5 Key Takeaways | SALT and Multinational Businesses: Analyzing State and Local Taxation of Foreign Company Transactions
Welcome to the January 2026 edition of The BR State + Local Tax Spotlight. We know the importance of remaining up-to-date on State + Local Tax developments, which appear often and across numerous jurisdictions. ...more
In Valente Solutions, LLC v. Department of Revenue, the Washington Court of Appeals addressed whether an information technology consulting firm was entitled to a refund of Washington business and occupation (“B&O”) taxes for...more
This is the third edition of the Eversheds Sutherland SALT Scoreboard for 2025. Since 2016, we have tallied the results of what we deem to be the significant taxpayer wins and losses and analyzed those results. Our entire...more
Like many states, Minnesota uses a market-based approach for calculation of the corporate franchise tax apportionment, by sourcing sales of services to the state where the services are “received.” A recent decision by the...more
Kilpatrick’s Jordan Goodman recently spoke at the Council On State Taxation – 2025 SALT Technology Workshop in the San Francisco Bay Area about the “The Top SALT Taxes Impacting the Technology Sector”. This workshop covered...more
On February 14, 2024, the California Office of Tax Appeals (OTA) denied the California Franchise Tax Board’s (FTB) request for rehearing in the Appeal of Microsoft Corporation and Subsidiaries (OTA Case No. 21037336)....more
This is the fourth edition of the Eversheds Sutherland SALT Scoreboard for 2023. Since 2016, we have tallied the results of what we deem to be significant taxpayer wins and losses and analyzed those results. Our entire SALT...more
In the Appeal of Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative (2023-OTA-342P) (Beet Sugar), the California Office of Tax Appeals (OTA) issued a precedential opinion holding the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) is not...more
The California Office of Tax Appeals (“OTA”) recently issued a decision finding that a nonresident sole proprietor, who performed all services outside of California but performed such services for California customers, was...more
Retroactive Application Of 2010 Statutory Amendment Permitted By Tribunal - Reversing the decision of an Administrative Law Judge, the New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal has upheld the constitutionality of retroactively...more
Under Pennsylvania’s tax appeals system, many issues are not resolved at audit or before the Department’s Board of Appeals and the Board of Finance and Revenue, resulting in numerous appeals to the Commonwealth Court. In...more