Shaking things up in state and local tax
Shaking things up in state and local tax
By Zack Atkins & Open Weaver Banks
The Utah State Tax Commission ruled that machinery and equipment purchased by the owner of a social networking community qualified for the state’s exemption for purchases and leases of certain property used in the operation of a web search portal. In connection with its proposed construction and operation…
For more than 25 years, The Tax Executives Institute has met the tax controversy needs of the in-house professional community through its Audits & Appeals Seminar. Leading practitioners, regulators, policymakers and jurists join TEI annually to discuss the nuts, bolts and nuances of tax controversy.
Eversheds Sutherland is delighted to participate in a full day (May…
The Georgia Tax Tribunal, in its first published decisions in more than a year, held that:
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On January 30, 2017, the California Legislature Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation held an informational hearing on “Life after Lucent: Administering California’s Technology Transfer Agreement Law.” The California State Board of Equalization and the Board’s staff are currently wrestling with the meaning of the Technology Transfer Act provisions in sections 6011 and 6012…
By Zack Atkins and Eric Coffill
The Illinois Supreme Court invalidated a Chicago ruling obligating suburban car rental companies to collect Chicago’s personal property lease transaction tax on rental transactions occurring outside the city on the grounds that it violated the Illinois Constitution. The ruling, which the City of Chicago Department of Revenue issued in…
By Eric Coffill
FTB announced that it will pay 1% interest on corporation tax overpayments for the period July 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017. Previously, the last time FTB paid interest on corporation tax overpayments (i.e., refunds) was for the period ending June 30, 2009 (for which the interest rate on overpayments was 2%).
On December 29, 2016, a New York City administrative law judge (ALJ) determined that Sprint’s long distance telecommunications service fees were exempt from the City’s Utility Tax. In the Matter of the Petitions of U.S. Sprint Communications Co., LP, TAT (H) 14-12 (UT) et al. Sutherland represented Sprint in the matter.
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By Robert Merten and Madison Barnett
The San Diego County Superior Court determined that California’s combined filing regime—which requires interstate taxpayers to use combined reporting but permits intrastate taxpayers to choose between combined or separate reporting—does not violate the US Constitution’s Commerce Clause. The court acknowledged that (1) the interstate and intrastate unitary businesses were…
On January 12, 2017, the California Court of Appeal held in a published opinion that a taxpayer passively holding a 0.2 percent interest in a California-based limited liability company (CA LLC) was not “doing business” in the state for purposes of being subject to California’s franchise tax. The court reasoned as follows:
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On January 5, 2017, a New York State Division of Tax Appeals administrative law judge (ALJ) determined that a taxpayer’s electronic bill payment and presentation receipts constitute “service” receipts and not “other business receipts,” and are properly sourced where the service is performed. In the Matter of the Petitions of Checkfree Services Corp.
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