SALT Blawg – State and Local Tax Blog
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The Solicitor General of the Texas Attorney General has taken the lead and on August 18, 2011 filed a short response to Allcat's petition to declare the new Texas franchise tax unconstitutional. In summary, Texas argues that (i) a tax on the income of an entity does not constitute a tax on a person’s share of that entity’s income, (ii) that the Texas Supreme Court’s ruling should be narrowed to a natural person with an interest in a limited partnership (as opposed to striking down the franchise tax in toto), and (iii) that the last two issues raised by Allcat are not properly before the ...
By Paul Masters
Any Material Damage Enough to Avoid Sales Tax on Installation Costs for a Roller Coaster, But Likely Not in Texas
The New York Tax Appeals Tribunal has summarily affirmed a recent decision of the Division of Tax Appeals analyzing the applicability of sales and use tax to the $2,000,000 purchase and installation costs paid by Amusements of WNY, Inc. (“WNY”) for the Silver Comet roller coaster. The Tax Appeals Tribunal rejected the Division of Taxation’s appeal on the basis that the Silver Comet could be unbolted from its cement footings and re-erected elsewhere ...
In Hartman REIT Operating Partnership III LP v. Harris County Appraisal Dist., the parent entity ("Hartman Parent")filed a petition to dispute a property tax appraisal by the local taxing authority ("HCAD"). Texas Prop. Code ยง 42.21(b) mandates that the property owner bring a petition for review. But Hartman Parent had earlier transferred the property to its subsidiary ("Hartment Subsidiary") via warranty deed.