An Illinois appellate court held that a PepsiCo, Inc. subsidiary—Frito-Lay North America, Inc. (FLNA)—was not an 80/20 company excluded from PepsiCo’s unitary group. Illinois excludes 80/20 companies for the unitary group, where such companies have over 80% of their payroll and property from outside the United States. After a restructuring, PepsiCo created a single-member LLC
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Nevada Department of Revenue cannot backtrack from its email agreement
The Nevada Supreme Court found that the Nevada Department of Revenue’s (Department) attempt to ignore its email correspondence with a taxpayer violated “basic notions of justice and fair play.”
A Nevada statute requires that, in order to file a petition for judicial review of a tax deficiency, a taxpayer must first either pay the entire…
New Hampshire Court holds unitary combined group member may offset gains using another member’s losses
The Merrimack County Superior Court held that the carryback long-term capital losses of one member of a unitary combined group can be used to offset the long-term capital gains of a different member of the group for purposes of computing the group’s Business Profits Tax. The New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration argued that the…
New York Tax Appeals Tribunal upholds DTA ruling on deferred fees and appreciation allocation
The New York Tax Appeals Tribunal affirmed a Division of Tax Appeals (DTA) ruling, holding that deferred compensation earned by a partnership should be allocated to New York based on the business allocation percentage (BAP) from the year in which the services were performed, rather than the year in which the deferred income was recognized.…
Virginia Court of Appeals delivers clarity: Minority interest income did not form a unitary business
The Virginia Court of Appeals recently held that the Virginia Department of Taxation cannot make it a requirement for a corporation to include the income and factors of a 17% owned LLC with its own income and factors as a unitary business. The taxpayer obtained the interest in question in exchange for the sale of…
New Jersey couple not required to include Section 965 amounts in New Jersey income
The New Jersey Tax Court determined that a New Jersey-based couple was not required to include Section 965 amounts in New Jersey income, as deemed repatriated dividends are not subject to the New Jersey Gross Income Tax (GIT), New Jersey’s personal income tax.
The taxpayers owned several interests in controlled foreign corporations (CFCs) and in…
California governor proposes changes to financial institution taxation
In his draft budget plan for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 released on January 10, 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom proposed to bring financial institutions in line with most other corporate taxpayers when it comes to apportioning multistate income. Banks and “financial corporations” currently use a three-factor apportionment formula consisting of property, payroll and sales to apportion…
Arkansas Supreme Court holds that spin-off interest is an allocable, not apportionable, deduction
The Arkansas Supreme Court held that a taxpayer’s interest expense is allocable to Arkansas resulting in a refund. This decision is an example of a taxpayer successfully arguing that it can fully deduct – rather than apportion – its interest expense in its state of commercial domicile.
Arkansas adopted the Uniform Division of Income for…
Pennsylvania Supreme Court holds Nextel decision does not apply retroactively
- In Nextel Communications
A long goodbye: New York taxes severance package received a year after taxpayer’s relocation to Hawaii
The New York Division of Tax Appeals (DTA) held that a taxpayer’s employment severance payment received over a year after her relocation out of the state was allocable to New York for personal income tax purposes.
The taxpayer worked for a school in New York for 11 years before going on sabbatical leave and moving…