- NYS Tax Appeals Tribunal upheld sales tax assessment on company providing services through SaaS model
- Tribunal found VMS fees subject to sales tax
- Tribunal did not apply primary function or true object test, instead considered entire fee subject to tax if tangible property not incidental to nontaxable services
- Company provided services to large businesses for managing contingent labor force
- No separate charges for consulting services, only single fee for VMS bundled package
- Tribunal found VMS software taxable prewritten computer software
- Tangible property considered significant part of transaction, not trivial element
- Company failed to provide reasonable and separately stated charges for otherwise nontaxable services
Source: jdsupra.com
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