Richard Tzul

Wyoming Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared unreceptive to the state’s argument that leasing land to a commercial operator to support a public hospital fulfilled a governmental purpose, which would exempt the parcel from property taxes.

The Texas Supreme Court will review whether GEO Group Inc. is an instrumentality or agency of the government, thus making the private prison operator eligible for a nearly $4 million sales tax refund.

The Michigan Supreme Court declined to review a ruling that an inflation-based income tax cut was only temporary, a Friday order said.

An affordable housing complex can’t be valued for property tax purposes using the income approach because the tax credits it receives aren’t income, the Georgia Court of Appeals said.

Walmart convinced the Michigan Court of Appeals that the true cash value of its Madison Township store is $5 million for tax year 2021 because the property should be valued as if vacant and available.

A Michigan Supreme Court justice during oral arguments Wednesday asked about the potential “floodgates” that could open from siding with a proposed class action suit alleging that a franchise fee is an unlawful tax.

Southwest Jet Fuel Co. isn’t entitled to an approximately $10.8 million sales and use tax refund because a trial court misapplied a voter approval initiative that restricts counties’ taxing powers, California’s tax agency told an appeals court.

Streaming and satellite television companies won their battle with the city of Creve Coeur over video provider service fees after a Missouri trial court dismissed the case without explanation in a pair of orders Monday.