5 Key Takeaways | State Tax Litigation
5 Key Takeaways | National State Tax Cases, Issues, and Policy Matters to Watch
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This was a question often raised during the annual Council On State Taxation (COST)/Tax Leadership Roundtable Southeast Regional SALT Update held earlier this month at the Encompass Health headquarters in Birmingham. The...more
On July 4, 2025 the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into law.[1] The OBBBA made several provisions permanent from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). It also made significant changes aimed to expand deductions,...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA or the Act), enacted in July 2025, introduces significant changes to the treatment of state and local tax (SALT) deduction and the alternative minimum tax (AMT). ...more
Washington’s sales tax on advertising services takes effect October 1, 2025, and comes in two forms: a tax on digital automated services and a tax on retail sales of advertising services. Both impositions apply to digital...more
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4, 2025, is a sweeping piece of legislation spanning nearly 1,000 pages. It includes significant changes to federal estate and income tax laws that will affect...more
In welcome news for individual taxpayers, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act temporarily increases the “SALT cap” – the limit on the amount of the income tax deduction for state and local income, sales, and property taxes – from...more
After months of intense negotiations, on July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) was signed into law making various changes to the tax code that impacts estate, gift and income tax planning. Increased Estate, Gift...more
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law ushering in sweeping federal tax changes. The legislation notably expands the Qualified Business Income (QBI) deduction for professionals...more
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased remote work, multistate income tax and payroll tax withholding responsibilities have received heightened consideration nationwide. Employers keen on retaining and attracting...more
On May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Tax-related proposals contained in the OBBBA would extend or make permanent select corporate, international and individual tax...more
The Senate’s version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “Act”) was released on June 16th, following the House’s passing of its version of the bill in late May. Among the many tax-related changes in both versions of the...more
State and local taxes impact almost every taxpayer, and developments in any one jurisdiction can be frequent and sometimes confusing. ln this newsletter edition, we will briefly summarize selected state and local tax (SALT)...more
On May 22, the House of Representatives passed proposed tax legislation titled, “The One, Big, Beautiful Bill” (TOBBB), which will now be debated in the Senate. Among other proposals, if enacted into law, TOBBB would make...more
On Thursday, April 25, Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law House Bill 187, now Act 2024-113. We thank Governor Ivey for her support of this bill, as well as the Department of Revenue and Commissioner Barnett for their efforts...more
Elective PTE Income Taxes Payable to Virginia - Beginning July 1, 2022, Virginia’s new law establishing a workaround for the federal income tax limitation on deductions for state and local taxes (SALT) became effective....more
California has revised its existing SALT cap work-around to address and liberalize several of the significant limitations on the work-around that we discussed in our prior alert. On February 9, Governor Gavin Newsom signed...more
On Monday, December 20, 2021, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed House Bill (H.B.) 5376 into law. H.B. 5376, also referred to as Michigan’s “SALT Cap Workaround,” amends the Michigan Income Tax Act to allow...more
On July 16, 2021, Governor Newsom signed California Assembly Bill 150 into law, allowing certain owners of passthrough entities to find a way around the current $10,000 federal cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions for...more
This week marked seventy days since the inception of New York on PAUSE (Policies to Assure Uniform Safety for Everyone). As COVID-19 emergency response efforts continue to strategically transition into economic recovery and...more
On January 13, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law the “Pass-Through Business Alternative Income Tax Act” (the Workaround Act). The Workaround Act establishes an elective entity level tax on an individual’s...more
With the Dec. 22 enactment of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, many Alabamians and companies doing business in our state should see a reduction in their 2018 federal income tax bills but, somewhat surprisingly, an increase...more