Blank Rome’s nationally prominent State + Local Tax attorneys are thought leaders in the community as frequent guest speakers at various local and national conferences throughout the year. Our State + Local Tax attorneys...more
States often dig in on issues where they shouldn’t, and we see that often in the sales and use tax context (as often as with other state taxes). The Missouri Director of Revenue incorrectly assessed use tax against a...more
Trust fund taxes are typically subject to responsible person laws that provide that people who have the power to remit tax, but fail to remit, are held personally responsible for the failure. Such “trust fund” taxes have that...more
A Massachusetts tax auditor once said to me with pride, “They don’t call us ‘Taxachusetts’ for nothing!” when I explained that the Department’s position was unsupported. Recently, Massachusetts was reminded that its...more
We have so often heard adversaries incorrectly assert that their agencies can be judge and prosecutor in their own cause. The saying is as old as the hills that “no man shall be a judge in his own cause.” Exec. Comm’n on...more