Sprint Loses Appeals Bid for Dismissal of New York Tax Case
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Sprint Corp., the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier, lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit by New York’s attorney general seeking more than $300 million over claims it deliberately failed to pay sales taxes.
A New York state appeals court today upheld a lower court decision denying the company’s request to throw out the case. Sprint is accused in the suit, filed by a whistle-blower in 2011 and now being pursued by Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, of failing to collect and pay some sales taxes on flat-rate access charges for wireless calling plans.