The Hinds County Chancery Court on March 20th invalidated the nexus-based restrictions contained within Mississippi’s dividend exclusion statute, finding the provisions violated the Commerce Clause.

A copy of the Court’s Order can be found here.

The Mississippi Department of Revenue and the taxpayer, AT&T, had stipulated that the statute, Miss. Code Section

Bill Backstrom and Jay Adams were quoted in yesterday’s Law360 article entitled Attorneys React To Supreme Court ‘Amazon Tax’ RulingIn the article, Bill, head of Jones Walker’s Tax & Estates Practice Group and a partner in the firm’s New Orleans office, and Jay, a senior partner in Jones Walker’s New Orleans office,

The Hinds County Chancery Court recently ruled that the Mississippi Supreme Court’s widely-discussed decision in Equifax, Inc. v. Mississippi Department of Revenue is a double-edged blade and, much to the Department of Revenue’s chagrin, cuts sharply in both directions.  Miss. Dept. of Rev. v. Hotel and Restaurant Supply, Civil Action No. G2013-820 S/2, Hinds

Porta pottyWell, I guess in these leaner economic times state and local tax collectors are willing to look for “gold” anywhere!

On September 17, 2014, the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal held in the case of Pot-O-Gold Rentals, LLC  v. City of Baton Rouge that a taxpayer’s waste removal services were taxable as part of

Something new has been cooking in the Louisiana tax law kitchen!Montana-Flag-icon

The Louisiana Supreme Court was recently asked to entertain the separate ideas of fraud and, for the first time, the economic substance doctrine in deciding a tax case in the State.  Louisiana is certainly used to heat (as can be seen by its food