{"id":353,"date":"2013-07-10T14:20:38","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T14:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whistleblowerlawyerblog.com\/2013\/07\/court_allows_ny_tax_whistleblo_1.html"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:42:58","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T21:42:58","slug":"court_allows_ny_tax_whistleblo_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/court_allows_ny_tax_whistleblo_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Allows N.Y. Tax Whistleblower Case To Proceed Against Sprint-Nextel Corporation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When New York amended its state False Claims Act in 2010, it broke new ground by including tax whistleblower cases.  New York&#8217;s decision to attract tax whistleblowers bore fruit when the NY Supreme Court recently ruled that New York&#8217;s $100 million tax whistleblower case against Sprint-Nextel Corp. may proceed.<\/p>\n<p>If successful, this case may net New York three times the more than $100 million in unpaid taxes that the state alleges Sprint has failed to pay its state and local governments. It may also bring the whistleblower 15%-25% of what the state recovers.<\/p>\n<p>The N.Y. Supreme Court first rejected Sprint&#8217;s arguments that the N.Y. Tax Law did not require payment of the sales tax in question.  The Court allowed the case to proceed.  <\/p>\n<p>Sprint was successful in limiting the time in question to March 31, 2008 forward, but now faces discovery and a potential trial over allegations that include whether Sprint knowingly made &#8220;false records or statements&#8221;  and repeatedly engaged in &#8220;fraudulent or illegal activity.&#8221;<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finchmccranie.com\/whistleblower-blog\/court_allows_ny_tax_whistleblo_1\/#more-353\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When New York amended its state False Claims Act in 2010, it broke new ground by including tax whistleblower cases. New York&#8217;s decision to attract tax whistleblowers bore fruit when the NY Supreme Court recently ruled that New York&#8217;s $100 million tax whistleblower case against Sprint-Nextel Corp. may proceed. 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