CenturyLink Inc. has convinced a Missouri appeals court to overturn a $55 million award to the cities of Columbia and Joplin for unpaid license taxes.
The trial court misconstrued the cities’ ordinances when it held that all gross revenue and receipts attributable to CenturyLink and related companies’ business in each city were taxable, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District ruled Tuesday.
“Because the Cities’ position was that all of CenturyLink’s gross revenue and receipts were taxable, they presented no evidence regarding the taxability of any particular category of revenue or receipts,” Judge Cristian M. Stevens wrote. The case ...
BEIJING – The China Coast Guard (CCG) on Thursday warned the Philippine side to immediately stop its infringements, provocations and false claims after a Philippine Coast Guard vessel transported ...