Midway through 2024, and without any notice, the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) pulled all Technical Advice Memorandums from its website. Overnight, decades of responses by the FTB’s Legal Division to FTB staff requests regarding the interpretation of existing tax
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SALT Scoreboard – Fourth Quarter 2024

This is the fourth edition of the Eversheds Sutherland SALT Scoreboard for 2024. Since 2016, we have tallied the results of significant taxpayer wins and losses and analyzed those results.
View our Eversheds Sutherland SALT Scoreboard results from the fourth…
SALT trivia – February 12, 2025
Calling all trivia fans! Don’t miss out on a chance to show off your SALT knowledge!
We will award prizes for the smartest (and fastest) participants.
This week’s question: In which state was a bill introduced on February 3, 2025, to…
Out-of-state administrative services sourced to Ohio for Commercial Activity Tax purposes
The Supreme Court of Ohio held that gross receipts from a taxpayer’s services performed out-of-state had situs with Ohio for purposes of the state’s commercial activity tax (CAT) because the benefit of the services was received in Ohio. The taxpayer…
SALT trivia – February 5, 2025
Calling all trivia fans! Don’t miss out on a chance to show off your SALT knowledge!
We will award prizes for the smartest (and fastest) participants.
This week’s question: In which state was a bill recently introduced that would institute…
The 2025 National Multistate Tax Symposium
This week, Eversheds Sutherland SALT Counsel Chealsea Marmor is pleased to cover post-merger integration during the 2025 National Multistate Tax Symposium, held February 5-7 in Lake Buena Vista, FL. During her panel on February 6, Chelsea will explore post-restructuring…
Legal Alert: California’s proposed market sourcing reg raises questions
The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) has proposed amendments to its regulations that govern how sales of services and intangibles are sourced for income tax purposes. The changes to this income tax apportionment regulation will apply to nearly every corporation…
SALT trivia – January 29, 2025
Calling all trivia fans! Don’t miss out on a chance to show off your SALT knowledge!
We will award prizes for the smartest (and fastest) participants.
This week’s question: On January 21, 2025, the United States Supreme Court denied reviewing a…
Legal Alert: New York State releases Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget
On January 21, 2025, New York Governor Hochul released her Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget and accompanying legislation (the Budget Bill). The Budget Bill includes a middle-class tax cut, a temporary personal income tax high income surcharge extension, and addresses…
SALT trivia – January 22, 2025
Calling all trivia fans! Don’t miss out on a chance to show off your SALT knowledge!
We will award prizes for the smartest (and fastest) participants.
This week’s question: The legislature of which southern state recently introduced a bill that would…