Discover the latest global developments and planning opportunities to stay ahead of the curve at McDermott’s Tax Symposium 2024. Join us in Chicago for a full day of programming designed to equip corporate tax leaders with...more
5/2/2024
/ Acquisitions ,
Best Practices ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Cross-Border ,
Digital Advertising Tax ,
Digital Goods ,
Energy Tax Incentives ,
Events ,
Family Offices ,
Federal Taxes ,
Foreign Assets ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
Foreign Tax Credits ,
Income Taxes ,
Internet Tax Freedom Act ,
IRS ,
Mergers ,
Multinationals ,
OECD ,
Passive Foreign Investment Company ,
Pillar 2 ,
Reorganizations ,
Research and Development ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Legislation ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Litigation ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Reform ,
Tax Returns ,
Virtual Currency
Mark your calendars to join us for our year-in-review program that will cover key tax and employee benefits issues affecting the state and local, federal and international legal landscape. We will conclude our program with...more
12/2/2022
/ Compensation & Benefits ,
Employee Benefits ,
Events ,
Federal Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
Local Taxes ,
State Taxes ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning
The potential impact of global mobility issues and recent tax developments may require reassessing your planning strategies.
Join us for our first Tax in the City® program of 2022, which will cover federal and...more
2/7/2022
/ Captive Insurance Company ,
Federal Taxes ,
Foreign Tax Credits ,
International Tax Issues ,
Multinationals ,
New Regulations ,
OECD ,
Passive Foreign Investment Company ,
Remote Working ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Rates ,
Webinars ,
Women in the Law
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
10/21/2021
/ Business Taxes ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Federal Taxes ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
IRS ,
Local Taxes ,
Multinationals ,
Partnerships ,
Proposed Legislation ,
SALT ,
State Taxes ,
Tax Legislation ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Reform ,
Webinars
Please join us for our inaugural Tax in the City® in San Francisco—a forum for women tax professionals to discuss technical state, federal and international tax issues in a collegial and confidential setting.
Our...more
5/4/2021
/ Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Federal Taxes ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
OECD ,
Partnerships ,
State Taxes ,
Tax Planning ,
Webinars
We invite you to join us for our Tax in the City®: A Women’s Tax Roundtable in Seattle.
We plan to discuss, among other topics, post-TCJA tax treatment of foreign branches (and disregarded entities), new BEAT guidance, an...more
5/4/2020
/ Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax (BEAT) ,
Business Taxes ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Digital Taxes ,
Economic Presence Nexus ,
Events ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
OECD ,
Out-of-State Companies ,
State Taxes ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning
Illinois has announced the following tax-related relief measures related to COVID-19. Taxpayers who file quarterly estimated returns should note that unlike the federal government, Illinois has not extended the April 15, 2020...more
We invite you to join us for our annual “Year in Review” Tax in the City® Chicago. We will discuss current tax issues including:
• Judicial deference and potential impact on TCJA audits
• Taxation of the digitalized...more
11/27/2019
/ Continuing Legal Education ,
Digital Assets ,
Events ,
Income Taxes ,
International Tax Issues ,
Judicial Deference ,
New Guidance ,
State Taxes ,
Tax Audits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Litigation ,
Tax Planning
As previously announced, the Illinois Department of Revenue has begun a new amnesty program, running October 1 through November 15, 2019. All taxes paid to the Illinois Department of Revenue for taxable periods ending after...more
The Illinois General Assembly enacted a number of new tax measures in a flurry of activity at the end of its legislative session. Some of the changes are taxpayer friendly and others are not. Unlike the no-deal chaos of past...more
6/14/2019
/ Ballot Measures ,
Constitutional Amendment ,
Economic Development ,
Estate Tax ,
Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII) ,
Franchise Taxes ,
Income Taxes ,
Net Operating Losses ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Referendums ,
State Legislatures ,
Tax Amnesty ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Debt ,
Tax Reform ,
Trusts ,
Withholding Requirements
On November 14, the second day of its 2018 veto session, the Illinois Senate voted unanimously to override Governor Rauner’s amendatory veto of Senate Bill 1737 (Bill). As we have previously reported, the Bill is a proposed...more
The Illinois Department of Revenue (Department) announced that it will grant abatement of late filing penalties for taxpayers that file their Illinois business income tax returns on or before November 15 and request penalty...more
In June 2018, just before the US Supreme Court ruling in Wayfair, Illinois enacted an economic nexus standard modeled after South Dakota’s law. The new Illinois standard takes effect on October 1, 2018. On September 11, the...more
On August 26, 2018, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner issued an amendatory veto of Senate Bill 1737 (Amendatory Veto). The governor vetoed aspects of the bill, which he characterized as imposing additional regulatory barriers to...more
A captive insurance and self-procurement tax law is awaiting the governor’s signature in Illinois. This new business-friendly law may provide a substantially improved environment for Illinois-based companies looking for...more
On June 4, Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner signed into law the state’s fiscal year (FY) 2019 budget implementation bill, Public Act 100-0587 (the Act). The Act makes a significant change to the Illinois sales/use tax nexus...more
On May 24, 2018, the Circuit Court of Cook County granted the City of Chicago’s Motion for Summary Judgment in the case captioned Labell v. City of Chicago, No. 15 CH 13399 (Ruling), affirming the City’s imposition of its...more
In Health Net Inc. v. Dep’t of Revenue, Docket No. S063625 (Apr. 12, 2018), the Oregon Supreme Court rejected a business taxpayer’s constitutional challenges to a 1993 Oregon statute that eliminated the right to utilize a...more
Last year, Illinois enacted a mid-year income tax rate increase. Effective July 1, 2017, Illinois increased the income tax rate for individuals, trusts and estates from 3.75 percent to 4.95 percent, and for corporations from...more
On December 29, 2017, the Illinois Appellate Court issued a ruling reversing the decision of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal (Tribunal) in Waste Management of Ill., Inc. v. Ill. Independent Tax Tribunal, 2017 IL App...more
The federal tax reform package recently approved by Congress (the Bill) contains a cap on the state and local tax deduction that may be claimed by individuals on their federal income tax returns. The Bill provides that an...more
Earlier this fall, the Cook County Board voted to repeal its constitutionally suspect, politically unpopular one cent per ounce sweetened beverage tax (Tax). The short-lived Tax will expire at the end of the County’s fiscal...more
The Illinois Department of Revenue (Department) has issued a proposed new administrative rule addressing the nexus implications for out-of-state retailers attending trade shows in Illinois. The proposed rule reaffirms the...more
On July 28, Circuit Judge Daniel Kubasiak dismissed the Complaint filed by the Illinois Retail Merchants Association and a group of retailers challenging the constitutionality of the Cook County, Illinois Sweetened Beverage...more
A legal challenge to Cook County Illinois Sweetened Beverage Tax (Tax) heads back to circuit court today for a hearing on the plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction. On June 30, Circuit Judge Daniel Kubasiak issued a...more