STATE OF WINSCOSIN ORDERS XEROX TO PAY PROPERTY TAX

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STATE OF WINSCOSIN ORDERS XEROX
TO PAY PROPERTY TAX
Wis. court
won’t review tax ruling against Xerox
MADISON,
Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court is letting stand a lower court
decision that Xerox Corp. must pay property taxes on some office
equipment leased to customers.Xerox argued that stand-alone devices that
can print, copy, fax and scan should be consideredcomputers and
therefore exempted from property taxes under state law.

A state
appeals court in July ruled the devices are not computers and therefore
are taxable.The case involved property valued at $8.3 million for tax
purposes in the cities of Milwaukee and La Crosse. Xerox was seeking a
refund on $104,000 worth of taxes from the cities.Xerox appealed to the
high court, but justices said last week they would not hear the
case.Xerox is based in Norwalk, Conn.
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January 11, 2010 at 10:35 AM