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IRS to clarify rules on payments in lieu of state and local taxes
The IRS announced that it intends to issue regulations explaining that legislation attempting to recharacterize state and local taxes as charitable contributions will be subject to interpretation under federal tax law.
Supreme Court to hear South Dakota v. Wayfair: Has the twilight of Quill arrived?
South Dakota is challenging, and attempting to have overturned, the physical presence nexus standard for the collection of sales and use taxes.
Supreme Court hears oral arguments in sales tax nexus case
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case with broad remote sales tax collection ramifications.
Ohio CAT: Three key considerations
This item discusses Ohio commercial activity tax return preparation and ways to mitigate the unintended consequences of noncompliance.
A new state tax appeals era begins in California, but questions remain
California recently revamped its state tax agency system and the associated tax appeals process.
Blurred lines of business: Nexus and New Jersey’s corporation business tax
Three recent cases serve as a tool for taxpayers seeking guidance on when an out-of-state corporation owning a passive ownership interest in a passthrough entity doing business in New Jersey might be found to have nexus.
Proposed changes to services sourcing under California’s market-based sourcing regulations
This column discusses the definition of “benefits received” under the regulation for sourcing service receipts.
Sales-and-use-tax nexus in the internet age: What’s a retailer to do?
States have gotten creative and taken matters into their own hands in an attempt to collect lost tax revenue.
States probing boundaries of ‘physical presence’
States are attempting to increase revenues by enacting laws that expand the definition of nexus-creating activities.
Sales-and-use-tax considerations of software as a service
This column discusses compliance considerations, including nexus, taxability, and how to source
the revenues from customers.
Sales-and-use-tax pitfalls in the construction and real estate industries
This item examines the most common sales-and-use-tax problems and the preventive measures companies can take to avoid these issues or handle them in an audit.
State tax considerations for foreign companies with inbound U.S. investments
Non-U.S. taxpayers generally are surprised by the degree of complexity involved in complying with U.S. state and local taxes.
Small Iowa corporation successfully challenges California’s $800 franchise tax
A state’s franchise taxes can result in increased compliance costs in addition to the burden of the taxes themselves.
The canned software conundrum: Inconsistent state corporate income tax treatment
This item discusses the interplay between Public Law 86-272 (15 U.S.C. §§381–384) and the federal
treatment of computer software, as well as two states’ approaches to the corporate income tax treatment of canned software.
Soda taxes: Old and new
This item looks at how soda taxes have changed over the years and puts the newest batch of taxes in perspective.
A pragmatic approach to sourcing sales of services
This column shares a few thoughts on sales sourcing methodology for readers who are not state tax geeks.
Infrastructure spending and excise tax: It’s about to get a lot more complicated
This article discusses how excise tax changes may affect your business and what you can do to ensure tax compliance and avoid potential penalties.
Dealing with state tax issues? It comes down to domicile
Most states that have a personal income tax have a function whereby the taxpayer can file as a full-year resident, a partial-year resident, or a nonresident.
Potential state tax consequences of the final and temporary Sec. 385 regs.
This item offers an overview of certain provisions in the regulations that could have state corporate income
tax consequences.
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2025 tax software survey
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