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Massachusetts Issues Business Activity Tax Nexus Guidance, Signaling Continued Trend

November 12, 2019 By Maria Eberle, Lindsay LaCava and Rob Galloway 2 Mins Read

Massachusetts recently joined a handful of other states (read: States over the Edge and Testing Boundaries with Business Activity Tax Nexus) by issuing a final revised regulation adopting a bright-line, $500,000, nexus threshold for its corporate excise tax. See generally 830 CMR 63.39.1. Echoing the language of the Wayfair decision, the state’s revised nexus regulation provides that “the Commissioner will presume that a general business corporation’s virtual and economic contacts subject the corporation to the tax jurisdiction of Massachusetts under M.G.L. c. 63, § 39, where the volume of the corporation’s Massachusetts sales for the taxable year exceeds five hundred thousand dollars.” 830 CMR 63.39.1(3)(d).

States over the Edge and Testing Boundaries with Business Activity Tax Nexus Guidance

October 21, 2019 By Maria Eberle, Lindsay LaCava and Rob Galloway 6 Mins Read

Wayfair has, for now, answered the question (at least, in part) of whether economic activity creates substantial nexus under the Commerce Clause for purposes of sales and use taxes. However, questions remain regarding whether and to what extent business activity tax nexus standards could be impacted. While states had boldly asserted economic nexus in the business activity tax context pre-Wayfair, the response since has been somewhat muted, until recently. Three states, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wisconsin, have recently sought to fill in the blanks with regard to business activity tax nexus, with varied and inconsistent results that may raise more questions and concerns than answers.

Delaware Unclaimed Property Litigation Update

August 29, 2016 By Drew Hemmings 4 Mins Read

The Delaware Department of Finance’s (the “Department”) unclaimed property enforcement practices continue to undergo challenges in state and federal courts through claims involving both companies and other states. The following is brief overview of the latest developments in a few noteworthy cases.