Charles Moll, III

Overview

Charles (Chuck) Moll focuses his practice on state and local tax (SALT), primarily concentrating on the resolution of tax controversies. He regularly appears before the various California tax authorities—including the State Board of Equalization, the California Franchise Tax Board, the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, and the Office of Tax Appeals—as well as local authorities such as assessors and assessment appeals boards. He has litigated at all levels of California’s courts, the US Tax Court, and the US Supreme Court.

Results

Appeared as counsel of record and prevailed in the US Supreme Court in Hunt-Wesson v. Franchise Tax Board, 528 US 458 (2000). The Supreme Court unanimously struck down California’s interest offset provision as being unconstitutional*
Represented the taxpayer in City of Modesto v. National Med, Inc., et al., 128 Cal. App. 4th 518 (2005). The Court struck down the City’s unapportioned business license tax ordinance as unconstitutional, and refused to allow retroactive taxation*
Prevailed against the California Franchise Tax Board in a business/nonbusiness income case before the State Board of Equalization, resulting in a rare published decision in Appeal of Consolidated Freightways, 2000 Cal. Tax LEXIS 402*

Recognitions

US Taxes: Contentious—The Legal 500 US (2019)
Tax: State & Local, California—Chambers USA (2010 – 2019)
Northern California Super Lawyer—Super Lawyers (2004 – 2018)

Community

ABA Tax Section’s State and Local Tax Committee, Executive Committee member
Environmental Taxes Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation, Founder
National Association of Property Tax Attorneys, Board of Directors

Credentials

Education
George Washington University, JD, 1979
Cornell University, BA, 1976

Admissions
California

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