Upcoming National Meeting 2024 Canadian Tax Workshop For U.S. Companies The COST Canadian Tax Workshop for US Companies covers the key tax issues U.S. companies who are doing business with Canadians or in Canada need to know. The primary focus of the Workshop will be on GST, HST and Income Tax but will also cover QST, Payroll and Property Taxes. Attendees will also participate in an interactive audit session covering Canadian tax issues that they’ve been dealing with.
Legislative Alert ISSUE 24-40; November 5, 2024 Louisiana Tax Reform Special Session Set to Begin November 6; Legislature Posts Pre-Filed Bills; COST Weighs in With Testimony
Cost Conscious ISSUE 24-22; November 1, 2024 Controlling Property Tax Increases (Part II) – Controlling property taxes, especially given recent residential property value increases, is a focus of many state legislatures. There are several ways for states to control property tax increases by using methods such as exemptions (e.g., homestead exemptions), caps on valuation increases (e.g., California Proposition 13), automatic adjustments that
COST - Council on State Taxation Amicus Briefs International Business Machines Corporation and Combined Affiliates v. New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal
COST - Council on State Taxation COST Studies, Articles & Reports 2024 State and Local Amnesty Programs Tracker of most state and local tax amnesty programs enacted and conducted in 2024.
COST - Council on State Taxation COST Comments & Testimony Letter to the Legislature in Opposition to Sales Tax Base Expansion to Business Inputs in Tax Reform Proposals COST sent letters to Louisiana House Speaker, Senate President, House Ways and Means and Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs committees to suggest that any sales tax base expansion in the upcoming extraordinary session be limited to business-to-consumer transactions and provide for a broad exemption for business-to-business transactions or business inputs. The letter also urges Louisiana to consider