How Granting Cert in New Hampshire v. Massachusetts Could Impact Pennsylvania and Philadelphia

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering granting cert on a case that could impact Pennsylvania’s ability to collect income taxes from non-residents and the city of Philadelphia’s ability to continue to apply its “requirement of employment” rule for the city’s wage tax. The Court has asked the acting solicitor general to weigh in on New Hampshire v. Massachusetts, a case in which New Hampshire is challenging Massachusetts’ practice of taxing nonresidents who previously worked in-state but now work remotely from home in New Hampshire.

Dana Trier: 2019 Fogel Lecture

In the 2019 Fogel Lecture, Dana Trier, former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, urged the audience to give the “grand experiment” of §199A of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (which provides a deduction for qualified business income from pass-through entities) a chance, despite potentially troubling ambiguities.