Tax law

What do recent changes to state taxes mean for US SaaS startups?

While no business is exempt from taxes, it’s critical for startups to understand when they're liable for tax, and if offering a SaaS solution, how each set of local laws applies.

Use IRS Code Section 1202 to sell your multimillion-dollar startup tax-free

Whoever said you can’t have your cake and eat it too should have called their accountants and lawyers first.

TechCrunch+ roundup: 2022 R&D tax prep, social media for founders, managing remote teams

Is there a correlation between being extremely online and a founder’s ability to fundraise?

Prepare to amortize: Inflation may spell doom for R&D tax expensing

Research and development (R&D) tax breaks have existed for 70 years, but the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017 changed how they can be expensed.

Venture investors shrug at proposed changes to US carried interest taxation

Will a change to the U.S. carried interest loophole have a material impact on how capital is invested into startups?

An interview with Dr. Stuart Russell, author of ‘Human Compatible, Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control’

(UC Berkeley’s Dr. Stuart Russell’s new book, “Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control, goes on sale Oct. 8. I’ve written a review, “Human Co

Startup Law A to Z: Regulatory Compliance

Startups are but one species in a complex regulatory and public policy ecosystem. This ecosystem is larger and more powerfully dynamic than many founders appreciate, with distinct yet overlapping laws

UK media giants call for independent oversight of Facebook, YouTube, Twitter

The UK’s leading broadcasters and ISPs have called for the government to introduce independent regulatory oversight of social media content. The group of media and broadband operators in the tig

What do AI and blockchain mean for the rule of law?

Digital services have frequently been in collision — if not out-and-out conflict — with the rule of law. But what happens when technologies such as deep learning software and self-executin

Congress Set To Permanently Ban Taxation Of Internet Access

What has 214 co-sponsors in the House and is probably going to become law? More popular than ice cream, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act would forever ban taxation of Internet access and “