As we practice social distancing during the COVID-19 (“coronavirus”) outbreak, our state and local governments, like the federal government, are working through their response to the outbreak. The most common response by state and local governments has been the extension of filing and payment deadlines, however, some states are responding in other ways such as … Continue Reading
The State of Arizona has asked the Supreme Court of the United States to hear a challenge to the State of California’s taxation of nonresident members of California LLCs and nonresident shareholders of California corporations. The crux of the dispute relates to California’s “doing business” tax on all entities that conduct business in the State. … Continue Reading
Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in South Dakota v. Wayfair that economic nexus is constitutional for sales tax purposes. South Dakota’s economic nexus statute at issue in the case included an economic threshold of at least $100,000 of sales or 200 separate transactions into the state in the prior calendar year. The decision … Continue Reading
California allows cities and counties to impose a tax on certain real estate transfers at a rate of 0.11 percent of the sales price. Los Angeles County enacted an ordinance to impose the tax on transfers within the county. Recently, the county took the position that a change of control of an entity holding real property in … Continue Reading
The California legislature has voted to strip the Board of Equalization of all powers and duties except for those originally given to it by constitutional amendment in 1879. Over time, the board received the statutory authority to administer the California sales and use tax and many other state taxes and fees. The Board also was … Continue Reading
