Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Appraisal Districts File to Supreme Court on Oil & Gas Storage Taxability

Collin, Tarrant, Dallas are a few of the appraisal districts which have filed a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the taxability of tank farms or underground storage tanks taxability of oil & gas.  There are two cases pertaining to this issue and in both cases the Texas Appeals courts concluded that the oil & gas were exempt from taxation due to the dormant commerce clause and a product of interestate transit.  The Texas Supreme Court declined to rehear these cases.  A writ of certiorari have been petitioned to the U.S. Supreme Court.  The court will decide in April whether to hear them or not.

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