Public Law 86-272 (P.L. 86-272) was first adopted by the U.S. Congress in 1959 to address the business concerns of tax implications from traveling salesmen working in multiple states. To address these concerns, Congress used...more
This is the second edition of the Eversheds Sutherland SALT Scoreboard for 2024. Since 2016, we have tallied the results of what we deem to be significant taxpayer wins and losses and analyzed those results. Our entire SALT...more
Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signed legislation that would replace Colorado’s unique “3 of 6” rule for determining the members of a unitary group for combined reporting purposes and instead adopt what Legislative Council...more
This is the first edition of the Eversheds Sutherland SALT Scoreboard for 2024. Since 2016, we have tallied the results of what we deem to be significant taxpayer wins and losses and analyzed those results. Our entire SALT...more
The Multistate Tax Commission (MTC)’s 2023 Fall Committee Meetings are off to an exciting start, considering the announcement that Philadelphia will be joining the MTC’s Joint Audit Program. The District of Columbia and...more
The Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) held its annual Fall Meetings in Little Rock, Arkansas (Eversheds Sutherland attorneys attended the event, and a full report will be provided). On Thursday, November 17, the MTC's Executive...more
The meeting’s focus suggests the Multistate Tax Commission intends to address special industry regulations before general sourcing regulations. A new Multistate Tax Commission work group held its first meeting to discuss...more
Landmark changes in the federal income tax treatment of partnerships (including multi-member LLCs) became effective in 2018 for many more partnerships than first anticipated. As a result of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015,...more
The Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) held its 55th Annual Meeting in Anchorage, Alaska from August 1st through the 4th. During the four-day event, the Audit, Litigation and Nexus Committees met on Monday, the Uniformity...more
As we previously reported, the Multistate Tax Commission has undertaken an ambitious project on the state taxation of partnerships. Their partnership work group consists of volunteers from numerous state revenue departments,...more
Almost seven years after it started releasing draft regulations concerning sweeping corporate tax reforms that went into effect back in 2015, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (Department) has issued...more
The Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) held its spring meetings in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 19 through 22. The Uniformity Committee meeting took place on April 20 - some highlights from the meeting are included below. ...more
We have been living with the pandemic for nearly two years. During these two years, much has changed in the workplace and how companies conduct business. Teleworking is certainly one aspect of our “new normal,” however, many...more
The Multistate Tax Commission recently issued a policy position on not disclosing which states nominated a taxpayer for a joint audit or why they were nominated. Matt Hunsaker discusses....more
This week, the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) held its Fall Executive Committee and Uniformity Committee Meetings (in person) in Alexandria, Virginia. During the Executive Committee Meeting, MTC staff approved California’s...more
In August, the member states of the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) voted unanimously to formally adopt revisions to its “Statement of Information Concerning Practices of Multistate Tax Commission and Supporting States Under...more
By unanimous vote on August 4, 2021, the Multistate Tax Commission (“MTC”) adopted a revised “Statement of Information Concerning Practices of Multistate Tax Commission and Supporting States under Public Law 86-272” (“MTC...more
Matt Hunsaker catches up on three recent developments: Texas legislation excluding payment processing from taxable data processing, a taxpayer PL 86-272 win in New Jersey, and a preview of the Multistate Tax Commission's...more
In April 2021, the Multistate Tax Commission's Uniformity Committee met to discuss two new projects: a broad exploration of uniformity in state taxation of partnerships and state taxation of digital goods and services. Matt...more
On April 27-28, the Multistate Tax Commission’s Uniformity Committee (UC) held its spring meeting virtually. In addition to voting to adopt a UC Charter, the following uniformity projects were advanced...more
After a 4 1/2 year hiatus, the Multistate Tax Commission has met to revive the State Intercompany Transactions Advisory Service Committee (SITAS). Matt Hunsaker talks about the committee meeting and other recent happenings in...more
On March 23, the State Intercompany Transactions Advisory Service (SITAS) Committee of the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) met via videoconference for its first meeting since November of 2016. During the meeting, there was a...more
Throughout November, various Multistate Tax Commission committees held virtual annual meetings (due to COVID). In this episode, Matt Hunsaker runs down the highlights from each meeting, including technical corrections to...more
On November 20, the Executive Committee of the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) met via videoconference for its final meeting of 2020. During the meeting, the Committee heard updates from Greg Matson (MTC Executive Director)...more
On November 5, the Uniformity Committee of the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) met virtually - the first of its 2020 Fall Committee Meetings that will be held virtually throughout the month. The Eversheds Sutherland SALT...more