Sales Tax Class Action Suits Seem Frivolous
Both those suits also lost. There does not seem to be a broad federal principle at work. The cases turn on nuances of state law. So I wonder if one class action firm or other other will end up trying this in each of the other 42 states that have sales tax.
According to this story somebody is going after Hertz on a similar theory to the Rite Aid case. Apparently Dell lost in a California case on the service contracts. There has also been a successful suit against AT&T Mobility.
A Dirty Stinking Business And No Charitable Contribution
When it comes to charitable contributions of $250 or more, though, there is a sine qua non. That would be an acknowledgment from the done organization that there was a contribution and a statement that there was either no quid pro quo or its value if there was one.
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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.