“As
an elected official and taxpayer advocate, I cannot remain silent while
state tax officials punish California taxpayers who in good faith
followed our laws,” said Runner.
In a letter to the three members of the Franchise Tax Board, Runner calls FTB’s December 2012 staff action “unwarranted and unfair to taxpayers.”
In his letter, Runner explains that the Second District Court of Appeal’s decision in Cutler v. Franchise Tax Board
does not require FTB to take this action. He warns that it “sends
entirely the wrong message to investors, entrepreneurs and job creators
doing business in our state.”
Runner
joins a growing bi-partisan chorus of California legislators,
newspapers and concerned citizens decrying the controversial FTB staff
action and calling for its reversal.
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