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The Case For Preempting Salt Cap Workarounds, Hayes R. Holderness
The Case For Preempting Salt Cap Workarounds, Hayes R. Holderness
Law Faculty Publications
In late 2017 the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (P.L. 115-97) was passed into law. Controversy instantly ensued. One major controversy revolves around the capping of the Internal Revenue Code section 164 state and local tax deduction at $10,000 per taxpayer (the SALT cap). Viewed by many blue states as an attack on their citizens, the SALT cap has spurred counterattacks in the form of state legislation designed to provide taxpayers with an avenue to counter the effects of the SALT cap (the SALT cap workarounds). While others have and are considering the effectiveness of the SALT cap workarounds, this …
Congress Should Sprinkle Some Salt On The Federal Courts, Hayes R. Holderness
Congress Should Sprinkle Some Salt On The Federal Courts, Hayes R. Holderness
Law Faculty Publications
Observers of the state and local tax world regularly note the seemingly irresponsible actions so often taken by state revenue agencies, by state courts, and by state legislatures — a few recent examples of states acting badly are set forth below. In many ways federal law has encouraged these types of actions by placing limited checks on the states. The federal Tax Injunction Act (TIA) and the common law comity doctrine keep federal courts off the states’ backs. Also, the Supreme Court’s South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc. decision and its Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association decision, in which state …