These tips will help practitioners manage the professional liability risks stemming from state and local tax issues.
State & local tax (SALT)
Ways to make tax compliance less of a nightmare for small business
Troy Lewis, chair of the AICPA’s Tax Executive Committee, testified in favor or the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act.
Colorado’s use tax notice and reporting law is constitutional, Tenth Circuit holds
The court held that the law does not discriminate against out-of-state retailers.
Congress enacts permanent ban on state and local internet taxes
Thursday, the Senate approved a bill making the Internet Tax Freedom Act’s ban on state and local taxes on internet access permanent.
Supreme Court invalidates Maryland’s personal income tax structure
Lack of a state tax credit for a ‘county’ tax is held to violate the dormant Commerce Clause.
Refundable state business tax credits are income
Refundable state income tax credits designed to promote economic development are taxable income to the recipients.
Supreme Court holds trade association can challenge Colorado’s Amazon law
The U.S. Supreme Court held that federal law does not prevent a trade association from suing Colorado to prevent enforcement of a law that requires out-of-state retailers to report sales to Colorado purchasers.
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