Michael Jacobs

Michael Jacobs

Reed Smith


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Virginia Court Denies Best Buy’s Bad Debt Credit, Leaves Hope for Other Retailers

A Virginia circuit court recently held that Best Buy was not entitled to a refund of sales tax remitted to the Virginia Department of Taxation on certain credit card sales....more

5/31/2013 - Bad Debt Best Buy Credit Cards Default Financing Retailers Sales & Use Tax

South Carolina Supreme Court (Reluctantly) Upholds Sales Tax Exemptions

Yesterday, the South Carolina Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Bodman v. South Carolina, holding that the state’s sales and use tax exemption and cap scheme, as a whole, does not violate the state...more

5/13/2013 - Equal Protection Sales & Use Tax Tax Exemptions

Massachusetts Tax Developments - A Reed Smith Quarterly Update (1st Quarter 2013)

The first quarter of 2013 saw Massachusetts developments for some the biggest tax issues facing the state, including taxation and sourcing of cloud computing, SaaS and other web-based software products and services;...more

4/26/2013

Pennsylvania Tax Developments

This is a brief update on recent Pennsylvania tax developments. It is intended to provide an overview of issues and cases to watch, as well as administrative and legislative developments....more

4/24/2013 - Amended Legislation Compliance Gross Receipts Tax Market Based Approach Sales & Use Tax Settlement

Software Vendor Challenges Massachusetts’ Restrictive Policy on Multiple Points of Use Certificates

Software purchasers that have paid Massachusetts sales tax on the full purchase price for software that was also concurrently available for use by employees outside Massachusetts, should consider filing protective refund...more

4/15/2013

Connecticut Governor Proposes Tax Amnesty for Fall 2013 – Will It Be Worth the Wait?

In January, Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy introduced S.B. 843, which includes a number of revenue items that are part of the governor’s 2014-2015 biennial state budget. Among the revenue items included in the bill is a tax...more

3/20/2013 - State Budgets Tax Amnesty

Opportunities for Real Estate Transfer Tax Refunds in Pennsylvania

Taxpayers that paid Pennsylvania or Philadelphia real estate transfer tax on certain transactions involving real property located in Philadelphia during the period July 1, 2012 through January 5, 2012 may be entitled to...more

2/5/2013 - Income Taxes Real Estate Market Realty Transfer Taxes Refunds

Reed Smith Massachusetts Quarterly Update - 4th Quarter 2012

Welcome to the first of a new series of quarterly updates from Reed Smith on state tax developments in Massachusetts. Every three months we will be updating you on the key cases and administrative releases, as well as...more

1/21/2013 - Amazon Appeals Audits Commerce Clause Debt Due Process Excise Tax Interest Payments Manufacturers Mediation Operation Test Sales & Use Tax

Disk or No Disk – Cloud Computing Services Not Taxable In Virginia

If you are located in Virginia and use a cloud computing service, and you (or your cloud provider) received a disk, manual, or other incidental tangible property in connection with your purchase of the service, you may have...more

1/14/2013 - Cloud Computing Sales & Use Tax Software Tangible Property

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