Shaking things up in state and local tax
Shaking things up in state and local tax
By Suzanne Palms and Pilar Mata
The Florida Department of Revenue determined that sufficient reasonable cause had been established to allow a taxpayer to discontinue filing a consolidated Florida corporate income tax return because the taxpayer had experienced “substantial growth.” The Department noted that the taxpayer’s employees, assets and income had increased, and the taxpayer…
Today the Los Angeles Superior Court held that Comcast did not establish a unitary relationship with its 57% owned subsidiary, QVC. The court found for Comcast and held that the evidence presented at trial demonstrated that none of the unitary tests were satisfied. Finally, the court found for the state and held that Comcast’s receipt…
By Mary Alexander and Timothy Gustafson
In an administrative order, the Oregon Department of Revenue (1) repealed a rule related to Oregon’s Multistate Tax Compact (MTC) statute, (2) changed the method for utility and telecommunication providers to elect a double-weighted sales factor and (3) provided instructions on the time to adjust a return based on…
By Ted Friedman and Andrew Appleby
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance issued an Advisory Opinion regarding the availability of Qualified Emerging Technology Company (QETC) facilities, operations and training credits pertaining to purchases of patents and other property related to hollow metal golf ball production. The Department stated that QETC credits for…
By Derek Takehara and Andrew Appleby
Maine Revenue Services issued a Guidance Document for C-corporations regarding state modifications to federal net operating losses (NOLs). In light of Maine’s inconsistent conformity with the federal NOL rules, the guidance contains helpful explanations and examples of Maine’s NOL methodology through the years. For federal tax purposes, losses generally…
By Madison Barnett and Prenitss Willson
The Mississippi Supreme Court held that a casino operator was entitled to use tax credits—specifically, gambling license fee credits—earned by one combined group member to offset the entire combined group’s liability. Mississippi is generally a separate return state, but taxpayers may elect to file a post-apportionment, nexus-combined return. The…
By Zachary Atkins and Timothy Gustafson
The Indiana Department of State Revenue issued two letters of findings in which it concluded that a multistate corporation and its subsidiary were not entitled to source their receipts from franchise agreements based on costs of performance (COP) for corporate income tax purposes. The parent corporation entered into franchise…
By Madison Barnett and Timothy Gustafson
The Michigan Court of Appeals held that a provider of event planning and coordination services presented sufficient evidence to support its costs of performance sales factor sourcing method, under which it sourced services receipts to the location where the event occurred. Over the Department’s arguments that the taxpayer failed…
By Sahang-Hee Hahn and Andrew Appleby
The California Franchise Tax Board amended its regulation governing the sourcing of sales of tangible personal property to reflect California’s statutory shift in 2009 to the Finnigan rule, effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2011. As amended, the regulation assigns receipts from sales of tangible…
By Nicole Boutros and Timothy Gustafson
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance issued an advisory opinion determining that a securities broker may source receipts from “matched principal transactions” based on the “production credit method” provided in New York tax law. The taxpayer was a U.S. entity operating in six states, including New…
