As noted in a prior post, the Louisiana Department of Revenue has issued a Notice of Intent to amend its Regulation on the sales and use tax responsibilities of contractors and their customers. Based on the volume of comments received, the Department will conduct a hearing to receive commentary from the public. It
The Mississippi Department of Revenue recently amended several sales and use tax regulations to remove longstanding provisions purporting to impose use tax on third party freight charges. These changes reflect the Mississippi Supreme Court’s 2025 ruling in Miss. Dept. of Revenue v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, LLC that the Department’s position was contrary to the underlying
Join Jones Walker SALT partners Jay Adams, Bill Backstrom, and Jeff Birdsong at the American Petroleum Institute (API) Excise Tax Forum in Houston, Texas on June 2. We are looking forward to a great program focusing on motor fuel tax issues, state sales and use, IRS updates, and audit discussions.
January 16, 2025
3:00 – 5:30 pm ET
Louisiana Special Session State & Local Tax Update Webinar
Live Webinar on Zoom
This Louisiana Special Session State & Local Tax Update Webinar will cover the changes made by the Louisiana Legislature in its Special Session in November 2024. This will include detailed changes to the State’s
Thursday, October 3, 2024 | Houston, Texas
The Jones Walker LLP State and Local Tax Team is back in Houston, TX with a day-long program on Thursday, October 3, 2024, titled Jones Walker: Viva Las Vegas! What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas – but taxes follow you everywhere. This state and local tax seminar will provide practical
Jones Walker SALT Team partner Katie Quinn will present “Where is Your Purchaser (Sourcing) and Why is Obtaining More Information of Increasing Importance” at the Council on State Taxation Workshop for Technology Companies on August 15 in Cupertino, CA.
Click here to register for the COST Workshop for Technology Companies.
Jones Walker SALT Team partner Jeffrey Birdsong will present “Seaside Mergers & Acquisitions: Navigating the Waves of Strategies and Tax Traps” at the Institute for Professionals in Taxation 2024 Annual Meeting on June 25 in San Diego, CA.
Mississippi’s new direct pay permit for purchases of computer software and computer software services is now available on the Department of Revenue’s website. The Mississippi Legislature authorized this new permit earlier this year as part of the state’s comprehensive legislation on the taxation of remote software and services (see prior coverage here), which went
Unless otherwise indicated, all bills noted below have been passed by the legislature and are waiting on signature or veto by the governor. Our discussion of each bill assumes the bill is or becomes law.
SB1 by Senator R. L. Bret Allain, II
TAX/FRANCHISE/CORPORATE: Phases-out the corporate franchise tax.
SB 1 reduces the corporate franchise
Jones Walker SALT partner, John Fletcher, was quoted in the article “Calif. Pork Law Fight May Guide Post-Wayfair Tax Challenges,” published by Law360 on October 14, 2022. The article covers an ongoing US Supreme Court Case regarding interstate commerce, previous tax litigation, and whether California’s importation of pork from other states violates