An intergovernmental state tax agency whose mission is to promote uniform and consistent tax policy and administration among the states, assist taxpayers in achieving compliance with existing tax laws, and advocate for state and local sovereignty in the development of tax policy.
Elliott Dubin and former policy research intern Trevor Ahouse of the MTC are featured in the Journal of Multistate Taxation and Incentives. Trevor Ahouse is a student at Bloomsburg University. The report examines longer-term trends in state and local government...
On November 7, the Commission filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court, supporting Colorado’s cross-petition in DMA v. Brohl. The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) is appealing the Tenth Circuit’s decision that Colorado’s sales and use tax notice and...
The European Commission is pursuing its plan to introduce a common tax system for companies doing business across the European Union. That system would simplify the tax base calculations for thousands of EU companies, which now must comply with 28 different sets of...
The taxpayer in the case, See’s Candies, transferred its intangibles to a related insurance company in a tax-free transfer-and-license-back. On its tax return, See’s deducted the royalties it paid to the insurance company for the use of the intangibles....
On June 30, 2017, the Commission filed an amicus brief with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Alabama Dept. of Revenue, et al. supporting Alabama’s contention that it does not violate the 4-R Act when it imposes sales and use tax on rail...
