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McDermott Will & Schulte

Washington’s advertising services tax: Sourcing rules clear as mud

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

Kilpatrick

5 Key Takeaways: Business and Nonbusiness Income

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Kilpatrick’s Jordan Goodman recently co-presented the session “Income Subject to Allocation” at the Institute for Professionals in Taxation’s “2025 State Income Tax School” in Atlanta. Jordan addressed the distinction between...more

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4 Key Takeaways | A National State and Local Tax Update

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Kilpatrick’s David Hughes and Jordan Goodman gave a national SALT update at the high-profile AGN International “2025 Americas Regional Meeting” in Toronto on June 3....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Washington State enacts provisions to allow companies to deduct interchange fees

On May 20, the governor of Washington State signed into law HB 2020 which amends the state’s tax laws to exclude interchange fees from the business and occupation tax. The legislation stemmed from a lawsuit where a company...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Alabama Legislature Wraps Up Productive Session on Business Tax Bills

The Alabama Legislature adjourned sine die near midnight on May 14, 2025, with the final legislative meeting day bogged down with filibusters by certain senators. Fortunately, a spate of tax bills had already passed both the...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The worst of the worst: Washington expands its B&O and sales taxes

On May 20, 2025, the last day for bill signing, Washington Governor Ferguson signed two key tax bills that expand the sales tax to include additional services and increase the rates of the (awful) business and occupation...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Eversheds Sutherland SALT Scoreboard – Quarter 1, 2025

This is the first edition of the Eversheds Sutherland SALT Scoreboard for 2025. 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

Akerman LLP - SALT Insights

It’s None of My Business! Arkansas Court Rules on Business v. Non-Business Income Distinction

Income received by a multistate business is either “business income” or “non-business income.” Although this labeling appears innocuous, the distinction between these two categories of income matters greatly to taxpayers and...more

Lowndes

Governor DeSantis Aims to Eliminate Florida Commercial Rent Sales Tax by 2027

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As part of the proposed $115.6 billion state budget for fiscal year 2025-26, Governor DeSantis has outlined a plan to eliminate Florida's longstanding commercial rent sales tax. This proposal continues Florida's tax reduction...more

Freeman Law

Texas Sales and Use Tax Nexus

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I discussed Texas franchise tax nexus in a prior post, which can be found here. However, there is a different (albeit similar) set of rules for Texas sales and use tax nexus. As with Texas franchise tax nexus, a business...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

New York State releases Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget

On January 21, 2025, New York Governor Hochul released her Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget and accompanying legislation (the Budget Bill). The Budget Bill includes a middle-class tax cut, a temporary personal income tax...more

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

San Francisco Voters Enact Business Tax Changes

With support from nearly 70% of voters in the November 2024 election, Proposition M will substantially modify the San Francisco Business and Tax Regulations Code (the “SF Tax Code”), which imposes a number of taxes on...more

Smith Anderson

North Carolina Tax Legislation Enacted in the 2024 Short Session

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This Alert summarizes all the material amendments to Chapter 105 of the North Carolina General Statutes ratified to date during the General Assembly’s 2024 short session....more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

SALT Scoreboard - Quarter 1, 2024

This is the first 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

Troutman Pepper Locke

The Continuing Negative Impact of Federal and State Taxation on the Cannabis Industry; Where Do We Go from Here?

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The cannabis industry has experienced significant growth over the past decade, with increasing numbers of states legalizing both medical and recreational use. Currently, cannabis is legal for adults in 24 states and the...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Ohio CAT Tax Changes for 2024 and 2025.

Preparing for significant changes to Ohio commercial activity tax for 2024 – Majority of taxpayers will no longer be subject to CAT following increases in annual exclusions. Ohio’s Budget Bill (H.B. 33) significantly...more

Blank Rome LLP

New Jersey Still Wrestles with Unity, but Don’t Forget the Rules

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As the New Jersey Division of Taxation changes leadership and issues guidance regarding legislative changes, including for unity, it is time to recall some fundamentals of unity and put the unity statute change in context....more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Rhode Island Businesses Could Soon Receive Tax Relief

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Rhode Island Senate leadership is backing legislation that would exempt the first $100,000 of tangible property from property taxation by municipalities. The tangible tax is currently levied on businesses for property other...more

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

Business License Tax Standardization Act Goes Into Effect: What This Means For South Carolina Businesses

In September 2020, the South Carolina General Assembly passed the Business License Tax Standardization Act (the Act) to create a more uniform business licensing process across the State’s taxing jurisdictions. The Act...more

Blank Rome LLP

Words Matter: South Carolina Refund Claim Is Timely, “Even Though” a Previous Protest Was Filed

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The South Carolina Administrative Law Court (“ALC”) recently allowed a challenge to a refund claim denial to proceed, even though a protest had been filed from an assessment for the same set of years, which was paid and no...more

Foster Garvey PC

The Oregon SALT Cap Workaround for Pass-Through Entities Is Finally Here – Governor Kate Brown Has Signed Senate Bill 727 Into Law

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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

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Enactment of SB 164 and Changes to Oregon's Corporate Activity Tax

Although Oregon’s 2021 legislative session turned out to be relatively quiet from a tax perspective, we did experience some changes to Oregon’s Corporate Activity Tax (“CAT”). Those changes were primarily in the form of SB...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California Passes “Workaround” To Federal Limit on State Tax Deduction For Certain Owners of Pass-Through Entities

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

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

South Carolina Enacts SALT Cap Workaround

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

BakerHostetler

The Other Elections: State & Local Tax Ballot Results

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Everyone has been fixated on the presidential and congressional elections. But this election was chock full of state and local tax ballot measures. Some passed, some didn't - Matt Hunsaker breaks down the results in Arizona,...more

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