State & Local
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October 21, 2025
Mass. Draft Release Outlines Federal Income Tax Conformity
The Massachusetts Department of Revenue outlined Tuesday the conformity of the state's individual income tax and corporate excise tax with changes in federal law under the budget bill signed in July by President Donald Trump.
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October 21, 2025
'Revenge Tax' May Reappear If Pillar 2 Talks Stall, Pros Say
Republican lawmakers are likely to revive what is commonly known as the revenge tax if countries are unable to flesh out a tentative agreement to effectively exempt U.S. companies from the 15% global corporate minimum tax regime known as Pillar Two, practitioners said Tuesday.
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October 21, 2025
Tenn. Revenues Through Sept. Top Estimates By $36M
Tennessee's revenue collection from August through September beat forecasts by $36 million, according to the state Department of Revenue.
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October 21, 2025
Utah Tax Initiative Sponsors Can't Go To State Justices
A group of sponsors of tax initiatives that would rewrite Utah's tax code must bring their complaint to have the initiatives appear on the 2026 ballot to the state district court despite time constraints, the Utah Supreme Court ruled.
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October 21, 2025
Jones Walker Expands To Chicago With Tax Partner Hire
Jones Walker LLP has hired a Chicago-based attorney for its transactional tax team from Chapman and Cutler LLP, marking its first move into Illinois.
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October 21, 2025
RI Revenue Through August Beats Forecast By $3.2M
Rhode Island's general fund revenue in July and August totaled $3.2 million more than a budget estimate, according to the state Department of Revenue.
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October 21, 2025
New York Tax Collections Up $5.4B Through Sept.
New York's tax revenue collection from April through September beat last year's total for the same period by $5.4 billion, according to a report by the state Department of Taxation and Finance.
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October 21, 2025
NY Assembly Bill Seeks Tax On Energy Used In Crypto Mining
New York would impose an excise tax on energy used to power cryptocurrency mining operations under a bill introduced in the state Assembly.
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October 21, 2025
Medtronic Says 8th Circ. Wrongly Tossed Tax Court's Method
The Eighth Circuit's rejection of the U.S. Tax Court's latest ruling on the pricing of Medtronic intangibles placed unnecessary restrictions on the court's unspecified method addressing such assets transferred to Puerto Rico, the company argued as it asked the circuit court to rethink its decision.
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October 20, 2025
NY AG Reaches Deal With Accounting Firm Over Data Breaches
A certified public accounting firm has agreed to pay $60,000 and improve its data security to resolve the New York attorney general's claims that it failed to adequately protect unencrypted Social Security numbers and other personal information swept up in a pair of data breaches or swiftly notify affected clients.
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October 20, 2025
Emergency Tariffs Unlawfully Unprecedented, Justices Told
The International Emergency Economic Powers Act has never been used until President Donald Trump to impose tariffs, and nowhere does the law provide that explicit authority, a dozen states, several small businesses and a pair of Illinois toymakers told the U.S. Supreme Court Monday.
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October 20, 2025
Tenn. Religious Group Can't Boot Judge From Tax Dispute
A trial judge who denied a property tax exemption sought by a religious group did not exhibit bias in her ruling, a Tennessee appeals court ruled, finding that a pastor and priest seeking to have her recused have no grounds to do so.
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October 20, 2025
Calif. Agency Has To Follow Refund Order, State Justices Told
The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration should not have been allowed to challenge a state Office of Tax Appeals order granting a tobacco company an excise tax refund, a tax education organization told the state Supreme Court in support of the company's petition for review.
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October 20, 2025
Minneapolis Hilton Wins $70M Cut To Tax Value
The Minnesota Tax Court has lowered the assessed values of a Hilton hotel in Minneapolis for each of four years, including by $70 million for 2017, adopting the owner's method for parsing the hotel's tangible and intangible assets.
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October 20, 2025
Ohio Bill Floats County Panels To Streamline Tax Operations
Ohio would direct counties to establish committees to evaluate and improve the efficiency of local taxing entities' operations under a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives.
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October 17, 2025
Trump Orders Truck Tariffs, Expands Auto Rebate Program
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday to begin anticipated tariffs on heavy and medium trucks on Nov. 1, while expanding a program that domestic auto manufacturers are already utilizing for rebates to existing tariffs on auto vehicles.
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October 17, 2025
NYC Pitches Following MTC Position On Internet Activities
New York City would follow the Multistate Tax Commission's position on when a company's internet activities exceed P.L. 86-272's protections against income taxes under regulations proposed by the city's tax agency.
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October 17, 2025
Chicago Mayor Pitches 'Head Tax' Revival, Other Changes
Chicago's mayor has floated a host of tax increases and changes in his budget presentation, including a tax on social media companies and a revival of a city fee based on the number of a company's employees, sometimes referred to as a head tax.
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October 17, 2025
Georgia Justices Affirm Stormwater Charge Is Fee, Not Tax
A stormwater utility charge levied by a local government in Georgia is a fee, not a tax, the state Supreme Court said, upholding a trial court's finding that the charge did not violate the state constitution's uniformity provision on property taxation.
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October 17, 2025
Ill. Sen. Bill Would Make Pass-Through Entity Tax Permanent
Illinois would make its elective pass-through entity tax available to eligible taxpayers on a permanent basis under a bill introduced in the state Senate.
