The New Jersey Supreme Court has denied certification in Lorillard Licensing Company LLC v. Director, Division of Taxation, making the Appellate Division's decision final. The Appellate Division affirmed the Tax Court in its December 4, 2015 decision that the State may not apply dual nexus standards for Throwout purposes.
In 2011, the New Jersey Supreme Court interpreted the Throwout rule narrowly to find it Constitutional on its face in Whirlpool Properties, Inc. v. Director, Division of Taxation. In so doing, it held that Throwout does not apply when another state may Constitutionally impose a tax on the taxpayer—regardless of the tax decisions by the other state. The Appellate Division applied Whirlpool Properties and held that, because New Jersey successfully asserted an economic nexus standard for Corporation Business Tax Constitutional subjectivity purposes, in applying Throwout that same standard must also apply for other states' subjectivity.
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