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Putting Regulations to the Test: California Taxpayers Cleared to Challenge Regulations in OTA Appeals

The California Attorney General has confirmed the Office of Tax Appeals (OTA) may decline to apply a tax regulation in a taxpayer appeal if it conflicts with the relevant statute. OTA must afford appropriate deference to the...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Scope of Ohio Commercial Activity Tax Agency Exclusion Remains Unsettled Following Ohio Supreme Court’s Decision in Aramark Corp....

Aramark provided food service operations to various clients (e.g., hospitals, universities, corporations, sports arenas, etc.). The clients paid Aramark a management fee. In addition, the clients reimbursed Aramark for the...more

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California Office of Tax Appeals Cleared To Consider Whether Tax Regulations Conflict With Statutes

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The California Attorney General (AG) recently issued Legal Opinion No. 23-701 stating that the California Office of Tax Appeals (OTA) has the authority to determine whether tax regulations issued by the Franchise Tax Board...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Supreme Court Overrules Chevron, Opening Door for New Tax Reg Challenges

On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States reshaped the federal tax landscape when it overturned the long-standing Chevron doctrine in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, No. 22-451. The Chevron doctrine, a...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Tax Court: As to Listed Transaction, IRS Must Adhere to APA

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In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the IRS was confronted with a proliferation of corporate transactions that it viewed as aggressive tax shelters. Relying on the authority Congress delegated through Section 6011(a), the IRS...more

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Taxpayer First Act and the Independent Office of Appeals

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The Taxpayer First Act of 2019 ("TFA")1 has passed both chambers of Congress and will likely soon be signed into law by the President. The bill has a wide range of provisions affecting and modernizing the Internal Revenue...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

California’s New Office of Tax Appeals Issues Preliminary Draft of Procedural Rules that Is Silent on Discovery Matters

As part of Governor Jerry Brown’s 2017 budget bill, the California State Board of Equalization (SBE) was stripped of its functions that had been authorized by statute, leaving principally property tax matters deriving from...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Advantages of Independent State Tax Tribunals

The following is an edited transcript of a discussion at a May 8 meeting of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation’s State and Local Taxes Committee in Washington. Bruce Ely, a partner at Bradley Arant Boult...more

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