Tax Officials Look for Sympathy, Wisdom on More Obscure Issues (1)

The week in state tax news: Beyond the usual discussions at the Multistate Tax Commission’s fall meeting—processing rebates, SALT deductions, local-tax uniformity—attendees traded stories of more unusual tax matters. Oregon revenue officials, for instance, are collecting a new tax on psilocybin. Meanwhile, a sales tax group is still figuring out how to square digital goods sales with consumer privacy concerns, Apple’s case against Maryland’s digital ad tax goes to court, and Puerto Rico’s financial oversight board comes down hard against the island’s new tax bill.

State revenue departments get pulled in many directions in response to the whims of legislatures, ...