The Georgia General Assembly passed several significant tax bills during the 2024 legislative session. Among them was the creation of a tax court in the judicial branch, a reduction of the individual and corporate income tax...more
Challenging a state corporate tax determination of a unitary business relationship between related corporations can be difficult. However, a recent decision of the Michigan Tax Tribunal shows that with good facts a business...more
In 2021, the Georgia Tax Tribunal ruled that a non-profit hospital was entitled to use Quality Jobs Tax Credits (QJTC) against its unrelated business income tax and its payroll withholding tax. Floyd Healthcare Mgmt., Inc. v....more
The Upper tax tribunal (“Upper Tribunal”) has confirmed the decision of the First-tier tax tribunal (“FTT”), delivered in 2021, in the case of Kwik-Fit Group Limited and others v HMRC. This decision of the Upper Tribunal...more
On July 28, 2022, the Alabama Tax Tribunal held that a corporation is not required to add back interest paid to a related entity as the recipient was subject to tax on that income in Ireland. This was so even though the...more
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
In Matter of Goldman Sachs Petershill Fund Offshore Holdings (Delaware) Corp., the New York City Tax Tribunal held that an upper-tier partnership’s passive corporate partner was subject to the New York City General...more
In HMRC v Development Securities, the Court of Appeal (the “CA”) has overruled the Upper Tribunal and agreed with the First-tier Tribunal that the relevant Jersey incorporated subsidiaries of a UK parent were resident in the...more
The UK’s First-tier tax tribunal (FTT) has just released an interesting decision considering whether or not expenses incurred by a parent company on advisers’ fees that related to a proposed disposal by a group subsidiary and...more
Welcome to the latest issue of New York Tax Insights. In this issue we cover: ..The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance’s release of revisions to its draft business corporate franchise tax regulations for...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
The decision by the New York City Tax Appeals Tribunal in Goldman Sachs Petershill Fund Offshore Holdings Corp (“Petershill Fund“), unfortunately, does not involve parachute pants or any reference to the “Running Man” dance....more
Prevention is better than cure In today’s tax environment, where disputes with HMRC can be prolonged and the outcome uncertain, taxpayers would be well advised to take all reasonable steps to minimise the risk of a dispute...more
NYS TRIBUNAL REVERSES ALJ AND HOLDS THAT BOND RATING AGENCY IS ENTITLED TO REFUND OF SALES TAX - The New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal reversed the determination of an Administrative Law Judge and held that a securities...more
UK Case Law Developments - Entrepreneurs' relief – voting rights not imputed for equitable reasons - In George v HMRC, the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) decided that they could not apply the equitable principle that...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 impact of discounts on consideration for VAT purposes (Finanzamt Bingen-Alzey v Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG) - The ECJ has confirmed that consideration for VAT purposes should be reduced by any discount...more
UK Tax News and Developments - Government White Paper on Customs Bill - On 9 October, the Government published a White Paper setting out its approach to the introduction of a new customs and VAT regime after the UK...more
UK Tax News and Developments - Finance (No 2) Bill 2017 - The second Finance Bill of 2017, known as Finance (No 2) Bill 2017, has now been published. As expected, this contains most of the provisions which were dropped from...more
UK Tax News and Developments - Latest on the Finance (No 2) Bill 2017 - On 20 July 2017 the government announced in Hansard that the House of Commons will, on Wednesday 6 September 2017, be asked to approve the Ways and Means...more
A recent decision of the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber) (UT) in Scambler and another v HMRC [2017] UKUT 1 (TCC) considers the question of when it is appropriate to look back to earlier versions of tax legislation...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
Readers may recall that Alabama Act 2012-427 permitted Alabama residents that owned interests in multistate pass-through entities (e.g., LLCs, partnerships, and S corporations) to claim a credit against their Alabama income...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
Court Of Appeals Affirms Revocation Of Tax Exemption For Public Parking Facilities - Reversing a decision by the Appellate Division, the Court of Appeals has held in a 5-2 decision that a charitable organization is not...more