5 Key Takeaways | State Tax Litigation
5 Key Takeaways | National State Tax Cases, Issues, and Policy Matters to Watch
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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
The House of Representatives previously passed H.R. 1-119th Congress (2025-2026), titled the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act” (the “Act”), a budget bill that, among other things, addresses sunsetting provisions of the Tax Cuts...more
On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released a draft package that includes a major provision aimed at curbing the use of state pass-through entity taxes (PTETs) to bypass the federal $10,000 cap on state and local...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
When toddlers engage in parallel play, the children play adjacent to each other, but do not try to influence one another’s behavior. Apparently, parallel play can extend well into adulthood and to the writing of federal...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 May 12, 2025, House Republicans unveiled a comprehensive 389-page package of tax provisions, setting the stage for a significant tax bill to be debated in the coming weeks. Dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” this...more
A changing tax landscape is on the horizon for the new year. Many of the provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) are scheduled to expire at the end of the year. President-elect Trump has also proposed a variety...more
For individual owners of pass-through entities, such as partnerships, limited liability companies (“LLCs”), business trusts, and S Corporations, Virginia’s elective Pass-through Entity Tax (“PTET”) offers potential federal...more
Readers may recall that the Alabama Legislature unanimously enacted an elective pass-through entity tax (PTE Tax) last year as a workaround to the so-called “SALT Cap,” which was part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. The...more
Last year, a post explained that investors in Ohio pass-through entities (PTEs) may be able to avoid the $10,000 state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap using Ohio’s composite return election. Now a little over a year later,...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (The “TCJA”) imposes a $10,000 cap on the amount an individual may deduct for federal tax purposes for the payment of state and local income, property and sales taxes (referred to as “SALT”)....more
In late 2020, the IRS issued a notice confirming imminent proposed regulations that would allow certain tax strategies to avoid the individual $10,000 state and local tax (“SALT”) deduction limitation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs...more
On December 20, 2021, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation (H.B. 5376) allowing owners of S corporations and partnerships (including limited liability companies taxed as partnerships) to pay their state and local...more
Earlier this year, Alabama became one of 19 or so states to enact a pass-through entity tax as a workaround to the so-called "SALT Cap" enacted as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which limits the deductibility of...more
Last fall, the IRS announced, with respect to pass-through entities (LLCs or other entities taxed as partnerships or S corporations), that, if state law allows or requires the entity itself to pay state and local taxes (which...more
The Massachusetts legislature, overriding Governor Baker’s prior veto, has voted to enact a new elective pass-through entity (“PTE”) tax designed as a way for PTE owners to get out from under the $10,000 cap ($5,000 for...more
One of the most controversial individual income tax changes enacted under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 is the $10,000 cap on the deduction for state and local income and property taxes (“SALT”) for federal income tax...more
Matt Hunsaker gives an overview of the recently enacted passthrough workaround to the $10,000 state and local tax deduction cap....more
On July 16, 2021, Governor Baker approved a $47.6 billion fiscal 2022 budget, but sent back a provision the Massachusetts Legislature passed creating a workaround for the federal cap on the state and local tax deduction. ...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
Illinois lawmakers have approved legislation that is both good news and bad news for Illinois taxpayers. The good news is that, if approved by Gov. Pritzker, Illinois taxpayers will be able to take advantage of a workaround...more
In April 2021, New York State enacted legislation providing for a new elective pass-through entity (PTE) tax on partnerships and Subchapter S corporations. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act generally limits an individual’s...more
On April 19, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law legislation that creates a New York Pass-Through Entity Tax, effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2021. This consequential tax legislation,...more
The New York state budget deal announced yesterday includes a workaround of the temporary federal limit on state and local tax deductions (the SALT cap). The provision was part of Gov. Cuomo’s initial budget proposal in...more