State & Local Tax (SALT)

Update on states moving ahead with PTETs

States continue to move ahead with implementing new passthrough entity taxes as a workaround to the $10,000 cap on the federal deduction of state and local taxes.

Personal income tax: The other-state tax credit

This item focuses on how states classify certain business taxes for these other-state tax credit purposes, using recent California developments to illustrate how states may analyze this issue.

Federal implications of passthrough entity tax elections

Many questions remain with respect to the deductibility at the federal level of state income tax payments made by passthrough entities under new state tax regimes enacted to ameliorate the effect of the cap for individuals on the deduction of state and local taxes.

State tax considerations around the sale of a partnership interest

This item discusses how owners selling partnership interests should address which states may attempt to tax the entire gain, how taxation of the gain may be divided among the states where the partnership does business, compliance considerations, and technical developments and trends that may affect the transaction.

Tax Insider Articles

DEDUCTIONS

Business meal deductions after the TCJA

This article discusses the history of the deduction of business meal expenses and the new rules under the TCJA and the regulations and provides a framework for documenting and substantiating the deduction.

TAX RELIEF

Quirks spurred by COVID-19 tax relief

This article discusses some procedural and administrative quirks that have emerged with the new tax legislative, regulatory, and procedural guidance related to COVID-19.