Conciliation Order News Today

Here are the sales tax cases from the TiNY Blog for the week of March 26, 2024.

I missed posting the May 4 edition of TiNY. I summarize the three timies that hit the DTA’s website on “Star Wars Day,” below.  I couldn’t cover those cases that week because I was too...

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For your consideration, constant reader: a Tribunal decision on a cigarette tax possession penalty and three ALJ timies. The timies are all dated April 1, and contain a footnote that...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Since our last edition, there were one ALJ Order and three Determinations posted by the DTA, dated January 28. Nothing says “Be mine” on Valentine’s Day like a new TiNY Report. ALJ ORDER pro se; Article 41 Award of Costs (by Chris Doyle) It is rare to see a request for costs, and rarer still to see such a request made by a pro se petitioner. Petitioner’s claim for certain credits was denied on audit. Following a hearing, it w...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: I am trying to get TiNY back into the groove of publishing within days (instead of weeks) of the issuance of cases by the DTA. There were three Determinations and one ALJ Order posted to the DTA’s site last Thursday. PLUS, we have seen at least two Tribunal Decisions that, at least as of this writing, haven’t been posted yet, but should be soon. So we summarize those decisions too. ALJ ORDER Matter of Acquavella Fine Arts, LLC, et...

pro se; Articles 28 and 29 (by Chris Doyle) This is the second order issued in this case. My tongue-in-cheek write-up of the first order may be found here. In essence, Petitioner thinks he is not required to pay sales or use tax on a truck and trailer he purchased and/or registered in New York. Petitioner’s primary basis for the claimed exemption is that he is a tax-exempt “Moorish-American.” I have read all of Articles 28 and 29 and have not found anything supporting Petitioner’s claim...