2 State Income Tax

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[Verse 1]
When corporations stretch across state lines
Revenue flows like rivers intertwined
UDITPA's framework splits the pie
Three factors weigh where profits lie
Property, payroll, sales divide
But trends are shifting nationwide

[Chorus]
Single sales factor takes the stage
Market-based sourcing sets the gauge
Unitary business, combined report
SALT cap workarounds, PTE support
Federal conformity, states decide
Decoupling rules applied with pride

[Verse 2]
Gone are days of equal weight
Single sales factor seals the fate
Where customers receive the goods
That's where income's understood
Market-based beats cost performance test
Destination trumps where work's addressed

[Chorus]
Single sales factor takes the stage
Market-based sourcing sets the gauge
Unitary business, combined report
SALT cap workarounds, PTE support
Federal conformity, states decide
Decoupling rules applied with pride

[Verse 3]
Combined reporting stops the games
Unitary business shares the names
Related companies can't hide
Income shifting swept aside
Water's edge or worldwide scope
Apportionment's expanded rope

[Bridge]
Pass-through entities find their way
Ten thousand dollar SALT delay
States impose their entity tax
Federal limits circumvented facts
Conformity or go alone
Each state claims its sovereign throne

[Chorus]
Single sales factor takes the stage
Market-based sourcing sets the gauge
Unitary business, combined report
SALT cap workarounds, PTE support
Federal conformity, states decide
Decoupling rules applied with pride

[Outro]
Fifty states with different rules
Multistate tax requires sharp tools
Apportion wisely, source with care
State income tax is everywhere

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