Upcoming National Meeting 2022 Sales Tax Conference & Audit Session Two and a half day conference featuring presentations on the most recent transactional tax developments, initiatives and case law topics. The conference is targeted to sales and use tax professionals at all levels of experience. Includes breakouts that are specific in-depth discussions for maximum coverage of timely sales and use tax issues and transactional tax audit sessions – providing an exc
Legislative Alert ISSUE 22-03; January 25, 2022 COST Opposes New Massachusetts Gross Receipts Tax Proposal; COST to Testify Against Digital Advertising Tax Proposals in Massachusetts
Cost Conscious ISSUE 22-01; January 14, 2022 COST Member Legislative and Policy Priorities Part II – In Part I of this series, we inquired about the importance of certain state tax issues to our members. As this year’s state legislative sessions begin, in Part II of this series, we would like to better understand which of COST's Proactive Legislative Initiatives are most important to your company.
COST - Council on State Taxation Amicus Briefs Ferrellgas Partners, L.P., v. Director, Division of Taxation COST’s amicus brief asks the U.S. Supreme Court to review a New Jersey appellate court decision that the State was not required to apportion a partnership filing fee. The brief points out the states’ inconsistent determinations over whether a “fee” is subject to Commerce Clause scrutiny stems from two prior U.S. Supreme Court cases and clarification is needed from the Court when fees not related t
COST - Council on State Taxation COST Studies, Articles & Reports A Global Perspective on U.S. State Sales Tax Systems as a Revenue Source: Inefficient, Ineffective, and Obsolete The study provides an international perspective on U.S. state and local sales tax systems through a comparison to the primary general consumption taxes in the European Union (the Value-Added Tax (VAT)) and Canada (the Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST) and a few provincial sales taxes).
COST - Council on State Taxation COST Comments & Testimony Testimony in Support of S.B. 435 - Removing NOLD Double Apportionment COST supports New Hampshire Senate Bill 435, which proposes to eliminate the “double apportionment” of net operating loss deductions (NOLDs) for purposes of the Business Profits Tax.
