On April 29, California AB 71 was approved by the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee. AB 71 was approved by the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation earlier in April. The bill will now head to the Assembly Appropriations Committee for consideration. The Appropriations Committee is typically the final committee to consider a bill
California AB 71, Proposing Repatriation Income and GILTI Inclusion, is Set for Second Committee Hearing
AB 71 was introduced earlier this year (see our prior coverage here) to provide additional state funding for homelessness programs, derived – in part – from increasing taxes on business income. In March, AB 71 was amended to eliminate steep corporate tax increases. The bill as amended, however, still would require corporate taxpayers that
California and Massachusetts Issue Employment Tax Guidance on Remote Work during COVID-19
In a prior SALT@Work column for the Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives, Eversheds Sutherland attorneys Charlie Kearns and Alexandra Louderback discussed the localization of work rules that determine where an employer will be subject to state unemployment insurance (UI) registration, reporting and taxes when an employee works in multiple states.
Shortly after that
Isn’t It Exhausting? California Court of Appeal Denies Taxpayer’s Refund Finding Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
The California Court of Appeal held that a county’s failure to comply with statutory notice requirements did not render an assessment a “legal nullity” that would excuse the taxpayer from the requirement to exhaust administrative remedies.
For property tax purposes, California requires a “Notice of Proposed Escape Assessment” (which levies a retroactive assessment to recapture
California Supreme Court Holds Dynamex Applies Retroactively
On January 14, 2021, California’s Supreme Court concluded in Vasquez v. Jan-Pro Franchising Int’l, Inc. (2021) 10 Cal.5th 944, 273 Cal.Rptr.3d 741, 478 P.3d 1207 that its Dynamex decision and its use of the so-called ABC test, later codified after the passage of Assembly Bill 5, applies retroactively. The Vasquez holding subjects taxpayers, potentially even
Nothing Compares 2 RSUs: California OTA Affirms Grant-to-Vest Allocation for Nonresident Restricted Stock Income
California’s Office of Tax Appeals issued a non-precedential decision on the state’s taxation of restricted stock units (RSUs), affirming the Franchise Tax Board’s “grant-to-vest” allocation method. In Appeal of Prince, the OTA approved the FTB’s long-standing position that nonresident income from RSUs should be allocated to California based on the employee’s working days in
Quick Update: California, Wisconsin and Idaho
In this episode of the SALT Shaker Podcast, host Chris Lee discusses a California income tax matter concerning the sourcing of an individual’s income, a Wisconsin corporate income tax matter involving the dividends received deduction, and two Idaho individual income tax decisions addressing domicile.
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Successfully Changing California Residency For Tax Purposes
It goes without saying that an individual is free to move about the country and to change their state of residency/domicile for state income tax purposes. However, that change is potentially complex under the law, especially when an individual who is a longtime resident/domiciliary of California plans to become a nonresident.
In this article for
Quick Update: New York, Illinois and California
In this episode of the SALT Shaker Podcast, host Chris Lee discusses a New York letter ruling concerning sales tax treatment of a database service, a New York Tax Appeals Tribunal decision concerning residency for individual income tax, an Illinois letter ruling addressing sourcing of sales for sales tax and a California Office of Tax
The Ol’ Switcheroo: Franchise Tax Board Now Says a Board Hearing on Alternative Apportionment Petition Not Required to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
At a March 4, 2021 meeting of the California Franchise Tax Board’s (FTB) three-member Board, FTB Staff announced on the record that a Board hearing on an alternative apportionment petition is not required to exhaust administrative remedies. The announcement was made during Staff’s recommendation to the Board to begin the formal regulatory process to amend