On September 28, 2024, California enacted Assembly Bill 2854, which imposes new disclosure requirements on local agencies (i.e., chartered or general law cities and counties) that have entered into local sales tax sharing agreements with retailers. Generally, pursuant to a local sales tax sharing agreement, a retailer will agree to…
SALT attorney Aruna Chittiappa will speak at TEI’s 2024 Midyear Conference on March 19. Join Aruna as she presents on the topic “Local Tax Update” on March 19 at 10:00am, joined by Nicole Johnson of Blank Rome, Chris Streit of Tax Advisors Group and Howard Grindle (moderator) of ISS. TEI…
Zachary Atkins will be speaking at the 60th Annual TEI New York Chapter Tax Symposium on December 6. Zack is partnering with Stephen Kranz (McDermott Will & Emery LLP) to speak on the topic, “State and Local Non-Income Taxes – What You Need to Know, Including Franchise Taxes, Gross Receipts…
Pillsbury SALT partner Robert P. Merten III will be presenting at the 2023 COST Sales Tax Conference taking place February 21-24, 2023. This three-day, in-person conference will feature presentations on the most recent transactional tax developments, initiatives and case law topics. Robert will be partnering with Leslie Lao (AirBnb), Rachel…
This week, Governor Newsom vetoed Senate Bill 792 (Glazer), which would have required large online retailers to include with their sales tax returns an additional schedule that reports gross receipts based on the “ship to” or destination location. The bill targeted online retailers with over $50 million in annual sales…
California’s Court of Appeal again held that a special tax measure placed on the local ballot as a citizen initiative required only a simple majority, not a supermajority, vote to pass. Proposition G is a school parcel tax initiative that passed on San Francisco’s June 2018 ballot with 60.76% of…
California’s Court of Appeal held a local sales tax ordinance (Measure K) was a general tax, not a special tax, and therefore its adoption did not require a two-thirds vote (supermajority) under California’s Constitution. A tax is “special” and therefore would require a two-thirds vote, when the expenditure of its…
Pillsbury SALT partner Jeffrey Vesely will present during COST’s State Transaction Tax Webinar on July 15. This webinar will provide updates on significant state transaction taxes issues nationwide. Jeff is participating in a panel discussion on the topic, “Significant Litigation Impacting Transactional Taxes.” For more information and to register, please…
In a recent Tax Notes State article, Pillsbury lawyers Craig Becker, Breann Robowski, Richard Nielsen and Robert Merten examine San Francisco’s new tax provisions and unintended consequences they may have. Read more here.
On February 15, 2021, the Maryland Court of Appeals issued a decision in Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. v. Director, Department of Finance of Baltimore City, Case No. 24-C-18-001778 (Md. 2021), upholding the constitutionality of a local ordinance that imposes an annual excise tax on businesses selling advertising space on off-site…