Marilyn A. Wethekam

8/5/21 2:00PM - 4:15PM ET Join Marilyn A. Wethekam and David W. Machemer for the 2021 Council on State Taxation ("COST") Summer State Tax Webinar Series, sponsored by HMB. See below for more information on Marilyn's and David's presentations. Watch Out – State Income Tax Traps, Tips, and Tricks Panel discussing anticipated state corporate income tax challenges and traps for…

3/18/21 2:00PM - 3:00PM CT Marilyn A. Wethekam's presentation for the Houston Chapter of the Tax Executive Institute will include a circle tour of the cities and states surrounding beautiful Lake Michigan. Starting in Illinois she’ll discuss the new quasi settlement program, provide updates on new and pending legislation including the governor’s new tax proposals to address their massive deficits,…

10/20/20 Over the last three years, state conformity--or decoupling--from key provisions of the TCJA has resulted in a wide range of outcomes among the states. This panel, including Marilyn A. Wethekam, will review the status of state conformity (or non-conformity) with GILTI, interest deduction limitations, bonus depreciation, NOLs and FDII. The panelists will also discuss planning, compliance and audit issues…

10/27/20 2:10PM CT Join Marilyn A. Wethekam, and other panelists, on this webinar discussing how more than two years after the enactment of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act” of 2017, we continue to learn the state tax consequences of this historic change in US international taxation. The subsequent federal and state government response to COVID-19, including the Coronavirus Aid,…

9/15/20 3:00PM - 4:30PM ET Join Marilyn A. Wethekam and Helen Hecht of the Multistate Tax Commission for "The Legal Landscape of 2020". This webinar, a part of the FTA Talks: Celebrity Speakers series, provides easy access to the unique challenges, successes and methodologies of immediate interest to a tax administrator. This discussion will include a Q&A section and will…

In State Tax Notes' Board Briefs, Marilyn A. Wethekam discusses "State and Local Tax Policy in a COVID-19 World". Download the full Board Briefs by State Tax Notes here. 2020 began on an optimistic note. The economy, in several sectors, was thriving. States over the last couple of years had seen continued revenue growth and even in some cases were…

In this excerpt in Board Briefs from Tax Notes State, Marilyn honors the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Download the full article by Tax Notes State here. On September 18, 2020, this nation lost not only an exceptionally accomplished jurist but a powerful voice for gender equality and those who have been made to feel they don’t belong.…

In her excerpt from the first installment of Board Briefs in 2020 from Tax Notes State, Marilyn addresses tax issues related to the digital economy. Download the full article by Tax Notes State here. In the words of that great philosopher Snoopy, “When you can’t control what’s happening around you, challenge yourself to control the way in which you respond.”…

In her excerpt from the first installment of Board Briefs in 2020 from Tax Notes State, Marilyn addresses tax issues related to the digital economy. Download the full article from Tax Notes State here. Generally, you cannot put a square peg in a round hole. However, that is precisely what may be occurring as a result of the meteoric growth…

Read the full article on Tax Notes here (subscription required). Marilyn Wethekam discusses how federal tax reforms do not always coincide with state tax policies. Download the full article here. The 2017 enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made significant changes to the federal tax system. One of the drivers for the reform was to make the United States…

Read the full article by State Tax Notes written by Doug Sheppard here. In one of the most famous scenes from The Blues Brothers, Sister Mary Stigmata doles out rapid-fire corporal punishment with a ruler on Jake and Elwood Blues, then breaks it on Elwood's head before Jake crashes down an adjacent flight of stairs in the ensuing chaos. “Get out! And don’t come back until you’ve redeemed yourselves,”…

Read the full article here (subscription required). Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan was recently voted out of his leadership post, leaving a complex tax legacy to his nearly four-decade reign that included sales tax restructuring and failures to create the progressive income tax code he envisioned. Madigan, a Democrat from Chicago, ceded the gavel on Jan. 13 after House members elected…

In an article by Law360, Marilyn A. Wethekam discusses the Illinois Department of Revenue's decision to carry out a law that critics say could impose a discriminatory tax sourcing regime for online sales that favors certain in-state sellers. The rule carries out a widely criticized 2019 law requiring remote sellers and marketplace facilitators without a physical presence in Illinois to employ destination sourcing for…

Read the full article by State Tax Notes here. In the article "Forging Ahead in 2021" by State Tax Notes on December 21, 2020, Marilyn A. Wethekam goes over what the year ahead will look like. “Should old 2020 be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should old 2020 be forgot, and auld lang syne?”[51] The Robert Burns lyrics pose…

Download the full article by State Tax Notes here. In the article "Sales, Use Tax Voluntary Disclosure Agreements Increased" by State Tax Notes and first discussed at the NESTOA conference on November 13, 2020, Marilyn A. Wethekam goes over the use of Voluntary Disclosure programs. There's been an uptick in voluntary disclosure agreements (VDAs) because of the Supreme Court's 2018…

The New Mexico Office of Administrative Hearings granted Conagra Foods? Motion for Summary Judgment concluding the interest earned on notes was properly characterized as non-business income.

Today marks the first time in over two years that Illinois will be operating under a budget. This is a result after the House voted to override Governor Rauner?s veto of Senate Bill 9. The House garnered the necessary votes to end the two year stalemate full of political puffery and sparring. Some of the relevant changes that Illinois? taxpayers should be aware of are noted below. All changes are effective July 1, 2017, unless otherwise noted.

A recent Chief Counsel?s Ruling issued by the California Franchise Tax Board illustrates the issues and potential opportunities that arise as a result of adopting a factor presence nexus standard.

Increasingly, taxpayers are seeing the imposition of penalties on deficiency assessments. In fact in a number of situations the imposition of the penalty is automatic upon the issuance of the assessment. The penalties, which may range from 20% to 25% of the liability, are imposed for late payment or underpayment of taxes. Such penalties are generally imposed without taking into consideration the fact there is a lack of guidance or legal authority with respect to the substantive issue which gave rise to the tax underpayment...