Welcome to the latest Reed Smith Massachusetts State Tax
Quarterly Update. In this update, we'll look at the most recent
developments in Massachusetts corporate tax, sales and use tax, and
tax administration; and discuss some hot topics for 2015.
Corporate Tax
Market sourcing takes shape: Department of Revenue
releases final market sourcing regulations On January 2,
2015, the Department of Revenue ("Department") released
final revised apportionment regulations implementing
Massachusetts' new market sourcing and throwout rules that
apply to sales, other than sales of tangible personal
property.1 The regulations are effective for tax years
beginning on or after January 1, 2014. The final regulations
closely resemble the working draft issued by the Department for
practitioner comment last spring, and the proposed regulations
issued October 30, 2014. The Department also reissued or revised
six special industry apportionment regulations.