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  CA Supreme Court: LA assessor right, State Board wrong on when corporate owned properties can be reassessed

  By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, May 30, 2024 @ 9:42pm

  The California Supreme Court says property transfers of corporate-owned property can trigger a reassessment under Prop 13, even if the property remains essentially under the same control throughout. "Stock" refers to real ownership interests, not who controls a company, the high court says

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• Federal judge says cell phone tax challenge case belongs in state court

  By April Brown | Tuesday, Apr 11, 2017 @ 5:12pm

  Judge Morrison England Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California issued a memorandum and order on March 20 in the matter of Bekkerman v. Calif. Board of Equalization et al, remanding the case back to a state trial court.

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  Court case says tampon tax is discriminatory

  By JoAnn Seltzer | Monday, Oct 24, 2016 @ 12:02am

  SAN FRANCISCO – California has been taxing tampons and sanitary napkins for years, classifying them as “luxury” items, while labeling items like Viagra and Lubriderm lotion as” medical necessities. Now the court is being asked to change that classification.

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