Congress passed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, making permanent the moratorium on states and
localities taxing Internet access.
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Water’s-Edge Election: Effectively Connected Income and the 20% Rule in California
This item discusses how foreign corporations that generate income from intangible assets are affected by the economic nexus rules as well as the water’s-edge rules.
Full Faith and Credit Clause Prohibits Nevada Court’s Damage Award Against California
The state of Nevada cannot apply Nevada law to award damages against the California Franchise Tax Board that are greater than it could award against a Nevada state agency in similar circumstances, the U.S. Supreme Court held.
Ways to Make Tax Compliance Less of a Nightmare for Small Business
Troy Lewis, chair of the AICPA’s Tax Executive Committee, testified in favor or the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act.
Factor Presence Nexus Standards and Market-Based Sourcing: A Tough Combination for Service Businesses
The combination of factor presence nexus
standards and market-based sourcing of services for sales factor purposes can have a particularly significant impact on multistate service providers.
New Jersey’s Sourcing Rule for Gain on Dispositions of Interests in Flowthrough Entities Can Be a Real Deal-Killer
Stress points that often produce significant difficulties include apportionment issues stemming from the mixed entity and aggregate treatment of flowthrough entities, the attribution of nexus up and down tiered flowthrough structures, and the impact on individual owners of residency rules and unusable credits for taxes paid to other states.
Colorado’s Use Tax Notice and Reporting Law Is Constitutional, Tenth Circuit Holds
The court held that the law does not discriminate against out-of-state retailers.
Congress Enacts Permanent Ban on State and Local Internet Taxes
Thursday, the Senate approved a bill making the Internet Tax Freedom Act’s ban on state and local taxes on internet access permanent.
Oregon Courts’ Recent Examination of UDITPA Provisions
Recently, Oregon courts have issued important state income tax decisions, which may have potential application within and outside the state.
Wynne’s Effect on State and Local Personal Income Taxes
This article explores the facts and arguments of the case, how this unique decision relates to and departs from case precedent, and the effects on the taxing schemes of other states and localities.
The Increasing Compliance Burden of Economic Nexus
State courts have supported the economic nexus theory, which does not require a business to actually conduct activities within the state to incur an income tax obligation.
California Appellate Court Rules on Nexus of Special-Purpose Entities, Tells Lower Court to Rule on Constitutionality of Filing Election
The court determined that two SPEs related to Harley-Davidson Inc., with no physical presence
in California, established nexus under Due Process and Commerce Clauses of the U.S. Constitution.
Unclaimed Property: Unraveling the Business-to-Business Exemptions
States with B2B exemptions have determined that businesses are capable of ensuring that their property interests are secured and that taxpayer dollars should not be spent to protect them.
State Taxation of Financial Institutions: A Multidimensional Landscape
Economic nexus provisions, which often target financial institutions, vary considerably from state to state, and they can trigger income or franchise tax filing responsibilities of which taxpayers are often unaware.
Navigating SALT Nexus and Compliance for Not-for-Profits
Many not-for-profits do not know that the states in which they conduct business have many rules that may apply to them.
Debtor Down but Additional Child Tax Credit Is Out
The Eighth Circuit held that the additional child tax credit qualifies as a public-assistance benefit under Missouri law and thus was exempt from a debtor’s bankruptcy estate.
Tax Increment Financing: The Developer’s Tax Issues
Tax increment financing has become increasingly
used by private developers to construct nonpublicly owned property.
Ohio Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Nonresident Athletes Against City of Cleveland
The court found Cleveland incorrectly imposed its 2% local income tax on nonresident athletes’ exterritorial income in two separate cases.
Supreme Court Decides Maryland’s Personal Income Tax Scheme Violates the “Dormant” Commerce Clause
The U.S. Supreme Court held that Maryland’s
tax scheme discriminates against interstate commerce.
Government Tax Treasures
This column describes five types of governmental documents and videos and how they can be incorporated into a tax classroom.
TAX PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
2025 tax software survey
AICPA members in tax practice assess how their return preparation software performed during tax season and offer insights into their procedures.
