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Non-Resident Shareholders In an S Corporation Who Sold their Stock and Treated the Transaction as a “Deemed Asset Sale” Were Properly Assessed New York Income Tax on the New York-Source Aspects of the Sale

The Court of Appeals, in a full-fledged opinion by Judge Rivera, determined non-resident plaintiffs, shareholders in an S corporation who sold their stock and treated the transaction as a “deemed asset sale,” were properly assessed New York income taxes on the New York-source aspects of the sale pursuant to Tax Law 632. The court rejected the argument that the tax assessment violated Article 16 section 3 of the New York Constitution:

Based on the results of [an] audit, defendant New York State Department of Taxation and Finance assessed $167,000 in state income taxes on plaintiffs’ … transaction gains, relying on Tax Law § 632 (a) (2), which was amended in 2010 to provide, in relevant part, that “any gain recognized on [a] deemed asset sale for federal income tax purposes will be treated as New York source income.” Plaintiffs paid the taxes and thereafter demanded refunds, claiming that their corporate-derived income was obtained from the sale of … stock, which is considered intangible personal property and nontaxable.

After defendant rejected the refund demands, plaintiffs filed the instant declaratory judgment action against defendant and the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, challenging the tax as unconstitutional … . * * *

…. [T]here is no question that New York State’s Tax Law, including Tax Law § 632 (a) (2), as amended in 2010, contemplates the taxes that defendants assessed on the New York-source portion of plaintiffs’ deemed asset sale gains. * * *

Nothing changes the fact that plaintiffs sold something of value and reaped the benefits from that sale. Article 16, § 3 in no way supports plaintiffs’ attempts to avoid paying state taxes on those gains. Burton v New York State Dept. of Taxation & Fin., 2015 NY Slip Op 05624, CtApp 7-1-15

 

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