In This Issue:

Factor Representation: Is It Unconstitutional for a State to Have It Both Ways?; Upcoming Speaking Engagements; Expanded California Sales and Use Tax Exclusions for Advanced Manufacturing Projects; and Redefining “Business Income”: What Recent Decisions by the Oregon and Pennsylvania Supreme Courts Tell Us About the State of Business Income.

Excerpt from Factor Representation: Is It Unconstitutional for a State to Have It Both Ways? -

A state cannot include income in the apportionable base and then exclude the receipts and related factors that generated that very same income from the apportionment formula. Factor representation is not only a matter of being fair, it is mandated by the U.S. Constitution.