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New York Continues to Disregard Taxpayer’s Reliance on Disregarded Entity Rules
Posted on 17 Apr 2020 by Eversheds Sutherland LLP

The New York State Tax Appeals Tribunal affirmed a New York State Division of Tax Appeals determination denying a refund claim to a taxpayer that sought to apply the income sourcing rules for registered broker-dealers to receipts from its separate investment... Read More

Profits or Salary? New Jersey Tax Court Determines Distributions Are Dividends, Not Compensation for Services
Posted on 8 Jan 2020 by Eversheds Sutherland LLP

The New Jersey Tax Court held that distributions made to a corporation’s two shareholders constituted dividends, and rejected the corporation’s argument that the distributions should be treated as compensation for managerial services that could be deducted... Read More

New Jersey Tax Court Allows Unreasonable Exception to Royalty Addback
Posted on 9 May 2019 by Eversheds Sutherland LLP

The New Jersey Tax Court held that a parent corporation was not required to add back to its corporation business tax base any amount of royalty payments it made to a subsidiary. The parent company and subsidiary company each filed a New Jersey CBT return... Read More

New Jersey Tax Court Rules Not Taxes but Must be Added-Back as Taxes for CBT
Posted on 27 Mar 2019 by Eversheds Sutherland LLP

On January 31, 2019, the New Jersey Tax Court issued its ruling on whether a taxpayer must add-back intercompany payments to its parent, estimated payments based on tax sharing agreements, as tax payments made to other states. The payments were to reimburse... Read More