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By Jessie Eisenmenger and Timothy Gustafson

In a Technical Assistance Advisement, the Florida Department of Revenue determined the proper sourcing methodology for income from twelve different types of sales by an online service provider (OSP) for Florida sales factor purposes. The OSP collects data that it distributes to its customers by a variety of methods,…

By Stephanie Do and Open Weaver Banks

The Indiana Department of Revenue determined that an out-of-state taxpayer improperly sourced tuition received from its Indiana students taking online learning courses on a cost of performance basis. The taxpayer provided educational services through local campus courses and online learning programs. In computing its Indiana sales factor, the…

Upholding retroactive legislation recently enacted by the Michigan Legislature, the Michigan Court of Claims today dismissed multiple cases where taxpayers had appealed the Department of Treasury’s denial of their ability to elect three-factor apportionment under the Multistate Tax Compact.  See, i.e., Taskawa America, Inc. v. Department of Treasury, Case No. 11-000077-MT (Mich. Ct.

By Charlie Kearns
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has issued guidance on the sales tax, corporation franchise tax, and personal income tax implications of transactions involving convertible virtual currency, such as bitcoins. The Department’s guidance can be found here. The Department explained in its guidance that convertible virtual currency will be

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At its Fall Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee on December 11-12, the MTC’s Executive Committee voted to formally contact states to solidify whether there is sufficient financial commitment to fund any potential MTC transfer pricing program. The MTC also formally announced that Iowa, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island will join the MTC audit program. Additionally, the MTC’s…

By Jessica Kerner and Charlie Kearns
In what appears to be the latest in a series of conflicting rulings issued to the same company from at least seven other states, Tennessee and South Carolina have rendered their own opinions addressing the application of sales tax to cloud collaboration service. (See prior coverage ¬here: [link to

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On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Comptroller of Maryland v. Wynne.  The case turns on whether Maryland’s personal income tax system violates the dormant Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution because of Maryland’s failure to provide a credit for taxes paid to other states.  The case

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State Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABORs) are intended to ensure that taxpayers are treated fairly. In this edition of A Pinch of SALT, Sutherland tax attorneys Jonathan A. Feldman, Madison J. Barnett and Suzanne M. Palms explore TABORs offered by several states and the meaningful protections that they offer.
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