The President is expected to imminently sign the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”), which was passed by both the Senate and House of Representatives. This Client Alert addresses two main tax provisions in the...more
Late in the evening of July 7, 2022, Governor Tom Wolf signed Act 53 of 2022 (Act 53) into law. Act 53 significantly modifies the corporate net income tax (CNIT), subjects certain ride-sharing agreements to sales tax,...more
There has been a flurry of litigation in recent years involving taxpayer challenges to the constitutionality of Pennsylvania’s statutory cap on net loss carryover (“NOL”) deductions for tax years prior to 2017. First came...more
In Corporation Tax Bulletin 2019-04, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (the Department) announced that, effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, a corporate taxpayer with $500,000 or more of direct...more
House GOP leaders on Thursday, Nov. 2, released their anticipated tax-reform proposal. Entitled the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act," the House Bill includes several proposed changes to the corporate and individual tax system....more
In a unanimous decision in Nextel Communications of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc. v. Commonwealth, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed the Commonwealth Court's holding that Pennsylvania's dollar-based cap on corporate net income...more
In RB Alden Corp. v. Commonwealth, No. 73 F.R. 2011 (Pa. Commw. June 15, 2016), the court addressed the taxpayer’s liability for 2006 Corporate Net Income (CNI) Tax on gain from the sale of part of its interest in a...more
In a Corporate Net Income Tax (“CNI”) appeal filed by Nextel Communications of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc. (“Nextel”), the Commonwealth Court will consider whether Pennsylvania’s statutory cap on net operating loss (“NOL”)...more
A New York State Division of Tax Appeals administrative law judge (ALJ) recently determined that a banking corporation was not required to hypothetically use a net operating loss (NOL) deduction to decrease its entire net...more
In a Corporation Business Tax (CBT) case, PPL Electric Utilities Corporation v. Director, Division of Taxation, Dkt. No. 000005-2011 (N.J. Tax. Ct. Oct. 2, 2014), the Tax Court of New Jersey found for the taxpayer and held...more
In 2013, the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue implemented a “modernized” computer system for processing corporate tax returns and maintaining corporate tax accounts for Capital Stock Tax, Foreign Franchise Tax, Corporate...more
The General Assembly made significant changes to a number of Pennsylvania taxes as part of the 2013-2014 budget process. These changes were enacted in Act 52, signed into law on July 9, 2013, and have various effective dates....more
On June 30th Governor Corbett signed a $28.4 billion state appropriations package which provides modest increases in some areas and flat funding in others. Although the popular press suggested that the budget included no...more