Shaking things up in state and local tax
Shaking things up in state and local tax
On July 15, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of H.R. 3086, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (PITFA), by a voice vote. PITFA would permanently extend the moratorium on state and local taxation of Internet access and “multiple” or “discriminatory” taxes on electronic commerce.
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The Vermont Department of Taxes has released draft regulatory language regarding the collection of sales tax on remotely accessed prewritten software. In an effort to clarify further, the Department of Taxes will publish regulations to provide further guidance regarding the application of the tax. The deadline for comments on the draft rules is October 1.…
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By Stephen Burroughs and Andrew Appleby
The Tennessee Court of Appeals held that the Commissioner had the authority to require Vodafone, a wireless communications provider, to use an alternative apportionment method for Tennessee franchise and excise tax purposes. Vodafone used Tennessee’s statutory cost-of-performance (COP) method to source its telecommunication service receipts. Using Tennessee’s statutory COP…
By Sahang-Hee Hahn and Pilar Mata
The Illinois Department of Revenue determined that a taxpayer’s cloud computing receipts should be sourced for sales factor purposes using a market-based approach because the receipts were derived from services. The taxpayer was an information technology hosting services provider engaged in a business that focused on the delivery and…
By Kathryn Pittman and Andrew Appleby
In a post-audit challenge by a taxpayer, the Virginia Tax Commissioner addressed entity classification, nexus and royalty add-back issues. The Commissioner found that the taxpayer did not provide sufficient evidence that its single member LLC was a disregarded entity or that certain entities were financial institutions. Turning to nexus,…
By Stephen Burroughs and Andrew Appleby
The Florida Department of Revenue determined that the sale of remote storage and cloud computing services, along with related data transfer fees, are information services not subject to Florida sales tax or Communication Service Tax (CST). The taxpayer’s remote storage service grants customers access to servers for data storage.
By Ted Friedman and Andrew Appleby
The South Dakota Supreme Court held that a corporation operating a hunting lodge did not owe use tax on its purchases of food, beverages and ammunition because the lodge purchased the goods for resale to the lodge’s customers in the regular course of business. The lodge offered hunting packages…
By Douglas Mo and Zachary Atkins
The California Court of Appeal held that the San Mateo County Assessor illegally assessed the intangible assets of the Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay Hotel. This is the first appellate decision to follow Elk Hills Power, LLC v. Board of Equalization, 57 Cal.4th 593, 304 P.3d 1052 (2013) (reported…
