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California AB 71 is set for hearing in the Assembly Appropriations Committee tomorrow, May 12, at 9 am.  The Appropriations Committee is typically the final committee to consider a bill before it goes to an Assembly floor vote. Please see our previous post here for more information on AB 71’s proposed corporate tax increases, including…

On May 7, three amendments were posted to Oregon SB 164, which as introduced made only minor changes to a specific exclusion for certain receipts of vehicle dealers from the Oregon Corporate Activity Tax (CAT). The amendments, if incorporated into the bill, would provide clarification to insurance companies regarding Oregon’s “in lieu of” provision…

On April 26, 2021, the California Assembly voted to approve AB 1402, which in addition to sales tax would extend the requirements of a marketplace facilitator law to fees administered pursuant to the California Fee Collection Procedures Law that are imposed on the retail sale of tangible personal property in the state. The bill…

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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has signed into law House Bill 451, which provides temporary ad valorem tax relief to Georgia manufacturers to mitigate the economic and logistical disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Under HB 451, for property tax year 2021, manufacturers claiming Georgia’s Level 1 Freeport exemption pursuant to O.C.G.A. § 48-5-48.2(c)(1) may…

On April 7, 2021, Virginia H.B. 1800 was passed by the Virginia General Assembly. Included in the Budget Bill was a one-time combined unitary return reporting requirement (“Reporting Requirement”) that is intended to allow the Virginia Department of Taxation (“Department”) the ability to study the tax impact of combined reporting. Specifically, corporations that are subject…

On May 3, the Kansas Legislature overrode Governor Kelly’s veto of SB 50.  As a result, marketplace facilitators will now be required to collect sales and use tax beginning July 1, 2021 if they exceed a $100,000 nexus threshold.  The legislation also requires marketplace facilitators to collect 911 fees beginning April 1, 2022. Please…

On April 29, California AB 71 was approved by the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee. AB 71 was approved by the Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation earlier in April. The bill will now head to the Assembly Appropriations Committee for consideration. The Appropriations Committee is typically the final committee to consider a bill…

AB 71 was introduced earlier this year (see our prior coverage here) to provide additional state funding for homelessness programs, derived – in part – from increasing taxes on business income. In March, AB 71 was amended to eliminate steep corporate tax increases. The bill as amended, however, still would require corporate taxpayers that…

On April 22, 2021, the Connecticut General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Finance Revenue and Bonding (“Joint Committee”) approved a revised revenue bill (HB6443) to implement the Connecticut state budget.  We have learned that the revised bill includes: (1) a new digital advertising services tax; and (2) a new wage compensation tax, whereby, at…