In a unanimous decision issued on September 25, 2025, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court invalidated the City of Pittsburgh’s controversial Nonresident Sports Facility Usage Fee (commonly referred to as the “Jock Tax”), a 3% levy imposed solely on nonresident athletes and entertainers who earn income at the City’s publicly funded sports stadiums. Pittsburgh residents were exempt from the fee. The Court held that the tax violated the Uniformity Clause of the Pennsylvania Constitution, which requires that…
The New York City (“City”) Department of Finance (“DOF”) has taken a significant step forward in implementing its corporate tax reform provisions enacted in 2015 by proposing the first installment of its regulations under a new Chapter 11A of Title 19 of the Rules of the City of New York (“Proposed Rules”). These Proposed Rules come nearly two years after the New York State (“State”) Department of Taxation and Finance (“DTF”) adopted its final regulations…
On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act (hereinafter, “OBBBA” or “the Act”) into law. OBBBA enacts sweeping changes to the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), many of which will impact taxpayers at the state level, including reforms to the federal state and local tax (“SALT”) deduction, Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”), Foreign-Derived Intangible Income (“FDII”), section 174 research and development expensing, and section 163(j) business interest deduction limitations. Notably,…
On June 16, 2025, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 2755 (“H.B. 2755”) into law, which includes comprehensive amnesty programs covering taxes administered by both the Illinois Department of Revenue (the “Department”) and the Office of the Secretary of State of Illinois (the “Secretary of State”). The legislation also introduces a new amnesty program for remote retailers under the state’s Remote Retailer Occupation Tax. Under each program, in exchange for payment of any outstanding…