On March 15, 2023, the two houses of the New York State Legislature released their respective amendments (Senate Bills S.4008 and S.4009, Assembly Bills A.3008 and A.3009, collectively the Amendments) to New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Budget (the Budget Bill) (see our prior legal alert). While the Amendments

In 2021, the Georgia Tax Tribunal ruled that a non-profit hospital was entitled to use Quality Jobs Tax Credits (QJTC) against its unrelated business income tax and its payroll withholding tax. The Tribunal’s decision was affirmed by the Fulton County Superior Court. In response to these court decisions, the Department has proposed legislation, to purportedly

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (the Comptroller) published proposed amendments to Texas’ franchise tax apportionment rule in the January 20 issue of the Texas Register, discarding the now-repudiated “receipt-producing, end-product act” test. The Comptroller proposed these amendments in response to the Texas Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Sirius XM Radio, Inc. v. Hegar. Eversheds

From November 14 through 17, the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) held its annual Fall Meetings in Little Rock, Arkansas. The MTC’s Uniformity, Executive, Strategic Planning, Audit, Litigation, and Nexus Committees met during the week. The Uniformity Committee meeting included the following topics:

  • Digital products
  • Apportionment
  • Multistate Power of Attorney
  • Marketplace updates

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The Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) held its annual Fall Meetings in Little Rock, Arkansas (Eversheds Sutherland attorneys attended the meeting, and a full report of the meetings will be provided). On Thursday, November 17, the MTC Executive Committee dissolved the State Intercompany Transactions Advisory Service (SITAS) Committee. The Committee’s purpose of facilitating information sharing and

On October 11, 2022, the Florida District Court of Appeals, First District held oral arguments on State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Florida Department of Revenue, a case relating to the “add back” to Florida taxable income of interest earned on state and local bonds, for purposes of calculating Florida corporate income tax.

Following New York City’s recent victory in a case regarding the apportionment of income earned by an out-of-state corporation from its sale of a non-unitary investment, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (NYS Department) memorialized the litigation position in an August 4, 2022 revision to the “final draft” regulations that it had

The Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) held its 55th Annual Meeting in Anchorage, Alaska from August 1st through the 4th. During the four-day event, the Audit, Litigation and Nexus Committees met on Monday, the Uniformity Committee met all day Tuesday, the Commission held its annual business meeting and seminar on Wednesday, and

On July 1, 2022, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance issued the third set of “final draft” regulations relating to the corporation franchise tax reform that took effect for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2015. The third set of draft regulations relate to apportionment, and contain revisions to the