On July 7, 2020, the California Office of Tax Appeals (OTA) held that a foreign LLC was subject to the state’s $800 LLC tax because it held a 0.7830849% ownership interest in an LLC that owned property in San Diego. In addition to a more traditional nexus test based on an entity’s business activities in
Indiana Allows Limited Liability Company to Utilize Former Members’ NOLs
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By Open Weaver Banks and Pilar Mata
The Indiana Department of Revenue ruled that a limited liability corporation (LLC) that elected to be taxed as a corporation was entitled to use net operating loss (NOL) deductions generated by its former members. The NOLs in question were generated in tax years 2003, 2005, and 2007 by…
Corporate Partner Loses Gamble on Indiana Deduction for Partnership Income
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By Todd Betor and Pilar Mata
In a Letter of Findings, the Indiana Department of Revenue disallowed a corporate partner’s attempt to deduct flow-through income from a limited liability company as “foreign source dividends and other adjustments” on its Indiana corporate income tax return. Indiana requires corporate partners to report their share of partnership income,…
In Virginia, Arm’s-Length Still Leads to Overreach
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The Virginia Tax Commissioner overturned the Department of Taxation’s adjustments to a taxpayer’s nonresident Virginia income tax return based on a determination that certain transactions between related entities were indeed conducted at arm’s-length, contrary to the Department’s prior findings. The nonresident taxpayer was the majority owner of both an out-of-state LLC as well as a…