Out-of-State Remote Workers may Create Substantial Nexus as COVID-19 Protections Expire
July 8, 2021
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as work-from-home became the norm, many states provided safe harbors such that remote workers teleworking in the state would not create nexus for corporate income tax and sales / use tax purposes. Thus, businesses with teleworking employees were not burdened with additional state tax obligations during the pandemic. Now… Read More
Challenge to Ohio’s COVID-19 Remote Worker Withholding Statute Dismissed
June 9, 2021
In the fall 2020, Ohio passed a law giving employers flexibility to withhold income taxes as if employees were still working at the office, even if they were working remotely in a different municipality due to COVID-19. See H.B. 197. It essentially provided administrative relief to employers because they are not required to withhold tax… Read More
Ohio commercial activity tax – NASCAR hits Roadblock as broadcast and media revenue sitused to Ohio based upon viewership data
May 18, 2021
For Ohio commercial activity tax (CAT), gross receipts from certain intellectual property, such as trademarks, trade names, patents and copyrights, are sitused to the location where the purchaser uses or has the right to use the property. R.C. 5751.033(F). NASCAR’s revenue from the broadcast of its races “encompassed territory both inside and outside of Ohio.”… Read More
Significant Real Property Tax Savings Available for Property Owners Affected by COVID-19
April 28, 2021
Yesterday, Governor DeWine signed S.B. 57 into law, which allows property owners to reduce their 2020 property tax bills by filing a special “COVID-19 Complaint” with the county due by September 2, 2021. Complaints may be filed beginning August 3, 2021. Additionally, the statutory restriction for filing only one complaint in a 3-year valuation period… Read More