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Louisiana’s New Remote Sellers Law: What Does H.B. 547 Have in Common with a Box of Donuts?

By Bill Backstrom and Andre Burvant on Posted in Judicial Decisions, Legislation, Regulations, Tax News
As members of the Jones Walker SALT Team sat around the table in our office kitchen staring into a box of donuts provided by our firm on National Donut Day (the day after the close of the 2019 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature), we pondered this question: what does that box of tasty treats … Continue Reading

Louisiana’s Uniform Local Sales Tax Board Issues Adopted Regulation Regarding Uniform Voluntary Disclosure Program and Related Voluntary Disclosure Agreements (VDAs)

By Matt Mantle on Posted in Legislation, Regulations, Tax News, Tax Procedure
Louisiana’s Uniform Local Sales Tax Board (“ULSTB”) has now issued its adopted regulation at Louisiana Administrative Code (“LAC”) 72:I.105 (“Voluntary Disclosure Agreements”) regarding a uniform voluntary disclosure program and corresponding uniform voluntary disclosure agreement (VDA) for Louisiana local sales and use tax purposes.  The final, adopted regulation contains the same language as the prior proposed … Continue Reading

Tax Reform Update: Treasury, IRS: Making large gifts now won’t harm estates after 2025

By Jones Walker LLP on Posted in Jones Walker Announcements, Judicial Decisions, Regulations, Tax News
On November 20, 2018, the IRS announced that individuals taking advantage of the increased gift and estate tax exclusion amounts in effect from 2018 to 2025 will not be adversely impacted after 2025 when the exclusion amount is scheduled to drop to pre-2018 levels. The Treasury Department and the IRS issued proposed regulations which  implement changes … Continue Reading

Louisiana Remote Seller Commission Issues First Information Bulletin Addressing Impact of Wayfair

By Joe Landry on Posted in Regulations, Tax News, Tax Procedure
The Louisiana Sales and Use Tax Commission for Remote Sellers (the “Commission”) has now issued its first information bulletin – Remote Sellers Information Bulletin (“RSIB”) 18-001 – regarding the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court’s South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. decision on remote sellers selling to Louisiana purchasers. A copy of RSIB 18-001 can be found … Continue Reading

The Taxman Cometh: Mississippi Sales and Use Taxes in a Post-Wayfair World

By John Fletcher on Posted in Judicial Decisions, Regulations, Tax News
In December 2017, the Mississippi Department of Revenue finalized a new sales and use tax regulation addressing remote sellers and establishing a $250,000 bright-line nexus standard. The department began that process in January 2017 by issuing a proposed regulation and refined it following a public hearing held in February. The regulation positioned the state to take … Continue Reading
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