California and Illinois Courts Set Limits on Taxpayers Regarding Inclusion of Gains from Short-Term Securities Investments in Their Sales Factors

Neal Gerber Eisenberg partner and Tax Practice Group member John A. Biek authored an article entitled "California and Illinois Courts Set Limits on Taxpayers Regarding Inclusion of Gains from Short-Term Securities Investments in Their Sales Factors" that appears in the January/February 2007 edition of CCH's Journal of Passthrough Entities. Mr. Biek examines the question of whether a nondomiciliary corporation should be able to include the gross receipts—or just the net gains—from its short-term investments in securities in the denominator of the sales factor that the corporation utilizes to apportion business income within and without the taxing state.