Amici curiae are 14 professors of law who have devoted much of their teaching and research to the area of state taxes and the role of state tax policy in our federal system. The amici are concerned with the effect of this Court’s dormant Commerce Clause jurisprudence on the development of fair...

A recurring problem in the taxation of cross-border economic activity is jurisdiction to tax so-called “nowhere” activities, e.g., activities occurring in a jurisdiction that does not have the power to tax. As an economic matter, failure to tax these activities skews the competitive playing...

The authors examine the treatment of coupons, rebates, and similar third-party payments, and bundled transactions in the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. They specify when third-party payments received by the seller will be included in the "sales price." The substance of the agreement's...

The author suggests that Public Law 86-272 should be repealed, and that, in exchange, states should adopt uniform guidelines for corporate tax nexus and more uniform substantive income tax rules. It is only by working together that states can preserve their sovereignty to tax, the author writes