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Apr 23, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Ted Friedman |Alla Raykin
Most often, state and local tax litigation follows the escalation of an administrative controversy — resulting from the denial of a protest or refund claim, or other tax agency determination. While there are times when litigation is the only remaining option, the decision whether or not to proceed with litigating a tax case is often a strategic one. Of course, prevailing in a dispute following a trial is an obvious potential benefit of litigation, but it is far from the only one.
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Todd Betor |Michele Borens |Elizabeth S. Cha |Jonathan Feldman |Jeffrey Friedman |Ted Friedman | +6 more
This year’s Georgia’s legislative session is quickly progressing, with some major tax legislation moving towards passage. Last Thursday, February 29, 2024 was “Crossover Day”—the 28th legislative day of 40 total legislative days—the day by which all bills must have passed one legislative chamber to cross over for consideration by the other chamber.
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Mar 1, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Ted Friedman |Dennis G. Jansen
The Washington Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality of a county document recording surcharge that financed affordable housing, eviction prevention, and housing stability services. A trade association of homebuilders challenged the surcharge as a property tax that violates the uniformity requirement of the Washington Constitution. The court held that the surcharge was a tax because its primary purpose was to raise revenue for a desired public benefit.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Todd Betor |Michele Borens |Elizabeth S. Cha |Jonathan Feldman |Jeffrey Friedman |Ted Friedman | +6 more
On February 14, 2024, the California Office of Tax Appeals (OTA) denied the California Franchise Tax Board’s (FTB) request for rehearing in the Appeal of Microsoft Corporation and Subsidiaries (OTA Case No. 21037336). Microsoft is allowed to include 100 percent of its foreign dividend income in its sales factor denominator. This is a huge opportunity for similarly situated California water’s-edge taxpayers.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Jeffrey Friedman |Ted Friedman |Timothy A. Gustafson
On February 5, 2024, the Offices of the Controller and Treasurer & Tax Collector for the City and County of San Francisco published a report outlining tax reform recommendations in time to inform a potential ballot measure for the upcoming November 2024 election. The report recommends significant changes to San Francisco’s gross receipts tax.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
lexblog.com | Ted Friedman |Sebastian G. Iagrossi
The Washington Court of Appeals affirmed a Board of Tax Appeals decision that found an out-of-state bank had a sufficient physical presence in the state to be subject to Washington’s Business & Occupation (B&O) tax. The bank did not have any employees or property in Washington, but issued credit cards, including private label credits cards, to customers in Washington.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Ted Friedman |Sebastian G. Iagrossi
The Washington Court of Appeals affirmed a Board of Tax Appeals decision that found an out-of-state bank had a sufficient physical presence in the state to be subject to Washington’s Business & Occupation (B&O) tax. The bank did not have any employees or property in Washington, but issued credit cards, including private label credits cards, to customers in Washington.
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Todd Betor |Elizabeth S. Cha |Ted Friedman |Cyavash Ahmadi |Madison Ball |Jeremy Gove | +1 more
On December 27, 2023, the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (Department) officially adopted the business corporation franchise tax regulations it submitted to the State Register on August 9, 2023 – marking the final step in the State Administrative Procedure Act (SAPA) process to implement regulations regarding the state’s corporate tax reform that was enacted nearly a decade ago.
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Nov 2, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Todd Betor |Michele Borens |Elizabeth S. Cha |Jonathan Feldman |Jeffrey Friedman |Ted Friedman | +22 more
This is the third edition of the Eversheds Sutherland SALT Scoreboard for 2023. Since 2016, we have tallied the results of what we deem to be significant taxpayer wins and losses and analyzed those results. Our entire SALT team hopes that you have found the SALT Scoreboard’s content useful. This edition includes discussions of forced combined reporting and a state False Claims Act, as well as a spotlight on Ohio cases.
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Aug 22, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Ted Friedman |Laurin E. McDonald
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a lower court decision that had denied an Illinois’ coal producer’s motion for a preliminary injunction to stop the enforcement of a Kentucky law that directed the agency that regulates Kentucky utilities to evaluate the reasonableness of coal prices only after subtracting severance taxes paid on the coal.
