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
State tax legislation and litigation to watch in 2023
To kick off the SALT Shaker Podcast for 2023, Eversheds Sutherland Associate and host Jeremy Gove welcomes Maria Koklanaris, Senior Tax Correspondent for Law360, to the show. Together, they tackle state tax legislation and litigation that should be on your radar this year.
Jeremy and Maria begin with an overview of state tax legislation
More digital advertising and data tax legislation introduced
New York and Massachusetts are the latest states to introduce tax legislation targeting digital advertising and data collection. Like the similar bills introduced earlier in Connecticut, New York, and Indiana, proposals similar to these latest New York and Massachusetts bills have been rejected by the respective legislatures in prior sessions.
New York revisits
Indiana bill would adopt social media tax
Representative J.D. Prescott (R) introduced Indiana HB 1517, which would impose a surcharge tax on social media providers. HB 1517 is similar to legislation introduced by Representative Prescott during the 2021 and 2022 legislative sessions that did not make it out of committee.
Specifically, HB 1517 would impose a surcharge tax on social media
Digital advertising and data tax proposals introduced in Connecticut and New York
A number of Connecticut digital advertising bills and a New York data tax bill have been introduced to jumpstart the 2023 legislative sessions. Both states have considered – but ultimately rejected – legislation that would adopt targeted taxes on the digital economy in recent years.
On January 18, 2023, proposed legislation was filed in the
Recapping the SALT policy developments in 2022
In this episode of the SALT Shaker Podcast policy series, Eversheds Sutherland Partner and host Nikki Dobay is rejoined by Morgan Scarboro, Senior Director of Tax Policy at MultiState Associates for a year-end review of the state and local tax policy space.
Morgan and Nikki discuss what happened at the state level during the
Part II: Streamlining the process – call for a multistate Power of Attorney
In this episode of the SALT Shaker Podcast policy series, Eversheds Sutherland attorneys Nikki Dobay and Cat Baron tackle part II of their discussion about the need for a multistate Power of Attorney (POA) form and the progress being made in the quest to create one. In case you missed it, you can catch up
Part I: Alleviating burdens – call for a multistate Power of Attorney
In this episode of the SALT Shaker Podcast policy series, Eversheds Sutherland attorneys Nikki Dobay and Cat Baron provide an overview of a project they have been working on for some time – a universal, multistate Power of Attorney (POA). Cat and Nikki have been working with various interested parties on the business side and
Getting to the core of gross receipts taxes
In the latest episode of the SALT Shaker Podcast policy series, host and Eversheds Sutherland Partner Nikki Dobay welcomes back a familiar voice in Doug Lindholm, President and Executive Director of the Council On State Taxation (COST), along with a new voice to the podcast, Professor Richard Pomp from the University of Connecticut School of
Visiting the fall tax ballots with Jared Walczak of the Tax Foundation
In this episode of the SALT Shaker Podcast policy series, host and Eversheds Sutherland Partner Nikki Dobay is rejoined by Jared Walczak, Vice President of State Projects at the Tax Foundation, to discuss the fall ballot initiative season.
Jared shares his perspective about the fall ballot initiatives he’s keeping an eye on, including