December 2018

The 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act and foreign real property taxes

While the cap on the deductibility of state and local taxes (SALT) under Sec. 164 imposed by P.L. 115-97, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), has generated much controversy and even a lawsuit by several states (see “Tax Matters: States Sue Over SALT Deduction Cap,” JofA, Oct. 2018), another of its

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The pros and cons of LLCs

The use of the limited liability company (LLC) has mushroomed in popularity over the past two decades. IRS statistics show a 66% increase in domestic LLCs between 2005 and 2014, and in 2004 LLCs were already popular entities. The core reasons for their attractiveness for a wide range of business purposes are well-known: chiefly, passthrough tax

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Supreme Court abolishes physical presence requirement for sales tax collection

On June 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned decades of established law that required vendors to have a physical presence in a state before that state could require them to collect and remit sales tax on purchases by customers within the jurisdiction. The Court overturned its 1992 decision, Quill Corp. v. North Dakota,1 with its recent

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