The California Supreme Court ruled that a corporation’s transfer of its ownership of two Los Angeles supermarkets to a trust that already owned 92.8% of the corporation’s stock was a “change in ownership,” permitting the revaluation of the supermarkets’ real property. Article XIII A of the California Constitution, added by Proposition 13, strictly limits increases
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New York State Appellate Division holds that fiber-optic cables are subject to real property tax
By Scott Wright & Madison Ball on
Posted in New York
On January 25, 2024, the New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division ruled against the taxpayer, finding that the taxpayer’s equipment did not qualify for exclusion from real property tax. Taxpayer, SLIC Network Solutions, provides internet, telephone and cable television services via fiber-optic cables to customers throughout New York State. Under the State’s real property…
Real talk about real property transfer taxes
By Jeremy Gove & Cyavash Ahmadi on
Posted in Podcast
In this episode of the SALT Shaker Podcast, Eversheds Sutherland Associates Jeremy Gove and Cyavash Ahmadi tackle real property transfer taxes, in particular how they come into play in corporate transactions.
Jeremy and Cyavash highlight how the tax functions in certain jurisdictions and different nuances of their imposition, how state tax professionals can assist on…
New York Says Real Property Tax Exemption Doesn’t Apply to Telecom Cables
Posted in In the News, New York
The New York Appellate Division ruled that telecommunication companies’ fiber optic cables do not qualify for a property tax exemption for such property that transmits radio and television signals. (New York Real Property Tax Law, §102(12)(i)(D).) The New York Court of Appeals had previously ruled in T-Mobile Northeast LLC v. DeBellis (December 13, 2018) that…