Exam 12: State and Local Taxes

Gordon operates the Tennis Pro Shop in Blacksburg, Virginia. Tennis Pro has sales as follows: Assume that Tennis Pro's other sales include $150,000 of sales to a federal government entity that was shipped from Virginia to Maryland. What is Tennis Pro's Virginia sales numerator and sales factor?

Public Law 86-272 protects certain business activities from creating income tax nexus.

Carolina's Hats has the following sales, payroll and property factors: What is Carolina's Hats North and South Carolina apportionment factors if North Carolina uses an equally-weighted three-factor formula and South Carolina uses a double-weighted sales factor formula? (Round your answers to two decimal places.)

Which of the following businesses is likely to have taxable sales for purposes of sales and use tax?

Gordon operates the Tennis Pro Shop in Blacksburg, Virginia. Tennis Pro sells, manufacturers, and customizes tennis racquets for serious amateurs. Tennis Pro's business has expanded significantly over the last few years. Currently, it has sales personnel in 10 states (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Maryland, District of Columbia, New Jersey). All sales activity in all of these states is limited to solicitation. Orders are received by the sales team and forwarded to Blacksburg for approval. All orders are sent by common carrier to customers. Tennis Pro owns retail and warehouse space in Virginia and has another warehouse in Kentucky. Is Tennis Pro subject to Ohio's Commercial Activity Tax (a non-income based tax)?

Which of the following isn't a typical federal/state adjustment?

Federal/state adjustments correct for differences between two states tax laws.

Which of the following is not a general rule for calculating the property factor?

Super Sadie, Incorporated manufactures sandals and distributes them across the southwestern United States. Super Sadie is incorporated and headquartered in Arizona. It has product sales to customers in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, and Utah. It has sales personnel in California, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also owns an office building in Arizona and a Warehouse in Texas. Determine the states in which Super Sadie has sales tax nexus.

Wacky Wendy produces gourmet cheese in Wisconsin. Wendy has sales as follows: Wendy is a Wisconsin Corporation and has the following operations: Wendy has income tax nexus in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The Michigan sales are shipped from Wisconsin (a throwback state). $100,000 of the Wisconsin sales were to the federal government. What is Wendy's Wisconsin sale numerator?

Big Company and Little Company are both owned by Mrs. Smith. Big and Little file a consolidated federal tax return. Big manufactures office paper and other paper supplies and is based in Washington. Little operates a logging operation in Montana. Sixty percent of Little's sales are made to Big. Ten percent of Big's raw materials come from Little. There are no common officers or board members. There are no common service providers. What are the factors for and against filing a unitary tax return?

The Quill decision reaffirmed that out-of-state businesses must have physical presence within a state before the state may require the collection of sales taxes from in-state customers.

Public Law 86-272 was a congressional response to Northwestern States Portland Cement.

Roxy operates a dress shop in Arlington, Virginia. Lisa, a Maryland resident, comes in for a measurement and purchases a $1,500 dress that is shipped to her Maryland residence using a common carrier. Assuming that Virginia's sales tax rate is 5 percent and that Maryland's sales tax rate is 7 percent, what is Roxy's sales and use tax liability?

What was the Supreme Court's holding in Complete Auto Transit? 

The Wrigley case held that the sale of intangibles is protected by Public Law 86-272.

Della Corporation is headquartered in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Della has a Pennsylvania state income tax base of $425,000. Of this amount, $75,000 was nonbusiness income. Della's Pennsylvania apportionment factor is 28.52 percent. The nonbusiness income allocated to Pennsylvania was $61,000. Assuming a Pennsylvania corporate tax rate of 7.75 percent, what is Della's Pennsylvania state tax liability? (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)

Which of the items is correct regarding a use tax?

All states employ some combination of sales and use tax, income or franchise tax, or property tax to fund their government operations.

Separate return states require each member of a consolidated group with income tax nexus to file their own state income tax return.