On July 28, 2020, the D.C. Council approved the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Support Act of 2020 (“BSA”), which establishes the budget’s tax provision changes. The prior week, the D.C. Council approved the Fiscal Year 2021 Local Budget Act of 2020, which sets the budget’s expenditures. This year’s most notable event was the advertising
California’s Flawed Proposal to Expand False Claims Act to Tax
In a forthcoming article in State Tax Notes, Eversheds Sutherland SALT partner Jeff Friedman and associate Dennis Jansen explore the issues with A.B. 2570 – California’s latest attempt to extend the state’s whistleblower statute to tax claims.
The bill is purportedly designed in increase revenues by targeting tax fraud. However, instead of exposing tax
Marketplace Laws: Implementing a Multistate Compliance Strategy
In this episode we discuss the top ten issues that should be considered when evaluating and implementing marketplace collection laws. It is excerpted from the third in our series of webcasts on marketplaces. In the prior two webcasts, we talked about marketplace collection legislative changes in the first one and the marketplace litigation cases and
It’s an Ad, Ad, Ad, Ad District: DC Council Effectively Eliminates Proposed Advertising and Personal Information Taxes
Earlier today, the D.C. Council voted to amend the Fiscal Year 2021 Local Budget Act of 2020 (“LBA”) and effectively eliminate the proposed sales tax expansion to advertising services and personal information.
On July 21st, the Council first attempted to vote on the LBA (which sets the District’s expenditures), but the Council was unable to
The Nation’s Capital Goes [M]Ad: D.C. Council Reverses Course, Considers Eliminating Proposed Advertising Tax
During the July 21st Legislative Meeting, the D.C. Council voted to postpone consideration of the Fiscal Year 2021 Local Budget Act of 2020 (“LBA”) (which establishes the expenditures of D.C. revenue) to Thursday, July 23rd at 12:30 p.m. Prior to that meeting, the D.C. budget office will attempt to trim $18.4 million from the LBA,
DC Council Poised for Budget Vote Tomorrow that Relies on the Expansion of Sales Tax to Sales of Advertising Services and Personal Information
In what could best be described as a “tax on talking,” the DC Council will vote on a budget tomorrow that relies on revenue from expanding the sales tax to advertising services and personal information. The rate is generally 3%, but could rise to 7.25% for certain taxpayers.
The legislation quickly moved through the Council
Webcast: What you need to know about DC’s proposed tax on advertising services and personal information – July 22, 3 PM ET
The DC Council is considering a new sales tax on advertising services, including digital advertising services, and personal information.
On July 6, the DC Council released the Committee Print of the Fiscal Year 2021 Budget Support Act of 2020, which includes a sales tax expansion to those services beginning October 1, 2020 at the reduced
Rhode Island Governor Signs SSUTA Legislation
On June 24, the Rhode Island Governor signed into law S2650 Substitute A, which clarifies the state’s sales taxation of cloud computing and streaming digital products to comply with the Streamlined Sales & Use Tax Agreement. The bill amends the definition of a taxable sale to include any license, lease, or rental of prewritten
New York Considers Requiring Rental Platforms to Collect Tax
The recently introduced SB 8627 would require short-term rental platforms to collect and remit sales taxes on behalf of the hosts on rental units leased outside of New York City. A similar measure was introduced last year but died in committee.
New Mississippi Marketplace Facilitator Law Leaves Food Delivery Services off the Menu
On June 30, Mississippi became the latest state to enact a marketplace facilitator law after Governor Tate Reeves signed House Bill 379, also known as the “Mississippi Marketplace Facilitator Act of 2020.” The law requires most marketplace facilitators to collect sales and use tax on behalf of marketplace sellers beginning on July 1, 2020.