The so-called black box problem describes the difficulty of understanding how a complex system reached a conclusion, even when all the inputs are known. More than a decade into the age of modern artificial intelligence and several years into the
On September 1, 2026, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) published a Discussion Paper, including proposed emergency regulations (Draft Regulations) that would amend existing sales and use tax regulations and adopt new ones, on the application
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This week’s question: Which state’s Department of Revenue recently reversed its position and
The Mississippi Court of Appeals reversed a summary judgment ruling in favor of the Mississippi Department of Revenue (DOR) in a case challenging a sales tax audit assessment. The Court of Appeals held that the taxpayer had presented sufficient evidence
New York’s new sales tax vendor re-registration program includes a potentially valuable penalty and interest discount program for eligible vendors. However, qualifying for the program may be more complicated than it first appears, particularly for taxpayers with unresolved controversies or
In this episode of the SALT Shaker Podcast, Partners Jeremy Gove and Chelsea Marmor welcome Partner Tim Gustafson to discuss the latest “A Pinch of SALT” column in Tax Notes State, which examines how taxpayers can navigate the procedural
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania held that a beef processor was not entitled to the manufacturing exclusion from a local business privilege tax because converting live cattle into packaged beef products was not a “substantial transformation in form, qualities and
State tax audits are not just compliance exercises; they are the point at which a state’s stated audit purpose, the auditor’s actual focus, and the taxpayer’s practical obligations meet. Every state’s audit process is aimed, ultimately, at determining whether a
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On July 22, 2026, the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board held that the Massachusetts Commissioner of Revenue could not use a Finnigan-style sales reallocation rule to include Massachusetts receipts of a P.L. 86-272 protected affiliate in the sales factor numerators of
