On March 12, 2018, Idaho’s governor signed into law H.B. 463 (the Bill), which provides a series of changes to Idaho’s income tax law in response to H.R. 1, popularly referred to as the Federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Act). The main changes to Idaho tax law include:  (i) conformity, for tax years

The state and local tax (SALT) impact of the recently enacted federal tax reform is still being assessed. Because of states’ broad conformity to the federal income tax laws, many of these changes will have an impact on taxpayers’ SALT liabilities.

In their article for Bloomberg Tax, Eversheds Sutherland attorneys Jeff Friedman, Todd Betor

The Georgia Legislature has introduced its annual Internal Revenue Code (IRC) conformity bill—HB 821. Georgia conformity is typically updated annually to apply for the most recent tax year. In light of the recently enacted federal tax reform, this year’s conformity bill will receive particular attention because of what tax reform provisions Georgia chooses to adopt

Recently enacted federal tax reform is expected to generate $6.5 billion in additional federal revenue through 2027 by increasing corporate tax liability for certain state and local incentives.

In their article for Bloomberg, Eversheds Sutherland attorneys Timothy Gustafson and Hanish Patel discuss the change and opportunities to minimize its impact.

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