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Showing 2 posts from March 2023.
Washington State Capital Gains Tax Upheld by State Supreme Court as Constitutional
In an unfortunate blow to Taxpayers, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled 7-2 on Friday, March 24, 2023, to uphold the constitutionality of the state’s capital gains tax. The ruling comes as a sharp reversal of a lower court decision striking down the tax as unconstitutional, which we reported on here.
Obus is over. So What’s Next?
Last month, New York’s highest court denied leave to appeal in Matter of Obus v. New York State Tax Appeals Trib., 206 A.D.3d 1511 (3d Dep’t. 2022), closing the book on litigation that will have lasting implications on New York’s ability to tax vacation-home owners, and perhaps others with tenuous connections to a New York dwelling, as tax “residents” of New York. The New York Court of Appeals’ refusal to hear the appeal leaves the lower court’s decision in Obus intact.