On January 10, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom released his January Budget Proposal for the 2025 – 2026 fiscal year. Notably, Governor Newsom’s budget would increase tax revenue by requiring banks and financial corporations to move from an equally weighted three-factor formula, comprising property, payroll and sales factors, to a single-sales-factor formula…
The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA or Department) hosted its third workshop (Workshop III) on December 9, 2024, to discuss and receive input on technology transfer agreements (TTAs). On January 22, 2025, the CTIA (formerly the Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association) submitted comments. The California Taxpayers Association…
SALT partner Aruna Chittiappa will be presenting at TEI’s Midyear Conference on March 17. Aruna will be presenting on the topic “Market-Based Sourcing: State Tax Tales and Tribulations.” This year’s 75th conference program includes a reimagined agenda of 45+ plenary and concurrent sessions with numerous opportunities to meet and connect…
Pillsbury SALT partner Breann Robowski will present at the 2025 ABA-IPT Advanced Property Tax Seminar on March 13. Join Breann Robowski, along with co-panelists Mark Loyd (Dentons) and Lynn Linné (Fredrikson & Byron P.A.), for a discussion on “Hot Topics in Property Tax: A Nationwide Survey.” This session is designed…
SALT partner Jeffrey Vesely will be presenting at CalTax’s 99th Annual Meeting on March 6. Jeff and co-panelists Marcy Jo Mandel (McDermott Will & Emery) and Jenica Wilkins (Ernst & Young LLP) will be discussing “California Tax Trends.” The panelists will address emerging trends at tax agencies, as well as…
SALT partner Aruna Chittiappa will present at The National Multistate Tax Symposium on February 6. Aruna will discuss “Influencing From Any Position: Poised to Lead in Multistate Tax” at this year’s tax symposium, which is sponsored by Deloitte Tax LLP and the Tax Section of the Florida Bar. This session…
In the Appeal of Mather, the California Office of Tax Appeals (OTA) held in a precedential opinion that New York City’s (NYC) Unincorporated Business Tax (UBT) was not a tax “imposed by and paid to another state,” as required to claim the Other State Tax Credit (OSTC), because New York…
Pillsbury SALT attorneys Robert P. Merten III, Jack Camillo and Nolan Kessler will present at TEI’s second annual webinar series on the topic “Audit Defense and Informal Discovery: Strategies and Knowing When to Push Back.” TEI’s Webinar Series, Ethics CPE for Tax Professionals, consists of seven practical and relevant sessions…
SALT attorneys Zachary Atkins, Evan Hamme, Taylor Wolff and Breanna Zagorski will be presenting at the COST Pacific Northwest Regional State Tax Seminar on December 5. This seminar will present an update on significant state tax issues for California, the Pacific Northwest States, and other significant states around the country.…
Pillsbury SALT is excited to welcome Cormac Ryan to the team! Cormac’s experience includes multistate litigation, planning, audit defense and controversy issues. He joins Pillsbury’s Sacramento office as a Senior Law Clerk. 6 Questions with Cormac: 1. Who inspires you? At work, I am inspired by the attorneys I…