SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Supreme Court has ruled that COVID-19 does not qualify as a"disruptive event" to justify giving some major businesses a tax break.
In a ruling, the state's top court came down against a coalition of businesses and property owners that sought relief from property taxes citing the massive disruption of a global pandemic. The coalition challenging the taxes was led by the Larry H. Miller Company and included the Grand America and Little America hotels; Kohl's Department Stores; Thanksgiving Point; and numerous mall operators.
In arguments last year before the Utah Supreme Court,they argued that the COVID-19 pandemic led to a loss of business and qualified as disruptive under the state's"access interruption statute." The problem is, the statute doesn't explicitly list a pandemic as a disruptive event to qualify for tax relief.
The Larry H. Miller Company declined to comment on the Court's ruling. The impact of the decision by the justices means millions of dollars for counties and the state. An adverse ruling for the state could have impacted thousands of businesses across the state who faced disruption to their regular way of doing things by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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