DOR “Fact Sheet” Was Not An “Other Officially Adopted Publication” And Was Not Owed Any Deference in Mississippi Tax Appeals
In an administrative tax appeal, Mississippi law requires the Board of Tax Appeals (the “BTA”) “give deference to the department’s interpretation and application of the statutes as reflected in duly enacted regulations and other officially
On October 28, 2025, Florida filed a motion for leave to file a bill of complaint in the United States Supreme Court challenging California’s business income tax apportionment regulation, alleging it unconstitutionally discriminates against out-of-state corporations. The case invokes the Court’s original jurisdiction over disputes between states, a mechanism reserved for matters of sufficient seriousness
[i]t is our position that the House does not need to limit itself in presenting one single plan, but instead allow the people of Florida the ability to
The Louisiana Department of Revenue recently published detailed guidance on the sales and use taxes imposed on digital products and services as a result of legislation passed during the Third Extraordinary Legislative Session in in November of 2024. The Department provides concrete examples of taxable and non-taxable transactions involving digital goods and services. The publication
In response to the LAA’s proposals, a handful of industry groups and individual taxpayers filed rebuttals objecting to the LAA’s proposals. The filed rebuttals can be found here. A hearing on the rebuttals is scheduled for August 20th. The Commission has set September 24th as a tentative adoption date for all proposed amendments to their
Alysse McLoughlin and Katie Quinn authored a recent installment of SALTy Thoughts in Tax Notes on July 31, 2025.
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After a suspenseful few months, on July Fourth President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA, P.L. 119-21) into law. Among the bill’s many changes are amendments to the global intangible low-taxed
The Louisiana Assessor’s Association (LAA) has proposed revisions to the Regulations promulgated by the Louisiana Tax Commission (LTC) that will be applicable to all property tax assessments and procedures beginning for the Tax Year 2026. There are a number of revisions proposed by the LAA, but this notice focuses on two that will greatly impact
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry recently signed into law Act 44, which aims to revitalize Louisiana’s film industry after years of hardship.
Act 44 revamps Louisiana’s film tax credit program by allowing filmmakers to access up to 40% in refundable tax credits with bonuses for hiring locals, using Louisiana-based scripts, and performing visual effects locally.
Among the changes in the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was the renaming of Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (GILTI) to Net CFC Tested Income (NCTI). But the renaming is not the end of the story. The OBBBA also permanently decreases the now-NCTI deduction from 50% to 40% beginning in 2026. (Under the Tax Cuts
Originally published in Bloomberg Tax
Author: French Brown, Partner, Jones Walker LLP
July 2, 2025
Jones Walker’s French Brown says a permanent sales tax holiday and repeals of an aviation fuel tax and commercial lease sales tax will help ease compliance, provide businesses with cost savings, and give consumers predictability.
Florida’s tax relief package, part