Articles Posted in States

On November 28, Annie Huang and Jeffrey Vesely take part in the Council on State Taxation’s Pacific Southwest Regional State Tax Seminar.

In “California Office of Tax Appeals Rejects Franchise Tax Board’s Broad Interpretation of California’s “Doing Business” Standard,” the SALT team examines the board’s rejection of the California Franchise Tax Board’s (FTB) extremely narrow interpretation and application of Swart Enterprises, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Board, involving California’s “doing business” standard.

On November 16, Carley Roberts presents “Federal Tax Changes Rocking the SALT Landscape” during Tax Executives Institute’s New Jersey All-Day Seminar.

On November 12, Jeffrey Vesely presents the California Update during the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Financial Institutions State Tax Coalition.

On September 18, Breann Robowski presents during the Western States Petroleum Association’s Property Tax Educational Forum.

(This article was originally published by Law360 on August 24, 2018.) California is the latest to join a growing list of states to ban local taxes targeted at sweetened beverages or similar sugar taxes. California Assembly Bill 1838 signed into law on June 28, 2018, imposes a 13-year ban on…

(This article was originally published by Bloomberg’s Daily Tax Report: State.) Recent developments in several key states, including Illinois, New York, Minnesota, and Oregon, will impact many captive insurance companies. These states are moving to include certain captives in corporate income tax combined returns with parents and affiliates. The effect…

(This article was originally published by Law360.) California’s A.B. 2731 seeks to accomplish what the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act did not, namely, to close the carried interest “loophole.” Currently making its way through state assembly committees, AB 2731 would impose an additional 17 percent tax on interest income derived…

On April 27, Robert Merten presents on the “Current State Tax Developments in California and Other Western States” during Tax Executives Institute’s Denver Chapter Meeting.

(Note this originally appeared in March 26, 2018, edition of State Tax Notes) Nearly every state that imposes a corporate income tax includes a sales factor in its apportionment formula. Generally, the sales factor in computed by comparing a taxpayer’s “in-state” sales to its total sales. Determining in-state sales of…