Policy and Legislation
Sutherland SALT Shaker: August 2014 Digest
Click here to read our August 2014 posts or read each article by clicking on the title. A printable PDF is also available here. To read our commentary on the latest state and local tax developments as they are published, be sure to download the Sutherland SALT Shaker mobile app.
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Multistate Tax Commission Enacts Significant Amendments to Its Compact
On July 30, the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) approved amendments to the Multistate Tax Compact’s (1) definition of nonbusiness income, (2) definition of “sales,” (3) factor-weighting, (4) alternative apportionment, and (5) sourcing of service and intangible revenue. With the approval, the amendments officially become a model act of the MTC, and taxpayers should expect legislation…
MTC Uniformity Committee Prepares for UDITPA Regulations
On July 28, the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) Uniformity Committee tabled two projects in order to…
Multistate Tax Commission Targets Summer 2015 Implementation of Transfer Pricing Effort
On July 28, the Arm’s Length Adjustment Services Advisory Group (Group) of the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) met for the third time at the MTC Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Group began this effort on June 2 and met again on June 25 in furtherance of a Summer 2015 deadline to implement its…
Model Transaction Tax Overpayment Act Gains Traction at MTC
This week the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) will consider a resolution endorsing the ABA’s model transaction tax act which, if enacted by the states, would limit frivolous lawsuits seeking to extract sales taxes from retailers and others.
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Texas Comptroller Issues Ruling on Software-related Services
In a fact-intensive ruling, the Texas Comptroller determines that the multistate benefit exemption does not apply to the purchase of various services performed in connection with computer software. To qualify for the multistate benefit exemption (which only applies to services that became taxable after 9/1/1987), the Comptroller explains that a taxpayer must prove by…
Idaho State Tax Commission to Discuss Changes to Idaho Rule 27 “Computer Equipment, Software, and Data Services”
The Idaho Tax Commission Sales Tax Rule Committee is meeting today to discuss a recently released draft of proposed changes to Idaho Rule 27 “Computer Equipment, Software, and Data Services”. The Commission is in the process of updating the regulation following recent legislation that amended the definition of tangible personal property to exclude electronically delivered…
Wyoming DOR Publishes Guidance Addressing the Sales Tax Treatment of Cloud Computing Services
The Wyoming Department of Revenue has published guidance addressing the sales tax treatment of a broad range of computer sales and services, including cloud computing, web hosting, and data storage.
Minnesota Department of Revenue Revises a Release that Discusses Application of Sales Tax to Digital Products
The Minnesota Department of Revenue updated its Sales Tax Fact Sheet on digital products to explain that webinars (electronically accessed live or prerecorded audio and audiovisual presentations) are exempt from tax provided the following three requirements are met:
(1) Admission to the in-person presentation is not subject…



