CCH Tax Day Report On June 7, 2017, the Michigan Supreme Court issued an order denying an application for leave to appeal in Andersons Albion Ethanol, LLC v. Department of Treasury, Michigan Court of Appeals, No. 327855, September 13, 2016. (TAXDAY, 2016/09/15, S.4) The order states that the appeal was denied because the court was […]

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CCH Tax Day Report The Kansas Legislature has overridden Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto of a bill that makes a number of changes to personal income taxes, including repealing the exemption for non-wage business income and increasing personal income tax rates. Personal Income Tax Rates Under the legislation, personal income tax rates would be increased beginning […]

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CCH Tax Day Report The sunset date for the STAR Bond Financing Act is extended from July 1, 2017, to July 1, 2020, for Kansas sales and use tax purposes. Moreover, there is a moratorium on the approval of new STAR Bond districts for the first year of that extension, but cities or counties with […]

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CCH Tax Day Report The government’s suit to collect unpaid estate tax, interest, and penalties from the beneficiaries of the estate personally and as an executor was timely because the limitations period was suspended during the period from when the beneficiaries’ request for due process hearing was received until the date that the request was […]

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CCH Tax Day Report The Tax Court properly dismissed for lack of jurisdiction a petition challenging a notice of Final Partnership Administrative Adjustment (FPAA) because the small-partnership exception in Code Sec. 6231(a)(1)(B)(i) did not apply. An individual and his father formed an LLC, which was treated as a partnership, and held their respective interests in […]

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CCH Tax Day Report The classification of property of incumbent local exchange telephone companies that elect market regulation and property telephone cooperatives is changed from public utility to industrial and commercial property for Tennessee property tax purposes. The Telecommunications Ad Valorem Tax Reduction Fund is discontinued effective June 2, 2017. In addition, and applicable January […]

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