Shaking things up in state and local tax
Shaking things up in state and local tax
On February 13, 2020, the Nebraska Legislature’s Revenue Committee heard testimony on Legislative Bill 989, which would expand Nebraska’s sales tax base to include sales of digital advertisements.
After an introduction by the bill’s sponsor, Senator Justin Wayne, the Revenue Committee heard testimony from four witnesses, each opposing the bill. The Committee also received…
On January 29, 2020, the Maryland State Senate’s Budget and Taxation Committee heard testimony on Senate Bill 2, which would create the Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax. The tax would be imposed on a taxpayer’s Maryland gross revenues from digital advertising services at up to a 10% rate. After brief introductions by the…
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo released his Fiscal Year 2021 budget and accompanying legislation on January 21, 2020 (the Budget Bill). Consistent with Governor Cuomo’s earlier promises, he has not proposed new taxes other than those related to the proposed legalization of cannabis.
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Maryland State Senators Miller and Ferguson have introduced legislation (Senate Bill 2) that would impose a new Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax for all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020. If signed into law, Maryland would become the first state to impose a tax that targets digital advertising. Senate Bill 2 was…
On September 30, 2019, in Labell v. City of Chicago, the Illinois Appellate Court upheld the City of Chicago’s imposition of its amusement tax on streaming video, streaming audio and online gaming services.
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Recently proposed Treasury regulations under IRC § 385 would create sweeping changes to the federal income tax treatment of related-party debt. The Proposed Regulations could also have far-reaching effects for state income tax purposes, particularly on the deductibility of intercompany interest expenses in separate company reporting states.
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On July 15, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of H.R. 3086, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (PITFA), by a voice vote. PITFA would permanently extend the moratorium on state and local taxation of Internet access and “multiple” or “discriminatory” taxes on electronic commerce.
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On July 14, 2014, the Michigan Supreme Court in a splintered 3-1-3 decision found in favor of IBM’s election to apply the Multistate Tax Compact’s three-factor apportionment formula to
the now-repealed Michigan Business Tax (MBT).
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On June 25, the Arm’s Length Adjustment Services Advisory Group of the Multistate Tax Commission met via teleconference to continue the process of developing a multistate arm’s length pricing adjustment service. States participating in the meeting included Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia. The primary focus of the…
