Columbus, Ohio will be on the national radar again and this time it will be all about our veterans.  We are very pleased to announce that la

PDF/Printer Friendly Version In its highly anticipated opinion in South Dakota v. Wayfair, issued yesterday, the United States Supreme Court, by a 5-4 majority, overruled its prior decision in Quill Corp. v. North Dakota, which had held that a vendor must have a physical presence in a state to allow a state to impose a sales tax collection obligation on the vendor. The opinion held that the physical presence rule of Quill was unsound and incorrect and detailed the flaws in Q

PDF/Printer Friendly Version Be aware of new statutory foot-faults that change presumption for 2018 Ohio tax returns Background on Case that eliminated Bright-Line test: In 2015, the Supreme Court of Ohio issued an opinion in Cunningham v. Testa, 144 Ohio St.3d 40, 2015-Ohio-2744, that essentially eliminated the benefits of Ohio’s bright-line residency test (domicile and residency will be used interchangeably in this document). We previously discussed the background of the c

This SALT Buzz will be tracking the states’ efforts to create a sales tax nexus standard that does not require a physical presence, which wi

PDF/Printer Friendly Version The Ohio Supreme Court overruled the Tax Commissioner’s interpretation of where manufacturing begins in Lafarge N. Am., Inc. v. Testa, Slip Opinion No. 2018-Ohio-2047. At issue in the case was whether the purchase of fuel and repair parts for equipment used in Lafarge North America, Inc.’s (Lafarge) slag manufacturing process qualified for the manufacturing exemption provided in Ohio Revised Code 5739.02(B)(42)(g). The equipment (a bull dozer, fro

PDF/Printer Friendly Version Today the Ohio House Representatives picked Rep. Ryan Smith (R-Bidwell) to fill the vacated Speaker’s position for the remainder of the year and remainder of the 132nd General Assembly. The election became necessary when, now former, Speaker Cliff Rosenberger resigned in mid-April. Ryan was sworn in shortly after the vote was taken. However, the official vote comes weeks later than interim caucus leader, Speaker Pro Tempore Kirk Schuring had inten