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Gov. Bill Lee recently signed into law Public Chapter 950, which creates significant changes in how Tennessee's franchise tax is calculated. Until now, the franchise tax has been calculated based on 1) a taxpayer's...more
In an unpublished opinion, the New Jersey Tax Court held that a web-based business solutions company was entitled to use market-based sourcing to source its 2011 and 2012 receipts even though market-based sourcing was not...more
Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Revenue (Department), David Gerregano, recently testified before the Revenue Subcommittee of the Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee, regarding the Department's proposed...more
Financed transactions can result in states asserting "heads I win, tails you lose" by taking the tax at the time of sale but not accepting pain when the installment sale is busted. When a sale of tangible personal property...more
In addition to the old standbys of The Unique Arizona Contracting Tax Structure, MRRA, and That Darn Speculative Builder Tax, Pat and Karen will touch on lots of interesting issues: - What’s up with refunds of the half...more
On June 26, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear a rare challenge under the Sixteenth Amendment and Tax Clauses to Section 965 of the tax code. In Moore v. United States, the justices will consider...more
The issue of whether receipts from the sale of securities should be included in the franchise tax apportionment factor on a gross or net basis may be heard by the Texas Supreme Court after all. There are two cases, Citgo...more
Hiya, folks and welcome back to a whole new edition (in a whole new year) of the Texas Tax Roundup! January started the year off with a blast! Let’s see what happened! Sales and Use Tax Governmental Exemption...more
On October 31, 2022, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) announced that tax refunds consisting of about $2.9 billion in excess tax revenue will begin on November 1, 2022....more
Massachusetts taxpayers are about to get a tax rebate. That’s right. A tax rebate. Governor Charlie Baker announced that revenue collections in Fiscal Year 2022 far exceeded the annual tax revenue cap, thereby triggering a...more
After years of back and forth, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial court has issued the much anticipated ruling in Oracle. Good news! Taxpayers are allowed refunds for software used in multiple locations even if they didn't...more
The Texas Legislature has passed HB 2080 which tempers Texas' "pay to play" system for judicial review of tax cases and SB 903, which allows taxpayers to skip an administrative hearing on refund cases. Matt Hunsaker, a...more
On Oct. 27, 2020, the Sacramento Superior Court granted a writ of prohibition barring the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (the Department) from applying sales tax Regulation 1585 (Reg 1585) to bundled...more
Three months on from the Supreme Court’s decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, the fallout is becoming increasingly clear in Oklahoma. On July 9, 2020, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in McGirt, ruling that most of the eastern...more
It's no mystery that when times are hard, bad debts skyrocket. But how do businesses handle bad debts for state income and sales tax purposes? Matt Hunsaker hits the high points in this week's episode....more
As businesses look to reopen and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, they should be attentive to Oklahoma tax incentives previously awarded to them to ensure all requirements are met to continue to avail themselves of these...more
The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR or DOR) recently issued a draft of long-awaiting guidance overhauling DOR’s administrative practices concerning disputed tax audits, refunds, license revocations, and other...more
The impasse between Governor Roy Cooper and the General Assembly over the 2019 budget bill (H966) continued this week, as Legislators considered some additional “mini-budget” bills. The House overrode Governor Cooper’s veto...more
The budget stand-off continued this week. Legislators rolled out a number of mini-budgets this week, but their futures are uncertain. The General Assembly will take a break next week for the Labor Day holiday, so it will...more
The Alabama Supreme Court recently issued an opinion providing guidance on how computer software and related services are taxed by the State of Alabama for sales tax purposes. This is the first such opinion in this area by...more
The Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board recently vacated, on its own motion, a previous decision in favor of the Commissioner of Revenue and ruled that a Massachusetts-based company (the “Company”) was entitled to a refund of...more
One of the most important rights a taxpayer has during the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) administrative collection process is to be notified of their right to a collection due process hearing before the IRS issues a levy....more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) creates the need for tax planning with respect to several major life-changing activities individuals may encounter, including marriage, divorce, home ownership, casualty losses, medical...more
Recent changes in state and federal tax laws impact same-sex couples and any Massachusetts residents who own real estate in another state. Clients who may be affected by these changes should act soon to protect the...more
On June 30, 2016, Governor McCrory signed House Bill 533 into law as S.L. 2016-76. The legislation provides a new administrative procedure for a taxpayer to seek review of a North Carolina Department of Revenue...more