SALT & Pepper
Scary Stuff: Illinois Sales Tax Whistleblower Update – First E-tailers and now Custom Tailors
October 31, 2017
Authored by: David Ruskin
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State & Local Tax (SALT)You may have already seen the Bloomberg article issued on June 1, 2017 which outlines what many of us have sadly come to know as the “Diamond” qui tam claims: the ongoing exploitation of the Illinois False Claims Act and abuse of the state and local tax regime by an aggressive lawyer turned whistleblower.
Read MoreIn the Matter of Product of Conagra Foods Ingredient Co., New Mexico Administrative Hearing Office, Dkt. No. 17-39, September 15, 2017
October 02, 2017
Authored by: Marilyn Wethekam and Fred Marcus
In: State & Local Tax (SALT)The New Mexico Office of Administrative Hearings granted Conagra Foods’ Motion for Summary Judgment concluding the interest earned on notes was properly characterized as non-business income.
Read MoreEffectiveness of Foreign Remedies to Obtaining Internet Information and Enjoining Illegal Conduct
August 04, 2017
Authored by: Eric (Rick) Rein
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International Asset RecoveryThe Internet has become the common form of commerce. As such, illegal activity has migrated there. The Internet is frequently used to engage in illegal activity cloaked in anonymity. Claimants have few if any direct means of enforcing their rights and court orders against the offenders. The power to make orders against Internet companies is essential to preserving the effectiveness of law online. Obtaining a remedy is often the practical solution to enforcing rights. Moreover, illegal online conduct crosses multiple jurisdictions often time simultaneously. As courts with personal jurisdiction have the power to adjudicate claims, it is essential that remedies have extraterritorial effect so to make it easier and less expensive for proceedings having to be brought in every country where the illegality occurs and the internet company operates.
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