Noteworthy Cases
Prove It!: Illinois Cook County Circuit Court Finds That Relator Failed to Meet Burden Under the Illinois False Claims Act
By Nicole Boutros and Pilar Mata
The Illinois Cook County Circuit Court held that an Illinois law firm (the Relator) that filed a qui tam lawsuit against a taxpayer failed to meet its burden to prove the taxpayer knowingly failed to collect and remit Illinois use tax, as required under the Illinois False Claims Act.
Has New York City Added a Fourth Element for Determining a Combined Group?
A New York Tax Appeals Tribunal Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) recently determined that a federal savings and loan association was not required to include a subsidiary, which was formed as a Connecticut passive investment company, in its combined New York City bank tax return. In the Matter of the Petition of Astoria Financial Corporation &…
Maryland Seeks Cash, Not Credit, Before Supreme Court
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Sutherland SALT Shaker: Octobter 2014 Digest
Click here to read our October 2014 posts on stateandlocaltax.com or read each article by clicking on the title. To read our commentary on the latest state and local tax developments as they are published, be sure to download the Sutherland SALT Shaker mobile app.
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Sutherland’s SALT Shaker Mobile App Just Got SALTier
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Access Denied: Pennsylvania Rules Company Not Entitled to Its Own Tax Records
By Ted Friedman and Pilar Mata
The Pennsylvania Office of Open Records (OOR) determined that the City of Philadelphia Department of Revenue (City) was not required to provide use and occupancy tax forms and documentation in the City’s possession relating to alleged unpaid use and occupancy taxes in response to a company’s request under Pennsylvania’s…
Join Us for the Sutherland Tax Roundtable Silicon Valley
Sutherland’s Tax Team will host the Sutherland Tax Roundtable Silicon Valley on Thursday, October 9 at the Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley in Palo Alto, California. The roundtable will take an in-depth look at significant state and local tax issues and developments impacting the technology sector, including:
- Tax Considerations of a Global Workforce
- Employment tax
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Sutherland SALT Shaker: September 2014 Digest
Click here to read our September 2014 posts on stateandlocaltax.com or read each article by clicking on the title. A printable PDF is also available here. To read our commentary on the latest state and local tax developments as they are published, be sure to download the Sutherland SALT Shaker mobile app.
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Cha-Ching! Minnesota Supreme Court Holds Semi-Custom Software Subject to Sales Tax
By Derek Takehara and Andrew Appleby
The Minnesota Supreme Court upheld the Minnesota Department of Revenue’s imposition of sales tax on a software company’s sale of partially customized software because the taxpayer failed to separately state customization charges on customer invoices. The taxpayer licensed software that analyzed information on retailers’ cash registers. The taxpayer always…



