When the legislature enacted the former Beverly-Killea Limited Liability Company Act in 1994 it included a levy on LLCs equal to specified dollar amounts based on the total income from all sources reportable to this state for...more
The California Franchise Tax Board (“FTB”) started 2017 with a setback as the Court of Appeal for the Fifth Appellate District held in Swart Enterprises, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Board that the FTB could not impose California’s...more
On January 12, 2017, the California Court of Appeal held in a published opinion that a taxpayer passively holding a 0.2 percent interest in a California-based limited liability company (CA LLC) was not “doing business” in the...more
On May 28 2015, The California Court of Appeals issued a decision in Harley-Davidson, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Board, 187 Cal.Rptr.3d 672; and it was ultimately about much more than the validity of an election within...more
California law provides that a domestic corporation that fails to pay certain taxes and penalties may have its corporate rights and privileges suspended. Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code § 23301. While suspended, a corporation may not...more
The Franchise Tax Board’s Shande - This is case that has been more than two decades in the making. It began in the 1990s when inventor Gilbert Hyatt filed a California tax return showing that he relocated from...more