A proposed initiative is being circulated to place on the November 5, 2024 ballot, an ordinance amending the Business and Tax Regulations Code effective January 1, 2025....more
It’s a letter that no one looks forward to—a notice of determination (also sometimes called a “Notification of Audit Results,” “Notification of Exam Results,” or “Notice of Tax/Fee Due”) from the Texas Comptroller of Public...more
In mid-January, the Texas Comptroller issued controversial amendments to its franchise (margin) tax apportionment sourcing rules. Are the rules an administrative drift towards market-based sourcing? Matt Hunsaker breaks down...more
This article is the first of a three-part series regarding the State and Local Tax consequences of doing business in multiple states. Part 1 will discuss Nexus, Part 2 will discuss Voluntary Disclosures, and Part 3 will...more
New York state legislators recently introduced legislation loosely proposing to impose a five percent gross receipts tax on data sharing. The legislation says little about how the tax will work, but it has gained the...more
As the economy shifts to a digital one, we are finding that states are turning toward unconventional revenue options. One trend we’re seeing is the surprising comeback of the gross receipts tax (GRT): • Oregon’s new...more
We have recently discussed in several blog posts Oregon’s new Corporate Activity Tax (“CAT”), a gross receipts tax that will become effective January 1, 2020. As we announced in our most recent post on this topic, the Oregon...more
Although Section 199A will reduce the tax burden for many owners of pass-through businesses, classification as a “specified service trade or business” (“SSTB”) can severely limit its application for many others. While...more
On June 5, 2018, San Francisco voters passed Proposition C, which imposes a new gross receipts tax of 1 percent on revenues a business receives from leasing warehouse space in San Francisco and 3.5 percent on revenues a...more
On August 24, 2017, the Supreme Court of Virginia issued a tax ruling that is favorable to Virginia taxpayers with international exports. As background, Virginia localities are permitted to impose the Business, Professional...more
For more than a year, I have been discussing the potential that Oregon lawmakers will pass a corporate gross receipts tax. On May 26, 2017, we discussed recent events that would lead a reasonable person to believe that the...more
After Oregon Measure 97’s drubbing at the polls in November 2016, for many, it suggested the quashing of any notion of a gross receipts tax in the state. For Oregon Senator Mark Hass (D) and Representative Mark Johnson (R),...more
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