Sprint Loses Appeal To Dismiss $300 Million New York Tax Case
Sprint lost a bid in the New York Court of Appeals to get a case dismissed that charges the company with failing to collect more than $100 million in taxes from customers in New York, said the court's decision in…
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New York v. Sprint Nextel Corp., New York State Court of Appeals case No. 127. The New York Attorney General originally denied Sprint's attempt to get the case dismissed. The case seeks to recoup three times the $100 million in taxes that Sprint owes New York state and local governments since 2005, plus penalties, the AG's office said in its release in 2013. Tuesday's decision leaves Sprint open to a lawsuit from the state. Sprint "unbundled a part of the fixed monthly charge that it attributed to intrastate mobile voice services and did not collect taxes on the portion that it attributed to interstate and international calls," the decision said. Sprint is disappointed in the court's decision and is "reviewing the opinion and considering our legal options," a spokesman said.