Articles Posted in States

On March 26, Carley Roberts presents “California Law: The Case of the Overburdened Taxpayer” at the CalTax 93rd Annual Meeting in Sacramento.

(This article was originally published by Law360 on March 18, 2019.) When challenging a state tax assessment outside the tax agency that issued the assessment, taxpayers face a variety of obstacles. One is the presumption of correctness that often attaches to a tax agency’s determination. Judicial deference to a tax…

Three years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated a portion of Maryland’s personal income tax scheme on grounds that it violated the dormant commerce clause of the U.S. Constitution. In Comptroller of the Treasury of Maryland v Wynne, the Court held that Maryland’s credit mechanism for income taxes paid to…

Pillsbury attorneys speak on a number of tax-related issues at the TEI Mergers & Acquisitions Seminar on March 7. Topics include Corporate, Sales/Use Tax, State Income Tax, Federal Income Tax, Property/Transfer Taxes, Regulatory, and Employment and Labor.

Pillsbury partners Annie Huang and Carley Roberts discuss “The State of State and Local Taxes” at Tax Executives Institute’s New York State and Local Chapter Meeting on March 5.

Nicole Boutros presents “State Tax Updates and What’s in Store for 2019” during Tax Executives Institute’s Fort Worth Chapter Luncheon on February 27.

Despite the narrow issue it originally addressed, the August 2017 decision by the California Supreme Court in California Cannabis Coal. v. City of Upland has sparked a much larger debate regarding whether local special taxes introduced by voter initiative are subject to the long-standing requirement in the California Constitution that…

On February 8, Jeffrey Vesely presents “Income Tax – TCJA and Other SALT Matters” during Tax Executives Institute’s New England Chapter Meeting.

(This article was originally published by Law360 on January 15, 2019.) The growing tension between government promises of transparency and taxpayers’ right to confidentiality is likely to continue in 2019. Although the spirit of government transparency to enhance public access is well-meaning, this lofty goal often conflicts with taxpayer confidentiality and…

(This article originally appeared in the Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives, Vol. 28, No. 9.) The question of whether or not an individual is a resident of a particular state has always been an important issue in the area of state personal income taxation. California, because of its top marginal…