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29 Aug

Courts, Utility

Municipal Utility That Got Scammed Can’t Stiff Legitimate Contractor to Avoid Paying Twice, Court Rules

August 29, 2025
By California Taxpayers

A municipal utility that got scammed by someone who posed as a contractor is not entitled to withhold payment from the actual contracto...

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27 Jun

Riverside County’s ‘Fee’ for Timeshare Estate Assessments Is an Illegal Tax, Court of Appeal Rules in Published Decision

August 29, 2025
By California Taxpayers

Riverside County’s annual “fee” on owners of timeshare estates, ostensibly to cover the assessor’s costs of conducting a separate asses...

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30 May

Grocers and Others Sue to Enforce State’s Ban on Local Soda Taxes

May 30, 2025
By California Taxpayers

The California Grocers Association, American Beverage Association, California Chamber of Commerce and three other trade associations fi...

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20 Dec

FTB Must Pay Legal Costs for Taxpayer’s Suit That Was Dismissed After Agency’s Concession, Court of Appeal Rules

December 20, 2024
By Rob Gutierrez

A taxpayer who dismissed his suit against the Franchise Tax Board after the agency granted his requested relief was the “prevailing par...

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15 Dec

Court Schedules February Hearing in Suit Over CDTFA’s Refusal to Issue Refund Ordered by the OTA

December 15, 2023
By California Taxpayers

With a February 9 hearing scheduled by the Sacramento County Superior Court in a taxpayer’s suit challenging the California Department ...

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03 Nov

Federal Court Rejects East St. Louis’ Attempt to Expand Tax to Streaming Services, as Many California Cities Also Are Trying

November 3, 2023
By Rob Gutierrez

An Illinois city’s attempt to expand existing utility taxes to cover streaming services is not legal and must be rejected, a federal co...

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03 Mar

State’s Handling of Unclaimed Property Doesn’t Violate Constitution, Court of Appeal Rules

August 8, 2023
By California Taxpayers

California’s administration of the Unclaimed Property Law (UPL) does not violate residents’ constitutional rights, the First District Court of Appeal ruled February 28, siding with State Controller Malia Cohen and dismissing a class-action suit filed a decade ago.

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02 Dec

Court Refuses to Dismiss Suit Over FTB’s Taxation of Out-of-State Merchants Based on E-Mails With California Customers

August 8, 2023
By California Taxpayers

The American Catalog Mailers Association’s (ACMA) suit challenging the Franchise Tax Board’s use of a technical advice memorandum (TAM)...

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09 Sep

Remote Sellers Sue FTB, Claiming Technical Advice Memorandum Contradicts Law

August 8, 2023
By California Taxpayers

An association representing remote-selling merchants is suing the Franchise Tax Board, alleging that the FTB is attempting to illegally...

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20 Mar

Courts: No Attorney Fees Will Be Awarded in Hyatt Case, Nevada Court Rules

August 8, 2023
By California Taxpayers

There was no prevailing party in the decades-long litigation between the Franchise Tax Board and Nevada inventor Gilbert Hyatt, and thu...

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