The Georgia Tax Tribunal has held that an electric utility’s transmission and distribution equipment was not “necessary and integral to the manufacture of tangible personal property” and thus did not qualify for an exemption from Georgia sales and use tax. See Georgia Power Company v. MacGinnitie, Dkt. No. Tax-S&UT-1403540 (Ga. Tax Tribunal, Jan. 5
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Sutherland SALT Shaker: December 2014 Digest
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Not Another Add Back: New Jersey Tax Court Again Rules Add Back of Certain Taxes Not Required
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By Ted Friedman and Andrew Appleby
The New Jersey Tax Court held that a corporation was not required to add back electric utilities taxes paid to North Carolina and South Carolina to determine the corporation’s entire net income subject to the New Jersey Corporation Business Tax (CBT). The Tax Court concluded that the electric utilities…
It’s Your Burden: South Carolina Supreme Court Rejects Department of Revenue’s Application of Alternative Apportionment
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The South Carolina Supreme Court issued its decision in CarMax Auto Superstores West Coast, Inc. v. S.C. Dep’t of Revenue, Opinion No. 27474 (S.C. Dec. 23, 2014), holding that the South Carolina Department of Revenue bore the burden of proof to invoke the use of an alternative apportionment method and failed to meet its…
Louisiana Court Holds Video-on-Demand and Pay-Per-View Are Not Tangible Personal Property
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Today the Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal held that a cable television provider’s video-on-demand (VOD) and pay-per-view (PPV) programming services are not tangible personal property and therefore not subject to sales tax. Newell Normand, Sheriff and Ex-Officio Tax Collector for the Parish of Jefferson v. Cox Communications Louisiana, LLC, Case No. 14-CA-563 (La. |
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U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in 4-R Act Case (For the Second Time)
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On December 9, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the last of three state and local tax cases that it accepted this term – Alabama Department of Revenue v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSX II), a case that had previously been before the Supreme Court. CSX Transportation…
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Sales Tax Reporting Case
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On December 8, 2014, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the second of three state and local tax cases that it has accepted this term – Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl – to determine the reach of the federal Tax Injunction Act (“TIA”). The TIA provides that federal courts are barred from…
Georgia Tax Tribunal Says What Texas Comptroller Won’t
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By Zachary Atkins & Jonathan Feldman
The Georgia Tax Tribunal held that the Texas Franchise Tax (the “TFT”) is a tax “on or measured by income” and allowed a Georgia resident, who indirectly owned an interest in a pass-through entity, to adjust his federal adjusted gross income for the amount of the entity’s income…
New Jersey Supreme Court Delivers Good News to Taxpayers in UPS Case
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By Nicole Boutros and Andrew Appleby
The New Jersey Supreme Court held that the New Jersey Division of Taxation improperly exercised its discretion when it refused to waive its imposition of $1.8 million in late payment penalties and tax amnesty penalties. The taxpayers, five subsidiaries of United Parcel Service of America (collectively, UPS), used a…
Sutherland SALT Shaker: November 2014 Digest
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