Latest COST Conscious

ISSUE 26-08; April 17, 2026

Procurement-Related Sales Tax Practices – In our latest series on best practices, we are surveying members on various methods for including sales tax within the procure-to-pay process. Last week’s question on this topic sparked some conversations with members, prompting us to step back and better understand the different approaches to managing use tax. In your organization, which team is primarily

Latest Legislative Alert

ISSUE 26-18; April 29, 2026

COST Opposes Repeal of California’s Water’s-Edge Election; COST Opposes the Defunding and Elimination of the Illinois Independent Tax Tribunal

Latest Practitioner Connection

ISSUE 26-08; April 24, 2026

Multistate: Recent Updates on OB3 Guidance – Maine and Oregon have recently taken legislative action to adjust their conformity to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) in the wake of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OB3) (P.L. 119-21). Melissa DelleMonache, Alex Lupo, Nisha Mathew, and Robert Passmore, KPMG LLP, April 20, 2026.