The courts aren’t allowed to rule on a lawsuit alleging that the IRS’s seizure of cryptocurrency records was unconstitutional, the IRS said in a motion to have the case tossed.

Massachusetts lawmakers on Friday approved a $46.2 billion fiscal 2021 budget that would raise one-time revenues by shortening the amount of time large businesses have to send sales taxes to the state.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said there’s momentum building toward a compromise fiscal stimulus plan, though Republicans complained about the scale of aid to states included in the bipartisan proposal that’s become the best chance yet for a deal.

This week in Wayfair: Practitioners warned a wave of assessments on remote sellers are coming, a lawmaker pre-filed a new economic nexus bill in Florida, Cyber Monday set new records, and South Carolina saw a jump in sales tax collections.

New federal money to cushion the pandemic’s impact could emerge from Washington if lawmakers forge agreement in the last hours of their work year. City mayors see lasting impacts of this year’s changes. Catch up on the ways the coronavirus outbreak continues to change the world.

There’s cautious optimism that lawmakers could reach agreement on a new pandemic relief package after months of stalled talks—but another round of direct payments to Americans isn’t part of the conversation this time.

State lawmakers are quietly reviving plans for an annual tax on second homes in New York City.

States and municipalities are calling for an extension of a year-end deadline to spend federal pandemic aid as demand surges for government assistance amid the worsening pandemic.