The long saga of Michigan’s Multistate Tax Compact election continued on Wednesday with oral argument before the Michigan Court of Appeals. A packed courtroom witnessed a 1.5 hour proceeding before an active three-judge panel. The arguments focused primarily on: (1) whether legislation can retroactively repeal the state’s adoption of the Multistate Tax Compact; (2) whether
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(Vision)Stream of Commerce: Supreme Court of Missouri Denies Sales Tax Refund on Sales of Goods Shipped Out of State
By Charles Capouet and Timothy Gustafson
The Supreme Court of Missouri denied a Missouri corporation’s sales tax refund claims on its sales of trade show displays shipped to out-of-state customers because it did not prove that the title to the goods transferred outside of Missouri. Missouri exempts from sales tax retail sales made in interstate…
Where Will the Cardinals Fly? Arizona Court Orders Refunds of Football Stadium Tax
By Stephen Burroughs and Amy Nogid
The Superior Court of Arizona, Maricopa County, rejected the Department of Revenue’s request that rental car companies be granted only prospective relief from the court’s earlier decision which declared the car rental charge illegal. The voter-approved surcharge was enacted for the Arizona Tourism and Sports Authority to finance the…
The Jersey Short: “Waive” Goodbye to the Statute of Limitations in New Jersey Tax Court?
New Jersey law contains a little-known, one-sentence provision with substantial implications for companies contesting corporate tax assessments in the New Jersey Tax Court: Filing a Tax Court complaint for one tax year causes the statute of limitations period for assessing additional tax for all subsequent open years to remain open—with no defined closing date—for any…
Louisiana Court Rejects Imposition Of Franchise Tax Based On Ownership Of Partnership Interest
The Louisiana Court of Appeal reversed and remanded Bridges v. Polychim USA, Inc., No. 581,759, a case in which the trial court held that an out-of-state corporation was subject to the franchise tax by virtue of its indirect ownership interest in a general partnership doing business in Louisiana. Bridges v. Polychim USA, Inc.…
A Real Loss for New York: ALJ Rejects Hypothetical Application of Net Operating Loss
By Nicole Boutros and Open Weaver Banks
A New York State Division of Tax Appeals Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) held that for banking franchise tax purposes a taxpayer did not have to utilize a net operating loss (NOL) carryover in a year in which the taxpayer did not pay tax on its entire net income…
Slow Down! Car Dealer Incentive Cash in the State of Washington Is Taxable Too
By Robert P. Merten III and Open Weaver Banks
The Washington Court of Appeals held that a Honda automobile dealership was subject to state business and occupation (B&O) tax on more than $1 million in “dealer cash” payments the dealership received over a four-year span from manufacturer American Honda as part of an incentive program.
Michigan Court of Claims Upholds Retroactive Compact Repeal Legislation
Upholding retroactive legislation recently enacted by the Michigan Legislature, the Michigan Court of Claims today dismissed multiple cases where taxpayers had appealed the Department of Treasury’s denial of their ability to elect three-factor apportionment under the Multistate Tax Compact. See, i.e., Taskawa America, Inc. v. Department of Treasury, Case No. 11-000077-MT (Mich. Ct.
A Pinch of SALT: State Taxpayer Bills of Rights Have Teeth
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New Jersey Refund Opportunities Associated with the Deductibility of Other States’ Taxes
On October 2, in PPL Electric Utilities Corporation v. Director, Division of Taxation, No. 000005-2011, the New Jersey Tax Court determined that federal deductions for the taxpayer’s payments of Pennsylvania gross receipts tax and Pennsylvania capital stock tax are not subject to addback in New Jersey. As a result, taxpayers that added back those…



