By Nicole Boutros and Andrew Appleby

In yet another taxpayer victory, the recently reconstituted New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal determined that the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance improperly denied the taxpayers’ amended returns, which were filed on a combined basis for the 2005 and 2006 tax years (i.e., prior to the

Perhaps no aspect of New York’s expansive 2014 tax reform has generated as much excitement as the incentives for qualified New York manufacturers. The new law spells out the requirements for qualification and has been supplemented by some additional guidance, including legislation passed a few weeks ago.
In their article for State Tax Notes, Sutherland

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

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo introduced his 2015-2016 budget and accompanying legislation on January 19, 2015 (the 2015 Budget Bill). If enacted, New York’s tax law will be significantly altered for the second time in two years. The sales tax provisions of the legislation will tax most intercompany transactions and will also accelerate the payment

By Charlie Kearns
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has issued guidance on the sales tax, corporation franchise tax, and personal income tax implications of transactions involving convertible virtual currency, such as bitcoins. The Department’s guidance can be found here. The Department explained in its guidance that convertible virtual currency will be

We are pleased to announce that Open Weaver Banks has joined the firm’s State and Local Tax (SALT) practice as counsel in New York. Prior to joining Sutherland, Open was of counsel at Morrison & Foerster LLP. 
 
Open represents clients in state and local tax controversies at the administrative, trial and appellate levels. Her