SCOTUS Gives Businesses Chance to Challenge Tax Regulations in Federal Court
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SCOTUS
Gives Businesses Chance to Challenge Tax Regulations in Federal Court
NFIB
applauds the Supreme Court’s clarification of the Tax Injunction Act allowing
businesses the ability to challenge provisions relating to a state’s tax code
in a Federal Court.
Washington,
D.C., March 3, 2015 – NFIB
Small Business Legal Center Executive Director Karen Harned made the
following statement in response to today’s Supreme Court ruling in the case of Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl:
“One of our long-running goals is to limit application of the Federal
Anti-Injunction Act,” Karen Harned said. “This is because the Anti-Injunction
Act makes it harder for businesses to challenge taxes and tax related
regulations. As such, NFIB is pleased with the Supreme Court’s decision today.
The opinion makes it clear that businesses can have their day in court to
challenge burdensome regulatory requirements.”
In this case, the Direct Marketing Association challenges Colorado’s law
requiring out-of-state merchants to disclose confidential purchasing
information about their Colorado customers to the state’s revenue department. NFIB
argued that subjecting out-of-state businesses to additional reporting
requirements is duplicative and therefore maintained that affected merchants
should be allowed to advance their lawsuit.
“Small businesses already deal with multiple levels of reporting
requirements at the federal, state and local levels,” Harned continued. “With
most small employers lacking in-house accounting departments – the burden of
another layer of reporting would further distract an owner from running their
business.”
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