This GT Alert highlights some of the legislative trends in state and local tax that emerged during Q1 2023. 

  • States keep cutting rates. The states by and large remain flush with cash and continue to cut income tax rates. In the first quarter of 2023, five states cut rates. While most of the rate cuts continue to be to personal income tax rates, at least one state – Utah – has cut its corporate income tax rate.

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Photo of Nikki E. Dobay Nikki E. Dobay

Nikki Dobay is nationally known for her deep experience and understanding of state tax policy and the legislative process. She also advises her clients on sophisticated multistate tax issues as well as the consequences and planning opportunities related to corporate M&A transactions and…

Nikki Dobay is nationally known for her deep experience and understanding of state tax policy and the legislative process. She also advises her clients on sophisticated multistate tax issues as well as the consequences and planning opportunities related to corporate M&A transactions and oversees state and local tax controversy matters, ranging from audits to appellate litigation, and involving sales and use taxes, income and franchise taxes, property taxes, and constitutional issues.

Nikki regularly engages with statewide business and taxpayer associations and departments of revenue, as well as national tax administrator organizations, including the Federation of Tax Administrators (FTA), the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC), and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), on key SALT issues impacting multijurisdictional taxpayers.

Nikki’s previous experience includes spending five years as senior tax counsel for the Council On State Taxation (COST). She also gained experience working in the national office of a Big Four accounting firm and at a large international law firm and a large corporate law firm in Oregon, where she assisted clients with multistate tax issues and Oregon tax controversy matters, including proceedings in the Oregon Tax Court.

Photo of DeAndré Morrow DeAndré Morrow

DeAndré Morrow focuses his practice on state and local tax issues, including Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia taxes. He has counselled clients on a wide range of state and local tax matters including sales and use, income, property, franchise, motor fuel, documentary…

DeAndré Morrow focuses his practice on state and local tax issues, including Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia taxes. He has counselled clients on a wide range of state and local tax matters including sales and use, income, property, franchise, motor fuel, documentary transfer, and transient occupancy taxes. DeAndré represents clients before state and local tax agencies at the audit, collection, appeals and litigation stages.

Prior to entering private practice, DeAndré served as a tax attorney for the Revenue Administration Division of the Comptroller of Maryland. In this role, he provided guidance to Maryland government personnel and the general public on the State’s revenue laws and regulations and advised the state’s legislative and executive branches as to the effect of proposed tax legislation on tax revenues and legal sufficiency. DeAndré routinely draws from this experience when working closely with state tax agencies on issues, such as voluntary disclosure agreements or settlement agreements, and when developing strategies for legislative resolutions.