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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
Pritzker Signs ‘Sonya Massey’s Bill’ Into Law, Requiring Stricter Background Checks for Police Hiring- “The new law requires law enforcement agencies across Illinois to review all aspects of a person’s background and...more
On June 16, 2025, the Illinois legislature enacted H.B. 2755 (Public Act 104-0006), which made significant taxpayer-friendly amendments to The Tax Delinquency Amnesty Act (TDAA) and The Retailers’ Occupational Tax (ROT) Act....more
On July 10, 2025, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe signed into law House Bill 594 (the “Bill”), which effectively eliminates the capital gains income tax for individuals and an income tax deduction for corporations. Capital gains...more
Thanks to three primary revenue bills that were signed into law earlier this year, taxes are going up in the state of Washington, in particular for large service businesses, estates and individuals earning capital gains. ...more
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed House Bill 7031 into law, enacting sweeping changes to Florida's tax statutes that include updates to the sales tax on commercial leases, sales tax relief, certain corporate income...more
As reported on May 16, 2025, the SALT cap proposal contained in the legislation that was pending in the U.S. House of Representatives (“House”) aimed at, among other things, dealing with the expiring provisions of the Tax...more
On May 2, the Governor signed the state budget that will fund the remainder of the biennium through June 30, 2026. This marks the first time in eight years the legislature completed its work without requiring a special...more
As the dogwoods bloom, so did debate in the Capitol — where Governor Glenn Youngkin’s amendments and vetoes took center stage. On Wednesday, the Virginia General Assembly reconvened in Richmond to consider the Governor’s...more
Los Angeles and Ventura counties continue to reel from the devastating firestorm that led Governor Newsom to declare a state of emergency on January 7, 2025. The resulting fires, including the Palisades, Eaton, Hurst, Lidia,...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) have extended to October 15, 2025, the tax filing and payment deadlines that occurred or will occur from January 7, 2025, through October 14,...more
As a Los Angeles-based firm, we are deeply saddened by the devastation caused by the recent wildfires. We remain committed to supporting our clients and friends during this time and are hopeful that the general tax...more
The 2025 General Assembly commenced its legislative business this week following an unexpected delay due to widespread water outages that impacted the city of Richmond last week. With only 46 days in this "short" session — as...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has provided broad tax relief to taxpayers in Los Angeles County impacted by the recent winds and wildfires. Other counties may be added later....more
In response to a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) declaration on the Los Angeles wildfires, the IRS on Jan. 10, 2025, issued a news release, IR-2025-10, which postpones certain tax-filing and tax-payment deadlines...more
As a result of the wildfires in Los Angeles County, California, on January 10, 2025, the IRS extended substantially all tax filing and payment dates until October 15, 2025, for residents of Los Angeles County. On January 11,...more
The IRS on Friday, January 10, 2025 extended tax payment and filing deadlines to October 15, 2025 for Los Angeles County individuals and businesses because of the recent fires. The California Governor’s office followed suit...more
New York State offers the School Tax Relief (STAR) program to provide a bit of property tax relief to eligible homeowners. ...more
The Virginia Department of Taxation released its 2024 legislative summary detailing changes, effective July 1, 2024, to Virginia’s state and local tax laws. The following discussion focuses on a few of the changes you may...more
The Florida Department of Revenue released Tax Information Publication (TIP) 24A01-02 on April 8, 2024, indicating that the state sales tax rate on the "total rent charged for renting, leasing, or granting a license to use...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
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen’s ambitious plan to provide $2 billion in property tax relief via an increase in the sales tax rate and an expansion of the sales tax base is stirring significant debate. Part of his proposal is...more
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill (HB) 7063 into law on May 25, 2023, which provides short-term and long-term tax relief for Florida taxpayers. (See Holland & Knight's previous alert, "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis...more
Governor Maura Healey signed a tax relief package into law on October 4, 2023, making changes to how the Massachusetts estate tax is calculated. The new law doubles the Massachusetts estate tax exemption from $1 million to...more
Today, October 4, 2023, Governor Healey signed into law major tax legislation that includes estate tax relief, closing a loophole around the newly implemented millionaire’s tax, short-term capital gains tax cuts and more....more