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On May 31, 2025, the Illinois General Assembly passed HB2755 as part of the FY2026 budget bill, which contains a number of significant tax changes to the Illinois Income Tax Act and other taxes. Governor Pritzker appears set to sign the budget before July 1st. Major changes made by HB2755 include: (1) expanding the corporate income tax base with provisions specifically targeting multinational corporations, (2) expanding the Hotel Operator’s Occupation Tax (“HOOT”) tax base by…

New Jersey is the latest state to unveil a voluntary initiative to examine transfer pricing for taxpayers with intercompany transactions.  The initiative is similar to recent programs in North Carolina, Indiana, and Louisiana (see our prior coverage here and here, as well as our prior coverage of the Multistate Tax Commission’s ongoing transfer pricing collaboration and enforcement initiatives). The New Jersey Division of Taxation published guidance outlining the voluntary transfer pricing initiative last week (NJ…

Governor Hochul rang in the new year by vetoing a bill that expanded the New York State False Claims Act (“FCA”) to permit claims against non-filers. Specifically, on December 31, 2021, Governor Hochul vetoed Senate Bill S4730 (Assembly Bill A2543), explaining in Veto Message No. 83 that “the language in the bill is broader than impacting only non-filers, and would implicate more tax filing controversies to the False Claims Act than just non-filers. This would…

Beginning November 1, 2021, the Louisiana Department of Revenue (“Department”) will be offering taxpayers the opportunity to participate in a voluntary transfer pricing “managed audit” program (the “Program”). Pursuant to a recently released Department information bulletin, the purpose of the Program is to: Create an efficient and expedited resolution for corporate tax audits when transfer pricing issues exist; andProvide certainty and uniformity to taxpayers on the resolution of transfer pricing issues for open audit periods…