The Department recently won a major victory in a decision before the State Board of Equalization.

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What if your business meets these requirements and is not registered with the California State Board of Equalization?

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The most recent one is between Christ Church Pentecostal of Nashville and the Tennessee State Board of Equalization.

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Details of the IRS effort were revealed in a request to a federal judge in California for a John Doe summons for data that the agency wanted to serve on that state's State Board of Equalization, a taxing body.

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Amazingly, the California Board of Equalization and the state Franchise Tax Board have had the authority to create tax whistleblower programs since 1984, but neither has had the vision to do so.

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