Press Room: California

January 06, 2016

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: California Supreme Court Brings an End to MTC Election (For Now)

On December 31, 2015, the California Supreme Court issued its decision in The Gillette Company v. Franchise Tax Board, Case No. S206587 (Cal. Dec. 31 2015), reversing the California Court of Appeal decision (see Andersen’s ...

November 19, 2018

Andersen Speaking at COST Tax Seminar

The Council On State Taxation (COST) is the premier state tax organization representing taxpayers. COST is a nonprofit trade association consisting of nearly 600 multistate corporations engaged in interstate and international business. This year, ...

April 26, 2019

Van Enger and Anderson to Speak at TEI Region 9 and 10 Conference

Starting May 6 through May 8, 2019, Tax Executives Insitute (TEI) will hold their annual Region 9 & 10 Conference in Newport Beach, CA. The TEI conference is an excellent educational and networking event for all in-house ...

June 27, 2019

California Proposal to Revive Estate and Gift Tax Fails to Advance

California Senate Bill 378 (S.B. 378), a proposal to revive California’s gift, estate and generation-skipping transfer tax, will not likely pass this year. The bill included a 40% tax on California estates above ...

September 27, 2019

Got Losses? Why Pre-Revenue Start-Ups and Companies with No Gross Receipts Should Seek Relief from California’s Standard Apportionment Formula

Start-ups often lack revenue during their first years of operation. Companies with uneven revenue streams may experience years of no revenue. California’s apportionment method for determining California taxable income is based ...

November 11, 2019

Zemsky and Anderson to Present at TEI NJ Chapter Seminar

Andersen Managing Directors Kenneth Zemsky and Eric Anderson will present at the upcoming Tax Executives Institute (TEI) New Jersey Chapter Seminar. Their presentation will discuss alternative apportionment and how it affects New ...

November 17, 2019

Duffy to Speak at 2019 California CPA Education Foundation Conference

Mary Duffy, Managing Director at Andersen, will present at an upcoming conference hosted by the California Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Education Foundation. The 2019 Federal, State, Local and International Taxation Conference will ...

February 14, 2020

California Decision Highlights State’s Aggressive Stance on Taxing Non-Resident Sole Proprietors

In a decision that has impacts well beyond the state, the California Office of Tax Appeals (the OTA) ruled in favor of the California Franchise Tax Board (the FTB) in Blair S. Bindley ...

June 16, 2020

California Legislature Passes Budget Bill With Net Operating Loss Suspension and Credit Limitation

Both houses of the California state legislature have passed a bill expected to generate over $9 billion in income taxes. Assembly Bill (AB) 85 passed in the Senate along party lines 27-11 (with two senators ...

July 07, 2020

California Imposes Tax on All California-Source Income, Regardless of the Residency of the Trust’s Fiduciaries, Court of Appeals Holds

California imposes tax on the entire amount of trust income derived from California sources regardless of the residency of the trust’s fiduciaries, the California Court of Appeal held in Steuer v. ...