Shaking things up in state and local tax
Shaking things up in state and local tax
We invite you to read our articles from June 2013 here on our website, or read each article by clicking on the title. If you prefer, you may also view a printable PDF version.
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By Sahang-Hee Hahn and Jack Trachtenberg
The Missouri Department of Revenue determined that an out-of-state provider of mail systems products had nexus for sales and use tax purposes due to the selling activities of dealers in the state. The taxpayer sold products that enabled customers to centralize the distribution and collection of their mail and…
By Stephen Burroughs and Andrew Appleby
The Mississippi Supreme Court held that the taxpayer bears the burden to prove that an alternative apportionment method imposed by the State is arbitrary and unreasonable. Rejecting the taxpayer’s original cost-of-performance filing position, the Department of Revenue applied an alternative apportionment method utilizing market-based sourcing. On appeal, the Chancery…
By David Pope and Pilar Mata
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts determined that a taxpayer was not permitted to elect the Multistate Tax Compact’s (Compact) three-factor apportionment formula. This treatment is consistent with prior Texas Comptroller decisions holding that Texas law requires a single-factor apportionment methodology (see Sutherland SALT’s previous articles on this topic…
By Jessica Kerner and Jack Trachtenberg
The Missouri Department of Revenue determined that a company’s telecommunications services provided to customers on its cloud computer network are subject to sales tax. The company’s cloud network is hosted on servers located outside of the state, and customers access the network through public telecommunications lines and through the…
By Kathryn Pittman and Timothy Gustafson
The Massachusetts Commissioner of Revenue concluded in a letter ruling that a taxpayer’s sales of subscriptions to use its virtual event platform and planning software were subject to sales tax where the use of the software was the object of the transactions. For a flat fee based on length…
By Saabir Kapoor and Prentiss Willson
Virginia’s Tax Commissioner denied a taxpayer’s request for alternative apportionment because the taxpayer did not demonstrate by clear and cogent evidence that the statutory apportionment methodology led to an unconstitutional and inequitable result. The taxpayer, a limited partnership headquartered outside Virginia, sold real estate located in its home state…
By Mary Alexander and Prentiss Willson
The Oklahoma Court of Appeals held that retroactive relief applied to a facially unconstitutional capital gains deduction. The court previously held that the capital gains deduction set forth in 68 O.S. §238(d) discriminated on its face against interstate commerce because the holding period for out-of-state companies was longer than…
By Zachary Atkins and Andrew Appleby
The Arizona Court of Appeals held that Cable One, Inc. was subject to central assessment as a telecommunications company because of its Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service offering. The court found that Cable One, which provided cable television, Internet access and VoIP services, met the statutory definition of…
On June 6, 2013, the Michigan Court of Claims became the second court in the country to hold that the Multistate Tax Compact (the Compact) is a binding multistate compact that cannot be repealed by a separate, subsequent statute. The taxpayer was thus entitled to apportion its income under the former Business Income Tax component…
