for apportionment...more
On December 21, the New Jersey Division of Taxation released Technical Bulletin TB-85, which addresses how the Division will expect taxpayers to calculate the amount of so-called global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) and...more
12/26/2018
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In a year that has seen sweeping changes to the state tax landscape brought about by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s (TCJA) revisions to the Internal Revenue Code (I.R.C. or Code), the majority of state tax focus—with good...more
The year 2018 has been a monumental one for the state and local tax community. If the sweeping changes to the US federal tax code made by the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) and continued efforts by the states to...more
11/2/2018
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On June 25, 2018, the New Jersey Legislature passed Assembly Bill 4262 (the Bill) to make several changes to the New Jersey corporation business tax (CBT). Governor Phil Murphy has indicated that he may veto the entire Bill...more
On June 11, 2018, Senate Bill 8991 (the Bill) was introduced by New York Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan. The Bill would decouple from the federal treatment of Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI). ...more
On May 23, 2018, the IRS and the Treasury Department issued Notice 2018-54 announcing their intention to propose regulations addressing the federal tax treatment of state workarounds to the $10,000 ($5,000 in the case of...more
The New York Legislature passed its 2018-2019 Fiscal Year budget on March 30, 2018 (Budget), which is expected to be signed into law by Governor Cuomo. The starting point for determining New York taxable income is federal...more