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Calif BOE asking for info about a tenant

Under what typical circumstances would the California Board of Equalization (the sales tax people; I don't know what else they do) ask a landlord for detailed information about a retail business which is a tenant? The landlord has no dealings with the BOE, so this is clearly the BOE investigating the tenant for something.

They are asking for copies of leases, payment history, copies of rent checks, who made the payments, contact information, etc.

My guess is they are going after his failure to pay his sales tax returns, but I don't see the relevance (except in a very general way) of the requested information to this possibility.

This group has vast knowledge, so I thought I would ask.

Reply to
Gil Faver
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My experience is from the assessed but unpaid side, and there's a lot of information there about possible collection sources as well as who in the business might have personal liability (if the business is a corp that can't pay).

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Phil Marti

"Gil Faver" detailed information about a retail business which is a tenant? The

By asking for proof of business expenses, they are trying to establish a minimum level of gross receipts (assuming that none of the expenses were paid from savings or prior year's/s' retained earnings) on which to base gross sales and therefore impose the tax (also assuming that 100% of the transactions are sales/use taxable).

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D. Stussy

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