Recent Updates
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Court: Drug users can be jailed for relapsing on probation
Tax Law 07/11/2018In a case that has attracted national attention, Massachusetts' highest court ruled Monday that judges in the state have the authority to order people to remain drug free as a condition of probation and under some circumstances order a defendant jail...
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Court blocks 'millionaire tax' question from state ballot
Tax Law 06/18/2018Massachusetts' highest court on Monday struck down a proposed "millionaire tax" ballot question, blocking it from going before state voters in November and ending advocates' hopes for generating some $2 billion in additional revenue for education and...
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Idaho Supreme Court upholds grocery tax veto
Tax Law 08/07/2017The Idaho Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's contentious veto of legislation repealing the state's 6 percent sales tax on groceries.The high court's decision comes after 30 state lawmakers filed a lawsuit claiming Otter took to...
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Court sides with towns over utilities in tax dispute
Tax Law 07/13/2017Two electric utilities seeking to reduce their property taxes in dozens of towns across New Hampshire lost an appeal Friday to the state Supreme Court.Eversource and the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative sought tax abatements from 64 towns in 2011 a...
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South Dakota and Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe clash in court
Tax Law 07/03/2017The Flandreau Santee Sioux tribe is suing South Dakota over the state's interpretation that contractors working on an expansion of the Royal River Casino are required to pay contractor excise taxes to the state.The Argus Leader reported that the laws...
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Federal court: No back pay for ex-central Indiana marshal
Tax Law 10/24/2016An Indiana federal court has ruled against a former central Indiana marshal who is seeking back pay from the town of Summitville. The (Anderson) Herald Bulletin reports the federal court in southern Indiana ruled state minimum wage law says former Su...
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Court Won't Hear Appeal Of New York Internet Taxation
Tax Law 09/09/2014The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider throwing out New York state's taxes on Internet purchases on websites like Amazon.com, a move that could change the way Internet commerce works. The high court refused without comment to hear appeals fr...
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Equifax goes to US Supreme Court with tax appeal
Tax Law 05/24/2014Credit bureau Equifax Inc. is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear appeal from an adverse tax ruling in Mississippi. The appeal is a reaction to a 2013 Mississippi Supreme Court decision that Equifax had to prove that it didn't earn any taxable inco...
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Court to hear dispute over state tax collection
Tax Law 05/24/2014The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider a dispute over how a state may tax the income that its residents earn in another state. In a case that could affect how taxes are collected in every state, the justices will hear an appeal from Maryland...
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Oklahoma Supreme Court Shoots Down Income Tax Cut
Tax Law 01/24/2014The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled that a bill passed last session to cut the state's personal income tax and provide $120 million for repairs to the Capitol is unconstitutional. In a unanimous decision released Tuesday, the court ruled the bill vi...
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Court Won't Hear Appeal Of New York Internet Taxation
Tax Law 01/24/2014The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider throwing out New York state's taxes on Internet purchases on websites like Amazon.com, a move that could change the way Internet commerce works. The high court refused without comment to hear appeals fr...
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Maryland appeals income tax case to Supreme Court
Tax Law 01/24/2014The Daily Record reports the justices on Monday asked for the Obama administration's views on the constitutionality of barring state residents from deducting income taxes paid to other states from their local city or county taxes owed in Maryland. La...