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Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board Rules Non-Massachusetts S Corporation’s Subsidiary Sale Subject to Massachusetts Tax
Posted on 15 Dec 2020 by Eversheds Sutherland LLP

On October 23, 2020, the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board ruled that capital gain from a Florida S corporation’s sale of a subsidiary Massachusetts LLC was subject to Massachusetts corporate excise tax and nonresident composite tax. The taxpayer contended... Read More

There’s No Turning Back: New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal Holds Retroactive Application of Statutory Amendments Violates Due Process
Posted on 11 Jun 2020 by Eversheds Sutherland LLP

The New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal struck down the retroactive application of legislative amendments to a taxpayer who reasonably relied on a precedential decision of the Tribunal that was final and irrevocable at the time the taxpayer sold his shares... Read More

Oregon Tax Court Holds E911 Tax on VoIP Provider Does Not Violate U.S. Constitution
Posted on 20 Mar 2020 by Eversheds Sutherland LLP

On March 2, 2020, the Oregon Tax Court held that the application of the state’s E911 Tax to a provider of interconnected VoIP services (“Taxpayer”) did not violate the Due Process and Commerce Clauses of the U.S. Constitution. The E911 Tax is imposed... Read More

New York Court of Appeals Dismisses Commerce Clause Challenge For Lack of a “Substantial Constitutional Question”
Posted on 26 Jun 2019 by Eversheds Sutherland LLP

New York’s highest court dismissed taxpayers’ appeal of an Appellate Division ruling that the payment of tax on intangible income to New York as statutory residents, without a credit for tax paid to Connecticut as domiciliaries, determining that the appeal... Read More

Too Bad, So Sad – Virginia Supreme Court Upholds COP Apportionment Despite Subjecting the Taxpayer to Double Taxation
Posted on 22 Mar 2019 by Eversheds Sutherland LLP

The Virginia Supreme Court held that the use of the cost-of-performance method to apportion nearly 100% of the taxpayer’s sales of services to Virginia did not violate the U.S. Constitution, even though over 95% of the taxpayer’s customers were located... Read More

New York City Tax Tribunal finds that ownership of a flow-through interest can create nexus.
Posted on 13 Mar 2019 by Eversheds Sutherland LLP

The New York City Tax Tribunal held that an out-of-state corporate taxpayer, with an indirect interest in a limited liability company investment fund engaged in business in New York City, had nexus with the City and was subject to tax on capital gain... Read More

New Jersey Upholds Assessment Addressed to Wrong Taxpayer and Routed to Wrong Location
Posted on 9 Feb 2019 by Eversheds Sutherland LLP

The New Jersey Tax Court rejected a taxpayer’s due process claim finding that the Division of Taxation properly issued the notice of assessment. The taxpayer made three arguments: (1) that the Division issued the assessment in the name of the predecessor... Read More

New York Sustains Retroactive Application of Statutory Amendments to the Empire Zones Act
Posted on 4 Feb 2019 by Eversheds Sutherland LLP

A New York State Administrative Law Judge ruled that the retroactive application of amendments to the state’s Empire Zones statute—disqualifying a taxpayer from the tax reduction credits—did not violate the taxpayer’s constitutional due process rights... Read More