State & Local
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August 22, 2025
Michigan Judge Gives Initial OK To Tax Foreclosure Deal
A Michigan federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a settlement that would allow former property owners to receive the surplus profits they allege county treasurers made selling their tax-delinquent properties.
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August 22, 2025
Colorado Plan To Cut Spending, Tax Rate Stalls At Title Board
A proposed Colorado ballot measure that would lower state general fund appropriations by at least 3% and cut the state income tax rate accordingly was blocked by a state panel, which ruled that the proposal wrongly addressed more than one subject.
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August 21, 2025
Property Owners Say SF Vacancy Tax Violates Rights
A San Francisco levy on vacant residential units is not a tax, but a penalty, and violates property owners' constitutional rights to keep their private property from being taken for public use without just compensation, the owners told a California appellate court.
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August 21, 2025
Colorado Bills Would Prune Biz Tax Breaks In Special Session
Colorado lawmakers advanced legislation Thursday that supporters said would close tax loopholes and, along with spending cuts, kicked off a special session called by Gov. Jared Polis to address budget shortfalls he said would otherwise result from federal policy changes.
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August 21, 2025
Minn. Court Grants Child Care Centers Property Tax Breaks
A pair of Minnesota child care centers qualify for property tax exemptions as seminaries of learning, the state's tax court said, rejecting an assessor's claim that the properties didn't qualify because they were each owned and operated by separate limited liability companies.
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August 21, 2025
Minnesota Tax Court Cuts Abbott Labs Property Value By $7M
A property owned by Abbott Laboratories Inc. was overvalued, and its 2022 assessment should be reduced by about $7 million, the Minnesota Tax Court found.
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August 21, 2025
Colo. Board Advances Ballot Plan For Overtime Tax Exemption
Colorado would exempt overtime and tipped income from state taxation under a proposed 2026 ballot measure advanced by the state panel.
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August 21, 2025
Idaho Church Granted Full Exemption By State Supreme Court
An Idaho church that leased a portion of its property to be used a day care center operated by the YMCA is still eligible for a full property tax exemption, the state Supreme Court said, overturning a lower court ruling.聽
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August 21, 2025
Texas Resolution Seeks Vote On Broader Property Tax Limit
Texas would ask voters to decide if the state should amend its constitution to apply an existing limit on the appraised value of residence homesteads to other types of property under legislation filed in the state House of Representatives.
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August 21, 2025
NY Appeals Court Throws Out Trump's $500M Fraud Penalty
A divided New York state appeals court panel on Thursday tossed a nearly $500 million civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump and his sons, companies and their executives, ruling that the fine was "excessive," but kept in place a judge's finding of liability.
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August 20, 2025
Fla. Man Who Evaded $7M In Federal Taxes Gets Probation
A Florida investor who admitted to cheating the Internal Revenue Service out of $7 million in taxes was sentenced Wednesday to probation after telling a federal judge he suffers from serious health issues, including Stage 4 kidney cancer and early-onset dementia.
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August 20, 2025
La. Biz Groups Oppose Changes To Assessment Appeal Rules
Revisions that the Louisiana Assessors' Association has proposed to regulations that govern appeals and assessments could hamper businesses' ability to present information that establishes fair market value of their properties, industry representatives said Wednesday.
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August 20, 2025
What To Watch In Florida Real Estate In 2025's Second Half
Florida real estate is less impervious to challenges confronting the industry and broader economy than in recent years, but local attorneys and real estate professionals say they expect the market will continue to attract people, business and investment in the second half of 2025 and beyond.
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August 20, 2025
MTC Group Flags State Rule Gaps For Partnership Taxation
The Multistate Tax Commission group working on state taxation of partnerships said Wednesday that state rules for sourcing multistate partnership income are not sufficiently developed.
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August 20, 2025
Wash. Court Says Fujifilm Unit Owes Tax For Staying 1 Entity
The Washington Department of Revenue properly assessed $2.7 million in manufacturing business and occupation tax on聽Fujifilm SonoSite after the company told the department it was splitting into two entities but then failed to do so, the state Court of Appeals ruled.聽
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August 20, 2025
Nutter Welcomes Tax Atty In NY From Fox Horan
Less than a month after announcing it had grown its ranks by 8% with the addition of 13 attorneys in three states, Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP said earlier this week that it has hired a New York-based tax attorney from Fox Horan & Camerini LLP.
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August 20, 2025
NY July Tax Collections 8.8% Higher Year-Over-Year
New York state's tax collections in July reached approximately $6.6 billion, 8.8% higher than the previous July, a report from the state Department of Taxation and Finance said.
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August 20, 2025
Miss. Seafood Market On The Hook For Tax Bill, Court Says
The Mississippi Department of Revenue was within its right to use an observational audit to calculate a seafood market's sales tax liability after the business failed to keep adequate records, a panel for the Mississippi appeals court ruled.聽
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August 20, 2025
Texas House Bill Seeks To Bar Property Taxes Starting In 2031
Texas would bar the imposition of property taxes starting in 2031, contingent on voter approval of an amendment to the state constitution, under a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives.
