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February 29, 2012
There has been a lot of interest lately regarding the transferability of tax credits. Last week, we mentioned how the Obama administration is trying to persuade corporations to invest in clean energy, despite the end of a grant program that paid developers for unused credits. As a result, clean energy investors are now going to need to rely even more on the tax equity market.
February 27, 2012
After a brief lull in 2010, when no states enacted an affiliate nexus provision, 2011 saw Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, and Vermont all adopt such a law. Meanwhile, California enacted an affiliate nexus law last year only to repeal it after it struck a deal with Amazon in which the law would be revived if a federal solution is not reached by September 2012.
February 24, 2012
Michigan’s new corporate income tax (CIT) took effect Jan. 1, 2012 and replaces the Michigan business tax (a combination gross receipts, net income tax), which replaced the single business tax (value added tax) in 2008. About 30 years before that, the single business tax replaced a corporate income tax.
February 21, 2012
The Obama administration is attempting to persuade U.S. corporations about the benefits of investing in clean energy in an effort to support the renewable energy industry after a government grant program expired, according to recent news reports.
February 17, 2012
As legislative sessions kick into high gear, some states have updated their conformity to the Internal Revenue Code. Meanwhile, President Obama has released his proposed budget for 2013, which contains some key tax changes that could affect state coffers.
February 15, 2012
With the federal tax credit for wind power set to expire at the end of 2012, industry representatives have said that they are hesitant to move forward on future projects before the incentive is in place for future tax years.
February 13, 2012
Over the past few years, several states have enacted laws imposing “affiliate” or “click-through” nexus on online vendors with associates located within their borders. These states are Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island. A provision enacted by Vermont last year takes effect after 15 other states have adopted click-through nexus.
February 10, 2012
Combined reporting has been a hot topic in North Carolina after the state enacted a 2011 law that aimed to place restrictions on the revenue department’s power to require combined income tax returns.
February 8, 2012
Judging by news reports, it would appear that electric vehicles have been embraced by both policymakers and consumers. Some lawmakers have looked to the cars as a means of responding to the threat of global warming and the need to wean the United States off foreign oil. Electric vehicle tax credits and incentives are offered by a number of states, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Maryland, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Utah.
February 6, 2012
Tennessee may impose sales and use taxes on mail order and online sales made by Scholastic Book Clubs Inc., the state’s Court of Appeals ruled recently. The court found that the Missouri-based vendor that enlists in-state teachers to facilitate sales to school children had sufficient connections with Tennessee’s schools and teachers to establish substantial nexus under the U.S. Commerce Clause.
February 3, 2012
The deadline for online businesses and other remote sellers with a physical presence in Pennsylvania to begin collecting state sales tax has been extended until Sept. 1 by the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, according to a report in this week’s issue of Bloomberg BNA’s Weekly State Tax Report.
February 1, 2012
I, for one, enjoy watching famous actors filming a scene down the street, but does it mean that states should continue to offer film tax credits, considering the tremendous budget challenges they face nowadays?
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