July 28, 2025
A trailer manufacturer can't avoid more than $4 million in excise taxes, interest and penalties, a South Dakota federal court ruled, finding it couldn't rely on an exemption from a technical advice memorandum after Congress altered the definition of off-highway vehicles.
September 10, 2024
The Internal Revenue Service erroneously assessed federal highway excise taxes on a South Dakota trailer manufacturer even though the agency had already determined that the trailers were exempt from the tax, the company told a federal court as it sought a tax refund of some $4 million.