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Helping Tax Departments Become The HERO
SALT and STRUCTURE: Keep it Simple Sxxxxx?
Define the Fight: Don't Lose an Audit Before It Starts
How Are You Protecting Your Company From State Taxes?
Are You Using Ambiguity to Your Advantage?
Welcome to SALT CRASHERS! (Home Depot & DIY Meets State Tax)
I Hate State Taxes and Why You Should To
How I Learned State Tax Planning is Essential
How State Taxes Impact Businesses of ALL Sizes
State Taxes and the Compound Effect: Ticking Time-Bomb or Nest-Egg?
Don't Let State Tax Blind Spots 'Wreck' Your Company
States Change Interpretation Without Any Change in Law?
Can You Rely on Informal Guidance?
Nonresident Withholding Nightmare
Year-End Tax Planning: Don't Forget the SALT
State Tax Practices: What People Think But Do Not Say
What's Your Favorite State Tax Conference (CPE)?
The Truth About State Tax Seminars
State Taxation: 'Food for Thought'
Legal Principles in State Taxation: Do You Know Them?
State Tax Requires 'Deep Work'
Why is SALT Thought Leadership So Hard?
Time for State Taxes to Be REWRITTEN
Should the Federal Government Pre-empt A State's Taxing Power?
Global Business and Technology Causes Overreaching Laws and Unintended Consequences
Why Do States Enact Bad Policy?
Retroactively Changing State Tax Legislation Creates Uncertainty
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Nexus
Attribution of activities
Foreign company (non-U.S.) company nexus despite no permanent establishment in U.S.
Inclusion of gross proceeds v. net gain in sales factor
Composition of Unitary business group
Tax Base
Conformity with Internal Revenue Code and federal elections
Tax Attributes
Pre-apportionmed v. post-apportioned
Entity v. Aggregate theory
Unitary (tax base / factor flow-up) v. nonunitary (allocation)
Sale of partnership interest
Multi-tiered entities (compliance and controversy)
Procedure