On May 8, 2024, the California Senate’s Revenue and Taxation Committee held a hearing on S.B. 1327, which would impose a 7.5% tax on data extraction transactions in California. The committee passed the bill by 4 votes to 1.
Peter Blocker, Vice President of Policy at CalTax, testified in opposition to the bill. He indicated
On May 1, 2024, California Senator Steve Glazer, Chair of the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee, unveiled another proposal to tax digital advertising. This time, Senator Glazer proposes to amend California Senate Bill 1327 to impose a 7.25% tax on “data extraction transactions in the state.”[1] This “data extraction transactions tax” (referred to as the
The Georgia General Assembly passed several significant tax bills during the 2024 legislative session. Among them was the creation of a tax court in the judicial branch, a reduction of the individual and corporate income tax rates, limitations on income tax credit carryforwards, and the suspension of the data center sales tax exemption. Bills that
On April 1, 2024, the California State Assembly amended a digital advertising tax into A.B. 2829, formerly a property tax bill. As amended, A.B. 2829 would adopt the digital advertising tax effective January 1, 2025. The California proposal is similar to the Maryland Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax, which is currently the subject of
The Virginia General Assembly passed the 2024-2026 Biennium Budget (House Bill 30) that would expand the sales and use tax to “digital personal property” and certain digital “taxable services” as of January 1, 2025.
The General Assembly’s conference report resolved differences between the House and Senate budgets, respectively, on the sales tax treatment
This year’s Georgia’s legislative session is quickly progressing, with some major tax legislation moving towards passage. Last Thursday, February 29, 2024 was “Crossover Day”—the 28th legislative day of 40 total legislative days—the day by which all bills must have passed one legislative chamber to cross over for consideration by the other chamber. Although there is
This week on the SALT Shaker Podcast, Eversheds Sutherland Associate Jeremy Gove welcomes Chris Emigholz, Chief Government Affairs Officer at the New Jersey Business & Industry Association (NJBIA), to the show.
First, they cover Chris’ role at NJBIA and what NJBIA does for New Jersey taxpayers. They then dive into a meaty tax discussion
During the 2023 legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly passed significant tax legislation including decoupling from IRC § 174, imposing sales tax on certain digital goods, and revising eligibility for the pass-through entity tax election.
March 29, 2023 was “Sine Die” or the 40th and final legislative day of the 2023 session. Both chambers
In 2021, the Georgia Tax Tribunal ruled that a non-profit hospital was entitled to use Quality Jobs Tax Credits (QJTC) against its unrelated business income tax and its payroll withholding tax. The Tribunal’s decision was affirmed by the Fulton County Superior Court. In response to these court decisions, the Department has proposed legislation, to purportedly
To kick off the SALT Shaker Podcast for 2023, Eversheds Sutherland Associate and host Jeremy Gove welcomes Maria Koklanaris, Senior Tax Correspondent for Law360, to the show. Together, they tackle state tax legislation and litigation that should be on your radar this year.
Jeremy and Maria begin with an overview of state tax legislation
