The Washington Department of Revenue upheld a retail sales tax assessment on a taxpayer who failed to collect retail sales tax on sales to a renewable energy company. The taxpayer stated that it did not collect tax on certain sales because it believed that the energy company qualified for the exemption provided by Wash. Rev.
Exemption: Manufacturing
Tough cheese: Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission clarifies the scope of property tax manufacturing exemption
By Todd Lard & Dennis Jansen on
Posted in In the News, Noteworthy Cases
The Wisconsin Tax Appeals Commission recently clarified the applicability of the state’s property tax exemption for machinery, tools, and patterns (“MTP”) under Wis. Stat. § 70.111(27), which took effect in 2018. At issue in this appeal was which of a taxpayer’s property items were eligible for the exemption, which applies to all MTP unless the…
Michigan Supreme Court Holds that Recycling Machines are Eligible for Industrial-Processing Exemption
By Michael Hilkin & Alexandra Louderback on
Posted in In the News
The Michigan Supreme Court held that sales of bottle and can recycling machines that help retailers comply with Michigan’s bottle-deposit law may qualify for the state’s sales and use tax exemption applicable to machinery used in an industrial-processing activity. The Michigan Department of Treasury unsuccessfully argued that the machines may not qualify for the exemption…