Trucking Magnates Lose Income Tax Case at Nebraska High Court

Phyllis Acklie failed to convince the Nebraska Supreme Court that she and her late husband, Duane, abandoned their domicile in the state for a permanent residence in Florida.

The two, owners of Crete Carrier Corp., one of the biggest US trucking companies, had challenged the Nebraska Department of Revenue’s determination that they were Nebraska residents for income tax purposes from 2010 to 2014.

The high court upheld the trial court’s finding that the couple spent more days in Nebraska than in Florida each of those years. “But more importantly, the location summaries for each year tend to ...