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The proposal includes a shift to a single-sales-factor apportionment formula for financial institutions, aiming to increase tax revenue starting in tax year 2025. Update: On May 14, 2025, Governor Newsom released the May...more
During the 2025 legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly passed several notable tax related bills including further decreasing the income tax rate and extending the time period for taxpayers to protest and appeal the...more
They say March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, but “they” have never been in the Georgia State Capitol in the run-up to adjournment Sine Die. Monday morning’s meeting of the standing Senate Rules Committee was a...more
Crossover Day coincided with Cattlemen’s Day at the Georgia State Capitol on Thursday, and the event known for its coveted steak biscuits brought a different type of celebrity this year. The Georgia Mobile Dairy Classroom,...more
The Department of Revenue (the “Department”) recently released two documents containing its “substantive” and “clarifying” requests for legislative changes to North Carolina’s revenue laws. Most of the requests include...more
The Georgia State Capitol buzzed on Monday as power players from across the state assembled for Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) Day. Linemen, lawmakers, and electric executives all convened to celebrate the 85th...more
Each year we are asked to predict the business tax-related bills that died in the last legislative session but will likely be re-introduced in one form or another, as well as the tax issues that we expect to see addressed for...more
North Carolina's House lawmakers recently unveiled their proposed two-year spending plan for the state, well ahead of the traditional schedule. The proposed nearly $30 billion budget would set a new record high for state...more
ARIZONA TO IMPLEMENT 2.5% FLAT TAX AHEAD OF SCHEDULE - Governor Doug Ducey announced that Arizona will implement its new 2.5% flat income tax rate on January 1, 2023, a full year ahead of schedule. According to Gov. Ducey,...more
Because 2022 is an election year, the start date for the Alabama Legislature’s regular session comes early: Tuesday, January 11. As we do annually, here are some unofficial prognostications on the major items of tax...more
Federal interest rates were largely stable in August of 2021.The August applicable federal rate ("AFR") for use with a sale to a defective grantor trust, self-canceling installment note ("SCIN") or intra-family loan with a...more
Former Congressman Mike Ferguson, leader of BakerHostetler’s Federal Policy team, and former Congressman Heath Shuler, a Senior Advisor on the Federal Policy team host bipartisan leaders from the House and Senate to discuss...more
During his annual State of the Commonwealth address, Governor Charlie Baker highlighted the heroic work of frontline workers and first responders throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, while reminding the Commonwealth that though...more
And then there were three . . . Florida, Kansas, and Missouri don't have economic presence or marketplace facilitator sales tax laws on the books. Will that change this session? Will sales tax nexus laws bleed over on the...more
In this session, health law policy authorities discussed changes likely in 2021 in a Biden Administration and how these changes will impact business objectives and strategies for health industry stakeholders...more
Are you prepared for the critical impacts of the US election outcome to you and your business in 2021 and beyond? Join McDermott’s lawyers and our policy and lobbying team for perspective on the effects of administration...more
For the last decade, the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act has languished in Congress. Will it get passed by piggybacking on the HEALS Act? Matt Hunsaker explains the history of the Act, the latest...more
The North Carolina General Assembly concluded the regular business of its 2020 session on Friday, June 26, 2020. While the session will not formally adjourn until September 3, 2020, the only business expected to be considered...more
As previously reported, in Ex parte Russell County Community Hospital, the Alabama Supreme Court announced that all software, including customized software created for a particular user, is "tangible personal property" and...more
The influential Business Council of Alabama (BCA), founded in 1985, and the Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA), the state’s oldest and largest chamber of commerce, have each officially approved their 2020 legislative agendas....more
The impasse between Governor Roy Cooper and the General Assembly over the 2019 budget bill (H966) continued this week, as Legislators considered some additional “mini-budget” bills. The House overrode Governor Cooper’s veto...more
What We Learned from one of the Oregon Department of Revenue’s Town Hall Meetings - Over the past few months, we have written extensively on the blog about Oregon’s new Corporate Activity Tax (the “CAT”). As announced in...more
As the economy shifts to a digital one, we are finding that states are turning toward unconventional revenue options. One trend we’re seeing is the surprising comeback of the gross receipts tax (GRT): • Oregon’s new...more
The budget stand-off continued this week. Legislators rolled out a number of mini-budgets this week, but their futures are uncertain. The General Assembly will take a break next week for the Labor Day holiday, so it will...more