Reporting in State and Local Tax with Paul Williams (Part 2)

SALTovation: Making Sense of State and Local Tax

Sep 25 2022 • 13 mins

In the second episode of a two-part series, we continue our conversation with Paul Williams, Senior Tax Correspondent at Law 360, and our own Judy Vorndran. Paul discusses boomerang issues, which are when old concepts get new life in the court system, and trending issues across the nation.

Topics discussed in this episode:

Halstead Bead’s case in Louisiana and other cases related to home rule cities
Wayfair’s lawsuit against Lakewood for a $600K sales tax bill

What You Will Learn:

[00:26] Halstead Bead’s case in Louisiana and home rule jurisdictions
[07:27] Wayfair’s lawsuit against Lakewood
[11:02] Trends from a litigation perspective

Quotables:

“There’s a push and pull there is to how much power the local governments wanted to retain for the local tax collection versus what the sponsors thought that the state may need to do is what some would argue to comply with Wayfair.” - Paul Williams [02:53]
“It’s very interesting how we’ve given this authority to the locals, which I appreciate why they need it. I appreciate why our states need authority, because the federal government doesn't give them enough money, but it does create a lot of complexity in tax compliance.” - Judy Vorndran [06:04]
“When you look at both Wayfair’s case now and the Halstead Bead case, it does bring up the question of to what extent, if any, do home rule jurisdictions… what are limitations to their authorities potentially or what burdens can varying local rules create for companies that just want to comply with the Wayfair decision?” - Paul Williams [07:34]
“Since Wayfair came down, and different practitioners we’ve talked to and different tax conferences we’ve reported on, practitioners have raised the question as to whether or not Wayfair gave local governments the authority to also impose economic nexus for sales and use tax.” - Paul Williams [08:17]

Relevant Links:

Paul Williams on Law360: law360.com/tax-authority/search?q=reporter:%22Paul+Williams%22

Paul Williams on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/paul-williams-56183567

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