Laura Mahoney

A California trial court judge rejected the Franchise Tax Board's attempt to narrow his December order invalidating guidance that sought to make more online, out-of-state sellers liable for state income tax on Tuesday.

The week in state tax news: States that have been waiting for more guidance from the IRS on pass-through entity tax schemes that get around the $10,000 cap on federal deductions for state and local taxes will have to keep waiting. Meanwhile, more states are removing transaction-count thresholds from criteria triggering sales tax collections on remote sales, and Apple Inc. and Peacock TV LLC are angling to be the lead companies challenging Maryland’s digital ad tax in court.

The latest draft regulation governing Washington state’s controversial capital gains excise tax no longer includes a presumption of domicile, or permanent residence for tax purposes, in the state, and makes several other changes in response to public feedback.

Microsoft Corp.'s $94 million win at California's Office of Tax Appeals should be declared a precedent for how the state taxes any company with income repatriated from abroad, major business interests told the office.

The elected members of California's State Board of Equalization are trying to reassert their role in tax administration seven years after lawmakers stripped most of their duties following a string of ethical and legal controversies.

An adult steelhead jumping in a holding pond at the Coleman National Fish Hatchery.

California lawmakers passed a package of three bills on Thursday with a $211 billion general fund budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1, including a three-year suspension of corporate net operating loss deductions and reversal of a recent tax ruling that was favorable to multinational companies.

A real estate investor who bought the Beverly Hills home of late-night television personality Ed McMahon from a foreclosure auction in 2010 is likely to face a higher California income tax bill from his 2012 sale of the property, the Office of Tax Appeals said.

A bill requiring California cities to disclose how much sales tax revenue they give to retailers in exchange for assigning online sales to their jurisdictions passed the state Senate on Tuesday.

Apple Inc .'s hometown of Cupertino, Calif., has $74.5 million more to spend on city services after releasing funds no longer needed to pay back tax revenue it received improperly from Apple's online sales.