Today, the President of the Florida Senate announced that tax relief has stalled the budget negotiations for the 2025 Regular Session. This means the Florida legislature will likely have to return in a Special Session to resolve tax and budget
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Join us in New Orleans for the COST Spring Conference/Audit Session April 28 – May 1, 2025!
This Spring Conference/Audit Session will bring multistate tax professionals, with various levels of experience in state and local income/franchise taxes and sales/use taxes together in an environment that allows for extensive interaction and exchange of information as well as updates…
Louisiana Voters Overwhelmingly Reject Governor Landry’s Constitutional Amendments
By Jay Adams
On March 29, 2025, four constitutional amendments were on the ballot for Louisiana voters’ consideration. Constitutional Amendment No. 2, (CA No. 2) which passed the Louisiana legislature during the November 2024 special fiscal session as House Bill No. 7, included…
Hillsborough County, FL Sales Tax Increase June 1, 2025
The Florida Department of Revenue announced today that the temporary sales tax reduction in Hillsborough County, Florida will expire on May 31, 2025.
As outlined in our initial article, the 2024 legislature temporarily suspended the Hillsborough County surtaxes in…
Louisiana Industrial Ad Valorem Tax Exemption Program (ITEP) – New Rules and Executive Order
On March 20, 2025, Governor Landry issued Executive Order No. JML 25-033 and Louisiana Economic Development (LED)/Board of Commerce and Industry promulgated new rules (beginning at p. 366) which make changes to Louisiana’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP).
The changes,…
Join Jones Walker at the COST Mid-West Regional State Tax Seminar Being Held Jointly With The Chicago Tax Club on May 7, 2025
COST, Jones Walker LLP, and BDO are presenting an update on significant state tax issues with an emphasis on the Mid-West States: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Great opportunity to network with your…
Jones Walker SALT Partners Will Present at TEI Minnesota President’s Seminar April 22, 2025 – Register Now
Jones Walker SALT Team Partners Chris Lutz, Katie Quinn, and Jeff Birdsong will present Hot Topics in Income Tax Audits at the TEI 39th Annual President’s Seminar on April 22, 2025 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Click here for…
Florida DABT Issues Declaratory Statement on Taxability of “Heat Stick” Products
Phillip Morris International (PMI) requested a declaratory statement regarding the taxability of their IQOS “heat stick” tobacco products. During the pendency of the ABT response, the First District Court of Appeal released an opinion expanding the judicial interpretation of the term…
Florida Appellate Court Rules Hookah Products are Taxable OTP
The First District Court of Appeal upheld a ruling that hookah products are “loose tobacco suitable for smoking” and therefore taxable as Other Tobacco Products (OTP) under Florida law. The hookah products in question are made from tobacco leaves combined…
JW SALT Partners Present at TEI Houston Chapter Meeting
Jay Adams, Bill Backstrom, and Andre Burvant presented at the Tax Executives Institute (TEI) Houston Chapter Meeting on February 11, 2025. Their presentation on state & local taxes covered Louisiana tax reform for local companies with assets in