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Posted by D. Stussy on October 3, 2008, 1:00 pm
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> Under what typical circumstances would the California Board of
Equalization
> (the sales tax people; I don't know what else they do) ask a landlord for
> detailed information about a retail business which is a tenant? The
> landlord has no dealings with the BOE, so this is clearly the BOE
> investigating the tenant for something.
>
> They are asking for copies of leases, payment history, copies of rent
> checks, who made the payments, contact information, etc.
>
> My guess is they are going after his failure to pay his sales tax returns,
> but I don't see the relevance (except in a very general way) of the
> requested information to this possibility.
>
> This group has vast knowledge, so I thought I would ask.
By asking for proof of business expenses, they are trying to establish a
minimum level of gross receipts (assuming that none of the expenses were
paid from savings or prior year's/s' retained earnings) on which to base
gross sales and therefore impose the tax (also assuming that 100% of the
transactions are sales/use taxable).
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