Uniformity, Internet Freedom to Dominate 2026 State Tax Cases
Significant litigation wins in 2025 are likely to embolden taxpayers to expand their use of certain challenges to state tax laws in the coming year.
New York City lawmakers hope more landlords will make space for day cares and early education centers in their buildings after boosting a tax credit for expanding enrollment.
States face a tough choice in the year ahead: pile onto US tax bills looming for thousands of student loan borrowers whose debts are forgiven under an income-driven repayment plan, or forgo much-needed revenue.
Next year has the potential for landmark state and local tax decisions that affect the broader legal landscape in addition to the discrete tax issues they address.
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The Indiana Department of Revenue (DOR) published the 2026 individual filing deadlines. [Ind. Dep’t of Revenue, Filing Deadlines, 12/01/25]
The Mississippi Department of Revenue (DOR) announced in a press release that it will begin accepting applications for Charitable Credit Allocations for calendar year 2026 on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, ...
The Ohio Department of Taxation announced changes to the vendor timely filing discount. Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, the vendor discount of 0.75 percent will be capped at $750 per vendor’s ...
Significant litigation wins in 2025 are likely to embolden taxpayers to expand their use of certain challenges to state tax laws in the coming year.
The US Supreme Court should take up a dispute between Florida and California to rein in states that tax or otherwise regulate conduct beyond their borders, two groups told the justices in a pair of amicus briefs.
We’re off for the New Year holiday, so we’re serving up an encore presentation of a Talking Tax podcast about challenges with paying student athletes. University of Kentucky professor Stephen Lusch talks with reporter Caleb Harshberger about how transfer pricing and tax law concepts can show whether the deals are done at reasonable prices that really reflect the value the student brings.
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New York City lawmakers hope more landlords will make space for day cares and early education centers in their buildings after boosting a tax credit for expanding enrollment.
The Ohio Court of Claims wrongly denied class certification to disabled veterans who were improperly charged local motor vehicle taxes and fees for specialty military license plates, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.
A small public library district in the southern suburbs of Chicago said it has made a missed bond payment after receiving delayed property taxes.
A proposed class action challenging Maui’s reclassification of vacation homes as rentals subject to a higher tax rate was properly dismissed, the Hawaii Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Cryptocurrency giant
There was perhaps no bigger story last year in the world of Big Law than President Donald Trump’s attacks on several of the nation’s largest law firms through punitive executive orders due to political affiliations and adversarial hires.
SEC policy shifts, rulings on investor class status and actionable company statements, and discussions about the future of artificial intelligence set the pace in 2025 and may have a lasting effect in securities cases in 2026.
Corporate accounting for buzzy cryptocurrencies and intangible assets like copyrights will lead the US standard-setter’s to-do list in 2026.
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