By notice published in the Federal Register on November 24, 2025, the United States Postal Service (the “USPS”) added a Section 608.11 (“Section 608.11”) to its Domestic Mail Manual (the “DMM”) effective as of December 25, 2025, to clarify (or some would say, to revise) when an item is “postmarked” under the DMM. These regulations
At long last the government shut-down of 2025 ends as President Trump Signs legislation extending funding for most governmental agencies.
Liskow attorneys Caroline Lafourcade and Cheryl Kornick secured a major win for Kellogg Brown & Root, LLC (KBR) at the Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals (BTA) earlier this year in a dispute with a local tax collector regarding the scope of the manufacturing machinery and equipment (MM&E) exclusion from sales tax on materials and equipment
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) announced a new electronic filing platform for Form 15620 to make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Tax Code. 83(b) elections allow a taxpayer who receives equity compensation in a business that is subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture, such as a vesting agreement, to claim the
On July 25, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Private Letter Ruling 202530002, where it summarized the requirements for aggregating separate nonoperating mineral interests into a single property under Section 614(e) of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) and Section 1.614-5(d) of the Treasury Regulations (Regulations) for purposes of computing the depletion deduction. Under Section
Last week, the Louisiana Department of Revenue (the “Department”) issued guidance regarding recent sales and use tax law changes.
The Louisiana Department of Revenue (LDR) recently issued Louisiana Revenue Information Bulletin No. 25-022, 08/08/2025, announcing changes to the sales tax exemption for certain purchases made by construction contractors.
Exemption for certain construction contracts
During the 2025 Regular Session, the Louisiana Legislature extended the sales tax exemption to certain purchases by general contractors and
The IRS recently added 21 new chemicals to the List of taxable substances subject to the Superfund Chemical Excise Taxes and corrected a typographical error in guidance on the spelling of sodium nitrilotriacetate monohydrate and prescribed a tax rate of $3.97 per ton for the substance, effective July 1, 2022.
The Superfund Chemical Excise Taxes
On December 30, 2024, the Department of the Treasury (the “Department”) finalized regulations regarding information reporting by brokers who operate decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms in T.D. 10021.
President Trump signed the “Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act of 2025” (the “GENIUS Act” or the “Act”) into law on July 18, 2025, providing a comprehensive framework for regulating the issuance, sale, exchange, and oversight of stablecoins used for payments. Enacted by bipartisan vote, this legislation is a significant step in