On January 5, members of the California Assembly introduced Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 11. The bill would impose both a new excise tax and a new payroll tax, and increase personal income tax rates to fund universal single-payer health care coverage and a health care cost control system for state residents. These new taxes
New York’s Governor Hochul rejects flawed False Claims Act expansion
On New Year’s Eve 2021, New York’s Governor Hochul vetoed Senate Bill S. 4730, delivering a win to taxpayers. The bill as passed by the New York Legislature earlier this year proposed to expand New York’s already overreaching False Claims Act (FCA).
Most states have a false claims act that is modeled after the federal
A recap of the top 10 SALT policy issues in 2021
In this episode of the SALT Shaker Podcast policy series, host and Eversheds Sutherland Partner Nikki Dobay welcomes back Doug Lindholm, President and Executive Director of the Council On State Taxation (COST) and Morgan Scarboro, Manager of Tax Policy and Economics at MultiState.
Together, they discuss the top SALT policy issues of
Corporate tax disclosures – are they in or out?
In this episode of the SALT Shaker Podcast policy series, host and Eversheds Sutherland Partner Nikki Dobay welcomes back Jeff Newgard, Principal and Owner of Peak Policy, as well as Stephanie Do, Senior Tax Counsel for the Council On State Taxation (COST).
They team up with Nikki to discuss the intricacies of corporate
Digital ad tax proposal introduced in Massachusetts
A Massachusetts representative has introduced House Bill 4179, a proposed 6.25% excise tax on gross revenue from digital advertising provided within Massachusetts. Following its introduction, House Bill 4179 was referred to the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Revenue for review. The bill proposes to tax revenue sourced to Massachusetts arising from banner advertisements, search engine
Catching up with CalTax – part II
In this episode of the SALT Shaker Podcast policy series, host and Eversheds Sutherland Partner Nikki Dobay is joined again by Rob Gutierrez, President and CEO of the California Taxpayers Association (CalTax) for round two of their discussion. Catch up on part one here.
Rob updates Nikki on the final days of California’s
California implements marketplace facilitator fee collection
On September 30, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 1402, which amends California’s sales and use tax law to require marketplace facilitators to register, collect, and remit certain fees on the retail sale of various items of tangible personal property sold in California. Under current law, a marketplace facilitator that facilitates the retail sale
California bill extending marketplace facilitator collection requirements to certain fees sent to governor
On September 9, California AB 1402 was enrolled and presented to Governor Newsom for his signature. The legislation requires marketplace facilitators to register, collect, and remit specified fees administered under the Fee Collection Procedures Law that are imposed upon the retail sale of tangible personal property in the state. Specifically, the legislation requires marketplace facilitators
A Texas-sized legislative update
In this episode of the SALT Shaker Podcast policy series, host and Eversheds Sutherland Partner Nikki Dobay welcomes Dale Craymer, President of the Texas Taxpayers and Research Association (TTARA), as well as Eversheds Sutherland Associate Dennis Jansen for a discussion about all things Texas. 
Dale provides an overview of TTARA’s work, as well as
Illinois amends unclaimed property law to include cryptocurrency
Effective August 6, 2021, Illinois amended its unclaimed property law to include cryptocurrency. SB 338, Public Act 102-0288, was approved by the Governor and became law the same day. Under the unclaimed property law, “virtual currency” is presumed unclaimed after 5 years of no indication of interest by the apparent property owner. The new