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- SALT Pet of the Month: Fiver
Meet Fiver, the adorable pet rabbit belonging to Brandi Drake, Strategic Tax Senior Director at Charter Communications. - Chicago Streaming Video Tax Does Not Violate Federal and State Law
On May 24, 2018, the Circuit Court of Cook County upheld the City of Chicago’s imposition of its amusement tax on streaming services. - Indiana Enacts IRC Conformity Bill, Decouples from Certain Federal Tax Reform Provisions
On May 14, 2018, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed into law H.B 1316 (the Bill). The Bill provides a number of changes to Indiana’s tax laws, including responding to provisions of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. - Maryland’s Limited Interest on Wynne Refunds Ruled Unconstitutional
Maryland Tax Court holds that Maryland’s limitation of interest on refunds resulting from the US Supreme Court’s decision in Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v. Wynne violates the US Constitution. - New York City: Penalty Relief Available for Certain Section 965 Underpayments
The New York City Department of Finance recently announced the availability of penalty abatements for certain taxpayers that have underpaid business taxes due to the inclusion of Section 965 income. - Oregon Imposes 911 Tax on Out-of-State Retailer with No Physical Presence
The Oregon Tax Court held that the state was not constitutionally prohibited from imposing its statewide 911 tax on an out-of-state VOIP service provider with no physical presence in the state. - Oregon Deems Amendments to Statutory State Apportionment Formulas to Be Constitutional
In another of the so-called “Compact” cases, the Oregon Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Oregon Tax Court and held that: (1) the 1967 Oregon Legislature, in enacting Oregon Statute Section 305.655, did not clearly and unmistakably intend for Oregon to enter into a binding contract that would bind the states under the Oregon and federal contract clauses, and (2) the 1993 Legislature’s repeal of part of Oregon Statute Section 305.655 did not violate the Oregon Constitution by not setting out the text of that statute. - IRS to Crackdown on SALT Deduction Cap Workarounds
The IRS intends to issue regulations pertaining to states’ attempts to subvert the state and local tax deduction cap.
FEATURED PUBLICATIONS
- State Tax After TCJA: Treatment Of International Income
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, P.L. 115-97,[1] made sweeping changes to the Internal Revenue Code, and will have far-reaching implications for state tax systems that broadly conform to the IRC. In this article for Law360, Eversheds Sutherland attorneys Jeffrey Friedman, Eric Tresh, Todd Lard and Todd Betor focus on the major state income tax implications of the TCJA’s international tax provisions, including: the transition tax imposed by revised IRC § 965; the foreign-source dividends received deduction, or DRD, allowed by new IRC § 245A; the tax on global intangible low-taxed income, or GILTI, in new IRC § 951A and related deduction in IRC § 250; the deduction allowed for foreign-derived intangible income, or FDII, in new IRC § 250; and the base erosion anti-abuse tax, or BEAT, imposed under new IRC § 59A. - A Pinch of SALT: Implications of the MTC’s Market-Based Sourcing Model Regulations
It is more complicated to determine an in-state sale regarding the provision of multistate services or licenses of intangibles. Historically, states looked to a taxpayer’s costs of performing the service or licensing the intangible. Some states have become critical of this cost-of-performance method and replaced it with a market-based method of computing in-state sales. In this edition of A Pinch of SALT, Eversheds Sutherland Partner Jeffrey Friedman discusses the recent amendments to the Multistate Tax Commission’s (MTC) Model General Allocation and Apportionment Regulations; how the model regulations can be further improved; how states are responding to the model regulations; and what is next for the MTC.
FEATURED EVENTS
- Eversheds Sutherland SALT Shakes Things Up in the Big Easy!
Eversheds Sutherland was delighted to sponsor and lead the two days of TEI’s Audit and Appeals seminar focused on State and Local Tax Controversy (May 2–3, 2018). - State and Local Tax Day
The Eversheds Sutherland SALT team presented at the Tax Executives Institute (TEI) Denver Chapter State and Local Tax Day on May 15, 2018, in Lakewood, Colorado. - TEI’s 2018 Region II Forum
Eversheds Sutherland is a proud co-sponsor of the 2018 TEI Region II Tax Forum taking place June 4-5, 2018, at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The Tax Forum will include four plenary and ten breakout sessions offering a wide selection of federal, international, and state and local topics.