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Residency/domicile is a critical issue in a state-tax analysis because, as a general principle, a state taxes its own residents on all their income from whatever sources it is derived (typically with a credit mechanism for some or all tax paid to another state on that same income). However, regardless of residency and regardless of…

The California Legislature adjourned on September 10 and ended the 2021 legislative session without passing any major tax increase bills during the session. Several proposals were under consideration during the early part of the session, but were not revived before adjournment.

In his article for Financial Advisor Magazine, Senior Counsel Eric Coffill describes important

This installment of “Behind the Board,” which highlights the milestones, challenges, and lessons of Tax Notes State’s advisory board, focuses on Senior Counsel Eric Coffill.

Read more about Eric’s career and reflections here.

While state and local governments have ended or relaxed mandatory work-from-home orders and are trying to bring back the in-person workforce, some employees remain hesitant to return to in-office work for numerous reasons. This trend may result in unanticipated tax obligations for employers and employees because many of the pandemic-related hold-harmless protections from withholding and…

On a recent episode of Tax Notes Talk, a weekly podcast of cutting-edge developments in tax from Tax Notes, Eversheds Sutherland Partner Nikki Dobay discusses the SALT cap workarounds for passthrough entities that many states have adopted, and possible coming developments for those policies.

On August 17, 2021, the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) held its first meeting of the State Taxation of Partnerships Project (the Partnership Project), during which the work group discussed a draft outline of partnership issues. The Partnership Project is being chaired by Laurie McEhatton (California Franchise Tax Board) and staffed by Helen Hecht (General Counsel…