On April 12, 2021, the Florida legislature presented S.B. 50 to Governor DeSantis, which would require sales tax collection from a person whose remote sales to Florida exceed $100,000 per year. It states that a person whose “taxable remote sales in the previous calendar year” exceed $100,000 has a “substantial number of remote sales” and
Legal Alert: Not enough lipstick – Maryland Legislature amends digital ads and digital products taxes
Maryland had previously enacted two important – and troubling – sets of tax changes: a new tax on digital advertising and a substantial expansion of its sales tax to digital products and services. As a result of several significant problems with both tax changes, the Maryland legislature just passed Senate Bill 787.
- S.B. 787 amends
Legal Alert: Georgia’s 2021 Sine Die – Thoughtful Policy Mixed With Last Minute Surprises and Everything In-Between
During the 2021 legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly passed key legislation, including conformity to the federal tax law, the elimination of deference to subregulatory interpretations of the Department of Revenue, the ability for pass-through entities to elect to pay state income tax at the entity level, temporary ad valorem relief for manufacturers, and significant
Arkansas introduces bill imposing sales tax on digital advertising revenue
On March 17, 2021, Arkansas introduced S.B. 558, which would impose Arkansas sales tax on advertising revenue from social-media platforms that have annual gross revenue from social-media advertising services in Arkansas of at least $500,000. The bill amends the sales tax statute to include a new subchapter imposing a 7% sales tax on a
Webcast: SALT Legislative Update
In this legislative webcast, Eversheds Sutherland Partners Nikki Dobay, Charlie Kearns, Todd Lard and Associate Samantha Trencs discuss various state legislation that has been enacted, proposed and is still moving, as well as the proposals that died in Q1.
View the presentation slides here.
Nevada Senate introduces bill to impose excise tax on specified digital products and satellite television service
On March 24, 2021, the Nevada Senate introduced Senate Bill No. 346, which would impose an excise tax on the retail sale of specified digital products to an end user in Nevada. “Specified digital products” is defined as electronically transferred digital audio works, digital audio-visual works, digital books, digital codes, and other digital products.
Is Expansion of the Sales Tax Base the Solution?
In this episode of the SALT Shaker Podcast policy series, Doug Lindholm, president and executive director of the Council On State Taxation (COST), joins host Nikki Dobay to discuss sales tax base and whether expansion of that base is modernization.
The Eversheds Sutherland State and Local Tax team has been engaged in state tax
Legal Alert: Georgia Legislature Approves Taxpayer Fairness Act Limiting Administrative Deference
On March 22, 2021, the Georgia House of Representatives passed SB 185, which now heads to the Governor’s desk. The measure, which was previously unanimously passed by the state Senate, seeks to level the playing field in state tax litigation matters by reducing the level of deference accorded to the Department of Revenue’s interpretations
Bless your heart: Texas Considers Maryland-Style Digital Advertising Tax and Broad-based Service Tax proposals
Immediately before last Friday’s deadline for the filing of unrestricted bills, Texas lawmakers introduced a digital advertising tax bill and a bill that would expand sales tax to a wide array of services.
H.B. 4467, filed on March 12 by Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer (D-TX-116) would impose a tax on gross revenue from digital
Ides of March: Maryland lawmakers propose tax whistleblower program
A pair of recently-introduced Maryland bills would create a whistleblower program within the Maryland Comptroller’s office and possibly result in a headache for many taxpayers. The proposed whistleblower bills appear to be modeled after the IRS’ whistleblower program, although they contain a noticeably low materiality threshold and allow for the anonymous reporting of complaints.
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