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October 17, 2025
Electronic Co. Tells Justices Trump Tariffs Are The Emergency
Emergency tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump are creating extraordinary economic threats under a law that was intended to protect U.S. retailers from such harm, a Virginia-based electronics company told the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday.
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October 17, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Latham, Kirkland, Wachtell
In this week's Taxation With Representation, the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Partnership, MGX, and BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners acquire Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie Asset Management and co-investors; Rayonier Inc. and PotlatchDeltic Corp. merge to create a timber and wood products giant; and a Lone Star Funds affiliate acquires industrial processing equipment provider Hillenbrand Inc.
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October 16, 2025
MTA Wants Truckers' Congestion Pricing Suit Tossed
New York officials have told a Manhattan federal judge that an amended lawsuit alleging congestion pricing tolls wrongfully discriminate against commercial truckers still doesn't offer any new facts suggesting the tolls are unreasonable or violate federal law, so the lawsuit should be tossed for good.
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October 16, 2025
China's Crackdown On Rare Earth Minerals Spooks Importers
In the latest trade salvo between the U.S. and China, stricter Chinese export controls on critical earth minerals that many U.S. manufacturers rely on are causing concern for businesses, which may have difficulty diversifying supply chains for the rare materials.
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October 16, 2025
NJ Tax Revenue In September Rises By $219M
New Jersey's September revenue collections exceeded last year's figures for the month by 4.4%, or $219 million, according to a report by the state Department of the Treasury.
Expert Analysis
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Overreach In Texas And An Acronym In Peril: SALT In Review
From the Council on State Taxation's take on a proposal in Texas to the potential end of a fundamental truth in Montana, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.
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How Judiciary Can Minimize AI Risks In Secondary Sources
Because courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence and other safeguards do not address the risk of hallucinations in secondary source materials, the judiciary should consider enlisting legal publishers and database hosts to protect against AI-generated inaccuracies, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.
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NY Tax Talk: Questions In Corporate Franchise Tax Regs Case
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In the first challenge to New York's Corporate Franchise Tax regulations — Paychex v. Department of Taxation and Finance — the court has an important opportunity to provide clarity on a major retroactive application issue, say attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland.
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How Attorneys Can Break Free From Career Enmeshment
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Ambitious attorneys can sometimes experience career enmeshment — when your sense of self-worth becomes unhealthily tangled up in your legal vocation — but taking the time to discover and realign with your core personal values can help you recover your identity, says Janna Koretz at Azimuth Psychological.
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Lawyers With Disabilities Are Seeking Equity, Not Pity
Attorneys living with disabilities face extra challenges — including the need for special accommodations, the fear of stigmatization and the risk of being tokenized — but if given equitable opportunities, they can still rise to the top of their field, says Kate Reder Sheikh, a former attorney and legal recruiter at Major Lindsey & Africa.
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Judicial Committee Best Venue For Litigation Funding Rules
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The Advisory Committee on Civil Rules' recent decision to consider developing a rule for litigation funding disclosure is a welcome development, ensuring that the result will be the product of a thorough, inclusive and deliberative process that appropriately balances all interests, says Stewart Ackerly at Statera Capital.
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The Strategic Advantages Of Appointing A Law Firm CEO
The impact on law firms of the recent CrowdStrike outage underscores that the business of law is no longer merely about providing supplemental support for legal practice — and helps explain why some law firms are appointing dedicated, full-time CEOs to navigate the challenges of the modern legal landscape, says Jennifer Johnson at Calibrate Strategies.
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How Cos. Can Build A Strong In-House Pro Bono Program
During this year’s pro bono celebration week, companies should consider some key pointers to grow and maintain a vibrant in-house program for attorneys to provide free legal services for the public good, says Mary Benton at Alston & Bird.
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Home Canning Makes Me A Better Lawyer
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Making my own pickles and jams requires seeing a process through from start to finish, as does representing clients from the start of a dispute at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board through any appeals to the Federal Circuit, says attorney Kevin McNish.
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Sound Ideas And An Ill-Advised Gamble: SALT In Review
From potential reforms in Louisiana to tax incentives for a gambling company in Colorado, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.
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Use The Right Kind Of Feedback To Help Gen Z Attorneys
Generation Z associates bring unique perspectives and expectations to the workplace, so it’s imperative that supervising attorneys adapt their feedback approach in order to help young lawyers learn and grow — which is good for law firms, too, says Rachael Bosch at Fringe Professional Development.
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Congress Can And Must Enact A Supreme Court Ethics Code
As public confidence in the U.S. Supreme Court dips to historic lows following reports raising conflict of interest concerns, Congress must exercise its constitutional power to enact a mandatory and enforceable code of ethics for the high court, says Muhammad Faridi, president of the New York City Bar Association.
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The Pop Culture Docket: Justice Lebovits On Gilbert And Sullivan
Characters in the 19th century comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan break the rules of good lawyering by shamelessly throwing responsible critical thought to the wind, providing hilarious lessons for lawyers and judges on how to avoid a surfeit of traps and tribulations, say acting New York Supreme Court Justice Gerald Lebovits and law student Tara Scown.