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“Primary Function” Test Propels Yet Another Service Provider to Victory in New York Sales Tax Case

  An administrative law judge in the New York State Division of Tax Appeals rejected the state’s position that a taxpayer providing a web-based service which allowed clients to identify effective and ineffective messaging through information, analysis, and reports was selling taxable software.  Following the rationale applied in a series…

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The California Franchise Tax Board Fails to Follow the Order of Its Market-Based Sourcing Cascading Rules

In the Appeal of Sheward, 2022-OTA-228P (May 25, 2022), the California Office of Tax Appeals (OTA) held the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) failed to follow its own market-based sourcing apportionment regulation by prematurely using reasonable approximation to source the income of a multistate unitary business.  During the tax year…

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Maryland Court Invalidates Maryland’s First-of-Its-Kind Digital Ad Tax

A Maryland state court struck down the state’s Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax (“Digital Ad Tax”) as invalid under both the federal Internet Tax Freedom Act (“ITFA”) and U.S. Constitution. Enacted February 12, 2021, Maryland’s Digital Ad Tax by its terms applies to any person with at least $1 million…

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Everything in its Place: New Mexico Hearing Officer Finds Markup for Out-of-State Service is Exempt, While Reimbursements for New Mexico Employee Payroll are Taxable

A New Mexico Hearing Officer found that Gross Receipts Tax does not apply to a taxpayer’s markup for services performed outside New Mexico, but the taxpayer’s reimbursements for payroll to New Mexico employees are taxable New Mexico receipts.  In Protest of Talbridge, the taxpayer was a Texas employment agency with…

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National Association of State Bar Tax Sections Annual Conference

Pillsbury SALT partner Carley Roberts will be presenting at the upcoming National Association of State Bar Tax Sections (NASBTS) Annual Conference. Carley will be partnering with Marilyn Wethekam (HMB Legal Counsel) to present on the topic, “Let the Countdown Begin! 2022’s Noteworthy SALT Cases.” The panelists will discuss case developments,…

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2022 Annual Meeting of the California Tax Bar and California Tax Policy Conference

Pillsbury SALT partner Carley Roberts will be presenting at the Annual Meeting of the California Tax Bar and California Tax Policy Conference on November 3. The Annual Meeting of the California Tax Bar and California Tax Policy Conference will be taking place in San Diego and features an agenda of…

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Industry Trade Association Sues California Franchise Tax Board Over “Radical” New Interpretation on Scope of Public Law 86-272 Post-Wayfair

The American Catalog Mailers Association (ACMA), which describes itself as the nation’s leading industry trade association advocating for catalog, online, direct mail, and other remote-selling merchants and their suppliers, has filed suit against the California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) in the San Francisco County Superior Court of California. ACMA’s complaint…

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TEI’s 77th Annual Conference

Pillsbury SALT partner Carley Roberts will be presenting at TEI’s Annual Conference on October 25. Carley will present on the topic, “SALT Considerations During an Economic Slowdown.” TEI’s Annual Conference, being held October 23-26, 2022 at the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, Arizona, will deliver a wealth of…