Virginia’s On-Trend Push to Tax Software Draws Business Pushback

The week in state tax news: Virginia businesses are opposing the legislature’s budget provision for sales tax on business-to-business software application services, but taxes on B-to-B sales aren’t unusual. Meanwhile, Georgia quantified the cost of its tax deduction for fetuses, New York lawmakers are studying bills to kill tax breaks for private jets, and the Tennessee Senate approves a plan to overhaul the business franchise tax system at a 2025 cost of about $1.9 billion.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s intention to expand the sales tax base to include digital goods and services may have backfired on him, but he hasn’t ...