For decades, the sales factor has been a primary focus of state and local tax articles and a hot topic of discussion at conferences across the country, and the attention is well deserved. There has been no shortage of impactful
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SALT trivia – May 14, 2025
Calling all trivia fans! Don’t miss out on a chance to show off your SALT knowledge!
We will award a prize for the smartest (and fastest) participant.
This week’s question: Which state recently passed a bill that raised the transient accommodations…
A preemption of state taxes on AI? House Committee proposes state and local AI regulation moratorium
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Energy and Commerce Committee released its draft reconciliation bill. This bill, which will go through markup today, includes the “Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology Modernization Initiative.” The Committee proposes a 10-year moratorium…
SALT Pet of the Month: Theodora
Meet Theodora, our May SALT Pet of the Month! With her royal presence, it was only fitting that her owner, SALT Associate Constance Chien, named her after Empress Theodora. Constance welcomed Theodora into her home three years ago when a…
SALT Scoreboard – First Quarter 2025
This is the first edition of the Eversheds Sutherland SALT Scoreboard for 2025. Since 2016, we have tallied the results of significant taxpayer wins and losses and analyzed those results.
This edition includes discussions of the taxability of private line…
Don’t miss our SALT team at TEI, TeleStrategies and NCSL events this week
This week, the Eversheds Sutherland SALT team is gearing up for a series of exciting speaking engagements.
TEI Nashville Chapter’s Spring Tax Seminar
On Monday, May 12, 2025, SALT Partners Ted Friedman and Charlie Kearns will cover SALT cases to…
SALT trivia – May 7, 2025
Calling all trivia fans! Don’t miss out on a chance to show off your SALT knowledge!
We will award a prize for the smartest (and fastest) participant.
This week’s question: Which state recently approved a 25% residential property tax cut?
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Separate freight fees not included in Mississippi use tax base
The Supreme Court of Mississippi recently held that separate freight fees are not included in Mississippi use tax base. The taxpayer, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, paid use tax on certain tangible personal property that it used in Mississippi. It later…
Michigan Tax Tribunal holds business with only one location entitled to apportion income
On April 17, 2025, the Michigan Tax Tribunal held that a business with only one brick and mortar location was entitled to apportion its income on its city income tax return because it engaged in business activities outside of the…
Join members of our SALT team at TEI Houston and STARTUP conferences this week
This week, Eversheds Sutherland SALT Partners Michele Borens and Jeff Friedman will present at week two of the TEI Houston Chapter’s 2025 Tax School, discussing significant state tax litigation.
In addition, Partners Maria Todorova and Eric Tresh will serve…