Following Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that Maryland’s personal income tax regime is unconstitutional, join Sutherland SALT and Professor Wally Hellerstein, University of Georgia Taxation Law Professor and author of State Taxation, on Thursday, May 21 at 2:00 p.m. EST for a discussion including an analysis and potential implications of the Court’s ruling.
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Wynne Court Holds That Internal Consistency Lives, Applies to Taxation of Resident
A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Maryland’s personal income tax regime is unconstitutional. Comptroller of the Treasury v. Wynne, 575 U.S. __ (2015). The Court affirmed the Maryland Court of Appeals in a 5-4 decision and held that Maryland unconstitutionally created the risk of multiple taxation.
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Join Sutherland and TEI for a full day SALT controversy workshop at the 2015 Audits and Appeals Seminar in San Francisco (May 19-21, 2015)
Sutherland and the Tax Executives Institute (TEI) are pleased to present this first ever full-day program dedicated to the “Theory, Strategy and Practice of State Tax Controversy” in San Francisco, California on May 21. Topics covered will include:
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In a New York Minute: A Complete Guide to New York’s New Manufacturer Incentives plus an addendum regarding New York City’s Manufacturer Rules
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The Rock or the Hard Place? South Carolina Issues Draft Guidance on Alternative Apportionment
By Stephen Burroughs and Open Weaver Banks
The South Carolina Department of Revenue requested public comment on a draft Revenue Ruling and a draft Revenue Procedure that detail how it will prospectively apply alternative apportionment to multistate taxpayers. This represents the Department’s second attempt at drafting alternative apportionment guidance (previous coverage). The Ruling describes…
New York City Legislation Enacts General Corporation Tax Reform
On April 13, 2015, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed New York’s 2015-2016 budget legislation, which, among other changes, conforms the New York City general corporation tax to the most significant changes from last year’s New York State corporation franchise tax reform.
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New York Budget Incorporates More Significant Tax Changes
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo introduced his 2015-2016 budget and accompanying legislation on January 19, 2015. After much negotiation, the Legislature just enacted the Budget Bill. As a result, New York’s tax law has been significantly altered for the second time in two years.
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The Jersey Short: If at First You Don’t Succeed in New Jersey, Try Being Unreasonable
New Jersey’s related-member addback provision has five statutory exceptions, but only one is really worthy of comment.
In their article for State Tax Notes, Sutherland attorneys Leah Robinson and Open Weaver Banks examine the exceptions to New Jersey’s related-member addback provision, focusing on the only exception successfully relied on in the state’s tax court—the…
In a New York Minute: Six New York Tax Reform Decisions to Make in 2015
New York’s corporate tax reform includes sweeping changes affecting nearly every aspect of its corporation franchise tax.
In their article for State Tax Notes, Sutherland Partners Leah Robinson and Marc A. Simonetti review what New York corporate taxpayers should be doing now to be ready for the state’s corporate tax reform measures that will…
New York State ALJ Determines Travel Reservation Facilitation Receipts and Online Advertising Receipts Constitute Service Receipts That Must Be Sourced Where Performed For Income Tax Purposes
There has been significant controversy in New York regarding whether receipts from services—particularly those that may be delivered via the Internet—constitute “service” receipts or “other business receipts” for corporate franchise tax apportionment purposes. The distinction between “service” receipts and “other business receipts” is crucial because prior to 2015, New York Tax Law generally required sourcing…



