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In November 2023, the Colorado Department of Revenue’s (CDOR) Taxation Division issued guidance containing mandatory language to be included in notices provided to employees regarding available federal and state income tax...more
On May 21, 2021, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a decision affirming the Massachusetts Tax Appeal Board’s decision in favor of Microsoft and Oracle, ruling that the companies may apportion sales tax to other...more
The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR or DOR) recently issued a draft of long-awaiting guidance overhauling DOR’s administrative practices concerning disputed tax audits, refunds, license revocations, and other...more
The Alabama Supreme Court recently issued an opinion providing guidance on how computer software and related services are taxed by the State of Alabama for sales tax purposes. This is the first such opinion in this area by...more
Tax season for most individuals has drawn to a close, and you may or may not have been entitled to a refund from the IRS, but if you are an e-cigarette wholesaler or retailer you are almost certainly entitled to a tax refund...more
On Nov. 16, 2018, the Florida Department of Revenue renewed Emergency Rule 12AER18-02, which implemented Section 56, Chapter 2018-118, Laws of Florida, providing for a sales tax exemption for equipment purchased to generate...more
A panel of the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court dismissed a taxpayer’s petition that requested reversal of an order of the Board of Finance and Revenue that a petition for refund of gaming tax for the tax years 2009 through...more
As previously reported, during the recent legislative session the Alabama Legislature finally resolved the so-called “Moody Issue,” named after the taxpayer victory in Moody v. Alabama Department of Revenue, regarding the...more
There were several notable state tax opinions issued by the South Carolina Administrative Law Court, Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court in the 1st quarter of 2018. A number of tax cases are also pending before the Court of...more
One little known fact in South Carolina business and politics is that every year the South Carolina General Assembly uses a budget proviso to deny taxpayers interest that should be paid on tax refunds. Instead, the interest...more
Two weeks ago, the Baldwin County Circuit Court entered an order dismissing the Alabama Department of Revenue’s (ADOR) appeal from the February 2017 decision by the Alabama Tax Tribunal in Moody v. Alabama Department of...more
On March 24, the Georgia General Assembly passed House Bill 960 (H.B. 960), which would adjust the statutory interest rate applicable to tax assessments and refunds and addresses other issues related to refund claims for...more
This fall, the Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) and the City of Tucson (Tucson) are offering tax amnesty programs that can help taxpayers resolve their outstanding tax liabilities from unreported or underreported income....more
Filing an amended tax return does not negate the need to file a timely petition for refund with the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue’s Board of Appeals. In a case decided in June, Quest Diagnostics Venture, LLC v....more
On April 23, 2015, Judge Gregory P. McGuire of the Business Court division of the Superior Court of Wake County, North Carolina, issued a decision in the matter of the Kimberly Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust v. North...more
In its final ruling of 2014, the Indiana Tax Court held that the Department of Revenue could not wrongly confiscate a taxpayer’s inventory, sell the inventory for pennies on the dollar, and avoid a refund by arguing the Court...more
During the 108th General Assembly 2014 Session, the Tennessee Legislature considered several tax and related initiatives before adjourning in late April. Although the number of proposed tax and related initiatives this...more
An Alabama circuit court recently held that a taxpayer’s method of calculating a refund under Alabama’s wholesale oil license tax was reasonable, affirming Chief Administrative Law Judge Bill Thompson’s extensive 2009 ruling....more