On the November 5, 2024 ballot, San Francisco voters passed Proposition M by a wide margin of 69% to 31%. Effective January 1, 2025, Proposition M adopts significant changes to the San Francisco gross receipts taxes,...more
For California property owners that could potentially reduce their property taxes with a decline-in-value assessment appeal, the property tax assessment appeals for 2024 are due by either September 16 or December 2 depending...more
The Digital Advertising Services Tax Law passed the California Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection with a 6-3 vote on April 23 and is now pending before the California Assembly Committee on Revenue and...more
Microsoft's recent California Office of Tax Appeals win results in the opportunity for significant California corporate tax refunds for taxpayers with dividends from foreign affiliates....more
The new act, effective as of January 17, clarifies the applicability of local employment laws to remote workers and aims to facilitate remote work in Puerto Rico.
The Act to Facilitate the Implementation of Remote Work in...more
A recent amendment to the Los Angeles Municipal Code, Measure ULA, has greatly increased the real property transfer taxes for realty sold within the city. Properties owned and sold as tenants in common may help limit the...more
Creating a financial technology (fintech) firm comes with a host of tax considerations and implications. Decisions about the business’s structure, along with the location of both the business itself as well as its employees,...more
New York Governor Kathy Hochul recently signed into law new legislation expanding the reach of the New York False Claims Act (NYFCA) to entities that fail to file tax returns in New York. Unlike the federal False Claims Act...more
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently issued a split decision in an unusual case where the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (the Department) sided with the taxpayer against the commonwealth Office of Attorney General...more
State and local tax authorities are facing the same issues today as they did before the pandemic: determining how to use their arsenal of audit activities, interpreting existing tax laws, and crafting and passing new tax...more
Alabama - The Alabama Commissioner of Revenue has issued a series of orders. On March 18, 2020, the commissioner ordered that late payment penalties are waived for small retail businesses whose monthly retail sales during the...more
States and localities across the country are continuing to respond as quickly and effectively as possible to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. These responses include guidance for taxpayers on numerous topics, such as...more
The New York attorney general on March 2 announced a $105 million New York False Claims Act settlement against an individual hedge fund manager and his firm for alleged tax evasion based on allegations originally brought by a...more
The Maryland state legislature voted on February 12 to override Governor Larry Hogan’s veto and thus enacted the Digital Advertising Act, the first tax of its kind in the United States. Other states such as Indiana, New York,...more
3/2/2021
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Digital Advertising Tax ,
Due Process ,
E-Commerce ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Governor Vetoes ,
Internet ,
New Legislation ,
Search Engines ,
State and Local Government ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Websites
Alabama:
The Alabama Commissioner of Revenue has issued a series of orders. On March 18, 2020, the commissioner ordered that late payment penalties are waived for small retail businesses whose monthly retail sales during...more
Alabama - The Alabama Commissioner of Revenue has issued a series of orders. On March 18, 2020, the commissioner ordered that late payment penalties are waived for small retail businesses whose monthly retail sales during...more
12/11/2020
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Filing Deadlines ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Local Taxes ,
Relief Measures ,
SALT ,
State and Local Government ,
State Taxes ,
Tax Extensions ,
Tax Planning
Alabama: The Alabama Commissioner of Revenue has issued a series of orders. On March 18, 2020, the commissioner ordered that late payment penalties are waived for small retail businesses whose monthly retail sales during the...more
12/7/2020
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Local Taxes ,
New Guidance ,
SALT ,
State and Local Government ,
State Taxes ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Reform
As the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases continue to rise throughout the country and the impact of the pandemic on employers continues unabated, many employers and employees are exploring not only how to work remotely,...more
A corporation whose only tie to California is its employees working remotely due to the stay-at-home order will not be considered to be doing business in the state. Similarly, South Carolina has extended its coronavirus...more
Alabama -
The Alabama Commissioner of Revenue has issued a series of orders. On March 18, 2020, the commissioner ordered that late payment penalties are waived for small retail businesses whose monthly retail sales...more
10/14/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Local Taxes ,
Relief Measures ,
SALT ,
State and Local Government ,
State Taxes ,
Tax Extensions ,
Tax Planning
Alabama -
The Alabama Commissioner of Revenue has issued a series of orders. On March 18, 2020, the commissioner ordered that late payment penalties are waived for small retail businesses whose monthly retail sales...more
Alabama -
The Alabama Commissioner of Revenue has issued a series of orders. On March 18, 2020, the commissioner ordered that late payment penalties are waived for small retail businesses whose monthly retail sales during...more
9/17/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Local Taxes ,
Relief Measures ,
SALT ,
State and Local Government ,
State Taxes ,
Tax Extensions ,
Tax Planning
Alabama -
The Alabama Commissioner of Revenue has issued a series of orders. On March 18, 2020, the commissioner ordered that late payment penalties are waived for small retail businesses whose monthly retail sales during...more
Alabama -
The Alabama Commissioner of Revenue has issued a series of orders. On March 18, 2020, the commissioner ordered that late payment penalties are waived for small retail businesses whose monthly retail sales during...more
Alabama -
Alabama Commissioner of Revenue has issued a series of orders. On March 18, 2020, the commissioner ordered that late payment penalties are waived for small retail businesses whose monthly retail sales during...more