5 Key Takeaways | State Tax Litigation
5 Key Takeaways | National State Tax Cases, Issues, and Policy Matters to Watch
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Tax law is an interrelated web of complex rules, and changes in one rule can impact compensation strategies for management and executives even if the change is to individual income tax calculation rules. Executives should...more
The enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) on July 4, 2025 is the first key piece of tax legislation passed during President Trump’s second administration. While preserving much of the structure established...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
As the clock ticks down to the end of 2025, the impending sunset of key provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) looms large, threatening tax hikes for millions of Americans. With Congress at a crossroads, the...more
On February 12, 2025, the House proposed a budget resolution that earmarked up to $4.5 trillion for tax cuts over the next ten years. While the House has yet to elaborate on specific tax cuts or legislation, a widely...more
In connection with the first Trump administration’s tax bill known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Jobs Act”), a cap on state and local tax deductions was instituted at $10,000 (“SALT Cap”) for tax years 2018 through 2025. The...more
This is the fourth edition of the Eversheds Sutherland SALT Scoreboard for 2024. Since 2016, we have tallied the results of what we deem to be significant taxpayer wins and losses and analyzed those results. Our entire SALT...more
On January 17, 2025, multiple news outlets and other sources reported the existence of a memorandum circulated by the U.S. House of Representatives Budget Committee to the House Republican Caucus (the “Memorandum”) containing...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
On November 15, David Hughes presented at the Practicing Law Institute’s three-day conference on “Tax Strategies for Corporate Acquisitions, Dispositions, Spin-Offs, Joint Ventures, Financings, Reorganizations &...more
On November 11, 2014, Kilpatrick’s David Hughes presented at the Institute for Professionals in Taxation’s annual income tax summit in Tucson, Arizona. David’s presentation, “Left in the Dust - Don’t Forget the Tax Department...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
State and local taxes impact almost every taxpayer, and developments in any one jurisdiction can be frequent and sometimes confusing. In this newsletter edition, we will briefly summarize certain SALT developments in several...more
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear issued an executive order on February 16, 2022 intended to stop an increase in vehicle property taxes for 2022. Used car values in Kentucky have risen approximately 40% since last year, from...more
We recently provided timely updates on new tax provisions, electronic discovery, lobbying issues, and ADA compliance during Ward and Smith's 2021 Virtual In-House Counsel Webinar. The following article highlights...more
Overview - Over the past year, several tax law changes have been proposed by the Biden administration and, in September 2021, draft legislative language was circulated, which set forth proposed changes to the Internal...more
Joining Indiana and North Carolina, Louisiana last week became the third state to offer an alternative to the burdensome and expensive process of enduring a state transfer pricing audit....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
Recent tax proposals may bring significant changes to the US federal, international and state and local tax landscape. Join us for our first nationwide Tax in the City® program for a discussion on the key proposed changes...more
South Carolina recently joined the growing number of states to enact legislation that provides a state workaround to the $10,000 State and Local Tax (SALT) federal income tax deduction cap imposed on individual taxpayers by...more
The State of South Carolina has now adopted legislation allowing “pass through” entities to elect each year to be taxed at the entity level on their active trade or business income instead of having their owners taxed at the...more
Alabama - The Alabama Commissioner of Revenue has issued a series of orders. On March 18, 2020, the commissioner ordered that late payment penalties are waived for small retail businesses whose monthly retail sales during the...more
States and localities across the country are continuing to respond as quickly and effectively as possible to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. These responses include guidance for taxpayers on numerous topics, such as...more
On February 12, 2021, overriding the Governor’s veto, Maryland enacted a first-of-its-kind tax “Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax” that has already sent shockwaves through the industry....more