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Perhaps the most impactful public finance bill making its way through the Texas Legislature currently is House Bill 19 (HB 19). The bill is largely an amalgamation of other bills filed this session (notably, House Bill 1453...more
I’ve previously posted about various Texas sales and use tax rules – general rules, exceptions, and exemptions applied to both taxable services and tangible personal property. However for certain entities—specifically,...more
You may have heard recently about proposals for Congress to remove the exclusion from gross income of interest on state and local bonds, usually referred to as “repealing the tax exemption on municipal bonds.” This issue...more
I discussed Texas franchise tax nexus in a prior post, which can be found here. However, there is a different (albeit similar) set of rules for Texas sales and use tax nexus. As with Texas franchise tax nexus, a business...more
Generally, in Ohio, sales of tangible property are taxable unless an exemption exists, whereas services are generally nontaxable unless specifically enumerated as taxable under the Ohio Revised Code. However, Ohio has many...more
In Ohio, sales of tangible personal property are presumed taxable unless an exemption exists. On the other hand, services are presumed nontaxable unless specifically enumerated as taxable under Ohio’s Revised Code. Many of...more
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law various bills on June 17, including the state budget bill, S.B. 2017 (Budget Bill), which contains several provisions intended to raise revenue. Other bills passed in both the...more
Yesterday afternoon the Kansas legislature overrode Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of Senate Bill (SB) 50, effectively enacting the provisions of the bill into law. Among those are provisions decoupling from certain Tax Cuts and...more
The 2021 General Assembly session adjourned sine die (Latin for adjourning with no appointed day for resumption) on February 8th. The General Assembly convened its 2021 Special Session on February 10th and adjourned sine die...more
On January 22, 2021, several New York State Assembly Members reintroduced legislation (Bill No. A03139) that seeks to amend New York’s Real Property Law and Tax Law, New York’s Tax Law and New York’s Uniform Commercial Code...more
Effective January 1, 2021, Portland-metro residents and businesses need to be aware of two new taxes. The first is the Metro Supportive Housing Services Tax (“Metro Tax”), which was formerly known as Measure 26-210. The...more
En la Gaceta de la Ciudad de México el pasado 21 de diciembre de 2020, se publicó un decreto, el cual indica que se adiciona el artículo 156 Bis al Código Fiscal de la Ciudad de México, es decir, se establecen obligaciones en...more
The DC Council has passed an amended bill (the False Claims Amendment Act of 2020, B23-0035) that beginning as early as January 2021 will allow tax-related false claims to be raised against large taxpayers for up to 10 years...more
The DC Council has once again advanced a bill (the False Claims Amendment Act, B23-0035) that would allow tax-related false claims against large taxpayers! The bill passed a first reading of the Committee of the Whole on...more
The Illinois Appellate Court recently issued two decisions involving property tax assessments, each being noteworthy for a different reason. One is noteworthy because it focuses on the longstanding legal principle that a...more
A large and growing source of property tax refunds in Cook County are generated when a Court reverses or vacates the sale of delinquent taxes. A recent Appellate Court decision provides a good overview of the tax sale...more
Anyone could see that, for a limited partnership (“LP”) that was a “tax nothing” – i.e., one “disregarded” for federal income tax purposes – the corresponding California treatment was very confusing. To clear up this...more
• The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on Oct. 19, 2018, issued much anticipated proposed regulations (the Proposed Regulations) and other guidance on tax benefits arising from investments in "qualified opportunity zones" that...more
On September 20, 2018, the Illinois Supreme Court published its opinion in Oswald v. Hamer, which upheld Section 15-86 of the Illinois Property Tax Code (“Section 15-86”), an Illinois statute that provides for a charitable...more
• Even though practitioners are awaiting proposed regulations on the new opportunity zone provision, interested parties are already starting to set up qualified opportunity funds to pool investor capital. • States, cities,...more
In a special session, the Maine legislature passed tax conformity legislation on August 30, 2018, after having failed to pass this legislation prior to its spring adjournment. The legislation is now on the Governor’s desk...more
Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House. Ethics Commission Disburses Funds to Clean Elections Candidates despite Biennial Budget Typo...more
On Thursday, March 1, Alec Porteous, the Commissioner of the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services, and Dr. Michael Allen, Associate Commissioner for Tax Policy for the Maine Department of Administrative...more
Following a final vote in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday morning, Dec. 20, 2017, Congress sent the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (H.R. 1) to President Donald Trump's desk. In addition to extensive revisions to the tax...more
The Senate Finance Committee unveiled a section-by-section description of its tax reform package on November 9, 2017, including municipal bond provisions that reject efforts by the House Ways and Means Committee to terminate...more