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During the 2022 legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly passed significant tax legislation, including authorizing affiliated groups to file consolidated corporate income tax returns without prior approval from the...more
“Yes” to Art, “No” to Tax- Private patronage of the arts. For centuries, artists, museums, and galleries have depended, in no small part, upon the largesse of wealthy families. Today, as in the past, many of these...more
The New York State sales tax on “protective and detective services” has been given an expansive reading by the New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal in a decision involving information technology (“IT”) security services. In In...more
The New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal held that an information service was not subject to sales tax because although the service provider had the right to provide the information to others, it did not have the technical...more
A year and a half following the New York Court of Appeals’ significant 2019 decision in Matter of Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. v. Tax Appeals Tribunal of State of New York, 33 NY3d 587 (2019), New York continues to grapple with...more
Income & Franchise Taxes—Deductions - Massachusetts—Appeals Court Allows Deduction for Utility Taxes Paid to Indiana - The Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed a decision of the Appellate Tax Board and allowed Bay State...more
TRIBUNAL AFFIRMS DECISION SOURCING “OTHER BUSINESS RECEIPTS” TO WHERE THE WORK WAS PERFORMED - After three non-precedential Administrative Law Judge decisions—and well after the statute in question has been replaced by new...more
2019-20 NYS BUDGET ENACTED, INCLUDING REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX INCREASES - On April 12, 2019, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed into law the New York State Budget Bill for the State’s 2019-20 fiscal year, which began on April...more
GOVERNOR RELEASES PROPOSED 2019-20 NEW YORK STATE EXECUTIVE BUDGET - On January 15, 2019, New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo released the New York State 2019-20 Executive Budget, applicable to the State’s fiscal year...more
APPELLATE COURT REVERSES TRIBUNAL AND GRANTS QEZE PROPERTY TAX CREDITS - The Appellate Division, Third Department, has reversed a decision of the New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal that had denied a refund of personal...more
DRAFT BILL RELEASED IMPLEMENTING A NEW YORK STATE UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS TAX - The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has released a “discussion draft” of a bill that would implement a New York State...more
CITY UTILITY TAX NOT APPLICABLE TO FIXED CHARGES RELATED TO LONG-DISTANCE TELEPHONE SERVICES - The New York City Tax Appeals Tribunal upheld an Administrative Law Judge determination that income from fixed charges that...more
The Decision: In Waste Management of Illinois, Inc. v. Illinois Department of Revenue, 2017 IL App (1st) 162830-U, the Illinois Appellate Court held that compressed natural gas ("CNG") is not a taxable motor fuel under the...more
TRIBUNAL REMANDS $100 MILLION SALES TAX REFUND CASE TO ALJ - After the New York State Appellate Division reversed the Tax Appeals Tribunal’s earlier decision denying a sales tax refund of over $100 million, the Tax...more
NYC TRIBUNAL IMPOSES ITS OWN SOURCING METHODOLOGY FOR RECEIPTS FROM SERVICES - In a case involving the sourcing of lump sum payments for the performance of services, the New York City Tax Appeals Tribunal took the unusual...more
On December 29, 2017, the Illinois Appellate Court issued a ruling reversing the decision of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal (Tribunal) in Waste Management of Ill., Inc. v. Ill. Independent Tax Tribunal, 2017 IL App...more
THE TOP 10 NEW YORK TAX HIGHLIGHTS OF 2017 - As we look forward to an exciting new year, here is our annual list of what we viewed as the Top 10 New York Tax Highlights of 2017. 1. Appellate Division finds error in...more
Appellate Court Holds That Furnishing of Pricing Information Is Not a Taxable Information Service - The Appellate Division has issued a potentially important decision regarding the sales tax exclusion for information...more
Securities Rating Agency Not Entitled to Refund of Erroneously Remitted Sales Tax - A New York State Administrative Law Judge upheld the denial of a securities rating agency’s request for a refund of sales tax, holding...more
In a ruling from September 6, the Alabama Tax Tribunal distinguished the scope of the federal and the Alabama responsible person penalty, holding the Alabama penalty did not apply to a mere employee. In Ty P. Taylor v. State...more
Our August 2017 issue of New York Tax Insights covers these recent developments: Sale of Security Services to Property Manager for NYC Housing Authority Held Exempt from Sales Tax - The sale of security services by a...more
The Top 10 New York Tax Highlights of 2016 - It’s the New Year, and before we begin afresh, we look back at this past year with our list of the Top 10 New York tax highlights of 2016. 1. The New York State Tax...more
Before 2014, Alabama sales tax applied only to the sale of prepaid calling cards or authorization numbers, pursuant to Ala. Code §40-23-1(a)(13). In 2014, the Alabama Legislature amended the above statute to “clarify” that it...more
ALJ holds that a Retailer Must File on a Combined Basis with a Related Intellectual Property Licensing Company - A New York State Administrative Law Judge has held that a retailer must file combined corporate franchise...more
The Alabama Tax Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) ruled in a recent case that the taxpayer-hospital was entitled to a refund of the sales tax paid on the purchase of software that had been customized for its particular functions...more