This is the second 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
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
This year’s Georgia’s legislative session is quickly progressing, with some major tax legislation moving towards passage. Last Thursday, February 29, 2024 was “Crossover Day”—the 28th legislative day of 40 total legislative...more
On February 5, 2024, the Offices of the Controller and Treasurer & Tax Collector for the City and County of San Francisco published a report outlining tax reform recommendations in time to inform a potential ballot measure...more
The Supreme Court granted certiorari on June 26 with respect to the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Moore v. United States. The question presented is whether the section 965 transition tax is a “direct tax” that violates the...more
State and local tax (SALT) issues may arise from mergers, acquisitions, or dispositions. Eversheds Sutherland Partner Todd Betor presented on Unique State Tax Issues at Tax Executives Institute’s 2023 Mergers & Acquisitions...more
On October 11, 2022, the Florida District Court of Appeals, First District held oral arguments on State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Florida Department of Revenue, a case relating to the “add back” to...more
Approximately 9 months after its issuance, the New Jersey Division of Taxation released a statement retracting Technical Bulletin TB-85, which provided a bizarre method to attribute to New Jersey Global Intangible Low-Taxed...more
In a significant reversal of prior policy, on June 20, 2019, the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate passed Senate Bill 6615, which will exclude 95% of a corporate franchise taxpayer’s gross global intangible...more
On March 31, 2019, the New York Legislature approved budget legislation for the Fiscal Year 2020 (the “Budget Bill”). Among other things, the Budget Bill codifies the position of the New York State Department of Taxation and...more
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo released his Fiscal Year 2020 budget and accompanying legislation on January 15, 2019 (the Budget Bill). Among other things, the Budget Bill proposes statutory revisions to respond to the...more
1/18/2019
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The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance released guidance in the form of tax return instructions addressing how it will account for global intangible low-taxed income (referred to as GILTI) for apportionment...more
On December 21, the New Jersey Division of Taxation released Technical Bulletin TB-85, which addresses how the Division will expect taxpayers to calculate the amount of so-called global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) and...more
12/26/2018
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In a year that has seen sweeping changes to the state tax landscape brought about by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act’s (TCJA) revisions to the Internal Revenue Code (I.R.C. or Code), the majority of state tax focus—with good...more
In a last-minute deal to avert a government shutdown, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy and the New Jersey Legislature cobbled together a budget with numerous amendments to New Jersey’s tax law. Below is a summary of some of...more
On June 25, 2018, the New Jersey Legislature passed Assembly Bill 4262 (the Bill) to make several changes to the New Jersey corporation business tax (CBT). Governor Phil Murphy has indicated that he may veto the entire Bill...more
On June 11, 2018, Senate Bill 8991 (the Bill) was introduced by New York Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan. The Bill would decouple from the federal treatment of Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI). ...more
On April 24, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan signed Senate Bill 1090 and House Bill 1794 (collectively, the Bills), which adds Maryland to the growing list of states that are moving towards a single sales factor formula to...more
The New York Legislature passed its 2018-2019 Fiscal Year budget on March 30, 2018 (Budget), which is expected to be signed into law by Governor Cuomo. The starting point for determining New York taxable income is federal...more
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that the state’s flat $3 million cap on net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards violates the state constitution’s Uniformity Clause. Unlike the lower court, however, the Supreme Court left...more
On August 31, 2017, the Virginia Supreme Court issued its opinion holding that only the portion of royalties that are actually taxed by another state falls within its “subject to tax” exception to Virginia’s addback statute...more
On December 31, 2015, the California Supreme Court closed the book on California’s Multistate Tax Compact election saga, unanimously holding that the Compact is not a binding contract among its members and the State was not...more
In January, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed broad corporate tax reform in his budget bill, which is currently winding its way through the legislature. The most significant proposal is a shift from a separate entity...more