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August 19, 2025
Mich. Panel OKs Escheat Actions On Disney, IHOP Parent
Michigan can seek to enforce unclaimed property remittance obligations against Disney and the parent company of IHOP after completing audits that lasted more than eight years, the state's Court of Appeals ruled, reversing a trial court's ruling that found the statute of limitations had expired.
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August 19, 2025
IRS To Float Rules Aimed At Easing Corporate Moves To US
The IRS announced plans聽Tuesday to propose regulations that would make it easier for publicly traded foreign corporations that own U.S. real estate to move their official base to the U.S. without facing unexpected tax issues.
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August 19, 2025
Ill. July Revenue Drops $35M From Last Year
Illinois' general revenue collection in July declined by $35 million from the same month last year, according to the state Office of Management and Budget.
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August 19, 2025
NH Justices Find Conn. Couple On Hook For Dividend Tax
New Hampshire's dividend tax applies to a couple from Connecticut because they showed a clear intent to establish residency in New Hampshire, the state's Supreme Court ruled.
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August 19, 2025
NY Assembly Bill Would End State Income Taxes On OT Pay
New York would eliminate state income taxes on overtime pay for workers in the state under a bill introduced in the state Assembly.
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August 18, 2025
IRS Sharing Tax Info With ICE Amid Legal Challenge
The Internal Revenue Service has begun sharing taxpayer return information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the government told a D.C. federal court, revising the tax agency's previous stance that it had not received or responded to any such requests.
Expert Analysis
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Accountant-Owned Law Firms Could Blur Ethical Lines
KPMG鈥檚 recent application to open a legal practice in Arizona represents the first overture by an accounting firm to take advantage of the state鈥檚 relaxed law firm ownership rules, but enforcing and supervising the practice of law by nonattorneys could prove particularly challenging, says Seth Laver at Goldberg Segalla.
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AI Will Soon Transform The E-Discovery Industrial Complex
Todd Itami at Covington discusses how generative artificial intelligence will reshape the current e-discovery paradigm, replacing the blunt instrument of data handling with a laser scalpel of fully integrated enterprise solutions 鈥� after first making e-discovery processes technically and legally harder.
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When Innovation Overwhelms The Rule Of Law
In an era where technology is rapidly evolving and artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, it鈥檚 worth asking if the law 鈥� both substantive precedent and procedural rules 鈥� can keep up with the light speed of innovation, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
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Imagine The Possibilities Of Openly Autistic Lawyering
Andi Mazingo at Lumen Law, who was diagnosed with autism about midway through her career, discusses how the legal profession can create inclusive workplaces that empower openly autistic lawyers and enhance innovation, and how neurodivergent attorneys can navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with disclosing one鈥檚 diagnosis.
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Litigation Funding Disclosure Debate: Strategy Considerations
In the ongoing debate over whether courts should require disclosure of litigation funding, funders and plaintiffs tend to argue against such mandates, but voluntarily disclosing limited details about a funding arrangement can actually confer certain benefits to plaintiffs in some scenarios, say Andrew Stulce and Marc Cavan at Longford Capital.
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Open Season On A Department Of Revenue: SALT In Review
From a Kentucky proposal that would put the state's tax staffers in the crosshairs to yet another call to exempt tips from tax, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.
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5 Ways To Create Effective Mock Assignments For Associates
In order to effectively develop associates鈥� critical thinking skills, firms should design mock assignments that contain a few key ingredients, from messy fact patterns to actionable feedback, says Abdi Shayesteh at AltaClaro.
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Mentorship Resolutions For The New Year
Attorneys tend to focus on personal achievements or career milestones when they set yearly goals, but one important area often gets overlooked in this process 鈥� mentoring relationships, which are some of the most effective tools for professional growth, say Kelly Galligan at Rutan & Tucker and Andra Greene at Phillips ADR.
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5 Litigation Funding Trends To Note In 2025
Lawyers and their clients must be prepared to navigate an evolving litigation funding market in 2025, made more complicated by a new administration and the increasing overall cost of litigation, says Jeffery Lula at GLS Capital.
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Rethinking Litigation Risk And What It Really Means To Win
Attorneys have a tendency to overestimate litigation risk before summary judgment and underestimate risk after it, but an eight-stage litigation framework can clarify risk at different points and help litigators reassess what true success looks like in any particular case, says Joshua Libling at Arcadia Finance.
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Bad Ideas From Coast To Coast: SALT In Review
From calls for higher taxes in Washington state to New Jersey's tax credits for Netflix, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.
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No, Litigation Funders Are Not 'Fleeing' The District Of Del.
A recent study claimed that litigation funders have 鈥渇led鈥� Delaware federal court due to a standing order requiring disclosure of third-party financing, but responsible funders have no problem litigating in this jurisdiction, and many other factors could explain the decline in filings, say Will Freeman and Sarah Tsou at Omni Bridgeway.
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5 E-Discovery Predictions For 2025 And Beyond
In the year to come, e-discovery will be shaped by new and emerging trends, from the adoption of artificial intelligence provisions in protective orders, to the proliferation of emojis as a source of evidence in contemporary litigation, say attorneys at Littler.