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Navigating Pennsylvania’s Tax Appeals Process -- Updated

by James Fritz | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 5/21/2013

Pennsylvania’s tax appeal system has long been criticized as very complicated, expensive and lacking impartiality. A few years ago, the PA Chamber and other interested groups were able to work with the General Assembly to...more

Oregon Tax Credit Opportunities

by Michael Batelli | Berkeley Research Group, LLC on 5/15/2013

The Oregon Department of Revenue, in conjunction with the Oregon Film and Video Office, will auction 12,000 income tax credit certificates, worth $500 each, for a total of $6 million....more

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

by Adam P. Beckerink, Denise Obrochta, Jennifer C. Waryjas, Michael Wynne | Reed Smith on 5/8/2013

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

Government Contractor Exemption Bill Passes House

by Bruce Ely, David Pugh | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/17/2013

On April 9, the House of Representatives passed HB 419 on a vote of 89-6. The bill, sponsored by Representative Paul DeMarco (R-Homewood) among others and championed by the Alabama Chapter of the Associated Builders &...more

Spotlight on Mississippi: Legislation Enacted to Amend Statute of Limitations for Tax Assessments

by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 4/5/2013

On March 27, 2013, Governor Phil Bryant signed House Bill 892 amending the rules setting forth the time period during which the Department of Revenue (Department) may conduct an examination of a taxpayer's Mississippi income,...more

Mississippi Legislature Passes Two Bills that Should Provide Greater Certainty to Businesses and Spur Economic Development

by Bruce Ely, Charles Hill III, James Long, Stephen Wilson | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 4/5/2013

The Mississippi Legislature recently passed two bills that should provide greater certainty to businesses and spur economic development in the Magnolia State. House Bill 892, signed into law by Governor Phil Bryant on March...more

Property Tax Data Can Aid School Districts In Budgeting And Levying

by Ares Dalianis, Scott R. Metcalf | Franczek Radelet P.C. on 2/26/2013

There are a number of little known sources of data that can assist school districts in their financial planning and public relations efforts. This information is available from local officials and State agencies as well as...more

Administrative Law Judge Affirms Holding on Alabama SRLY Rule

by Christopher Grissom, James Long | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/26/2013

On August 15, 2012, Chief Administrative Law Judge Bill Thompson issued his long-awaited SRLY ruling, holding that an Alabama consolidated group was entitled to carry forward certain net operating losses (“NOLs”) incurred...more

Commonwealth Court Addresses Additional IFTA Issues, Including Exclusion of Drilling Rigs

by Sharon R. Paxton | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/25/2013

As we reported in earlier editions of PA Tax Law News, the Commonwealth Court issued two decisions last year upholding tax liabilities imposed on motor carriers that failed to comply with IFTA mileage and fuel documentation...more

Tennessee Requests Comments on Legislation to Amend the Locally-Imposed Gross Receipts Tax

by Brett R. Carter, Joseph Gibbs, Patricia Head Moskal | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/25/2013

The Tennessee Department of Revenue has released a legislative proposal with the stated intent of clarifying the application of the locally-imposed business tax to out-of-state businesses while also codifying an existing...more

Administrative Bank Attachment

by Megan F. Luck | McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/21/2013

The 2012-2013 Pennsylvania state budget adopted last July authorized the use of administrative bank attachment by the Department of Revenue. Prior to utilizing this collection technique, the Department was required to develop...more

HB16 Would Make Significant Changes to Economic Development in Alabama

by Alex Leath | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/11/2013

Representative Patricia Todd (D-Birmingham) has introduced HB16, the Alabama Economic Development and Fiscal Accountability Act, for the upcoming legislative session that would make substantial changes to economic development...more

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