“Business-friendly” Texas has been the leading poacher of California-based companies for over a decade, with relocations from tech-dominated California only accelerating during the pandemic. Oddly enough, at a time when Texas’s highest-profile new neighbors are known for cutting-edge research, the state seeks to narrow the scope of its research and development credit applicable to some

In this installment of A Pinch of SALT for Tax Notes State, Eversheds Sutherland attorneys Eric Coffill and Annie Rothschild review the Franchise Tax Board’s proposed amendments to California’s market-based sourcing regulation, including its conception and eight important changes to watch as it moves through the approval process.

Read the full article here.

US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, who announced his retirement last week, leaves behind a series of notable decisions that continue to shape state and local taxation.

In this article published by Law360, Eversheds Sutherland attorneys Jeff Friedman, Justin Brown, Catalina Baron and Cyavash Ahmadi discuss some of Justice Breyer’s notable contributions to the

An employee’s state of residency, and in some cases the city and/or county of residency, may significantly affect their employer’s withholding tax obligations. Given the expected increase in permanent remote work, residency complications may exacerbate an employer’s state withholding compliance burdens.

In this SALT@Work column for the November/December issue of Journal of Multistate Taxation and

There are several federal statutes that limit state and local taxation, including the Internet Tax Freedom Act and Public Law 86-272. Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, there have been calls to apply the “anti-commandeering doctrine” to invalidate or limit these federal laws.

Earlier this month, Maryland State Senators Miller and Ferguson introduced Senate Bill 2, which would tax Maryland digital advertising service gross revenues at up to a 10% rate. Earlier today, the Department of Legislative Services issued the Fiscal and Policy Note for the proposal, which estimates up to $250 million of revenue in the

Lard, Todd.jpgWe are pleased to announce that Todd A. Lard will rejoin Sutherland’s Washington, DC office on March 4 as a partner in our State and Local Tax (SALT) Practice. For the past five years, Todd Lard worked at the Council On State Taxation (COST), most recently as its vice president and general counsel. Prior to joining