Best Buy Customers Denied Appeal in $11 Million Sales Tax Suit

The Texas Supreme Court declined to review a case brought by a certified class of thousands of Best Buy Co. customers who sought $11 million in overpaid sales tax.

The decision to deny the customers’ petition for certioari leaves in place an August 2022 appeals court’s finding in favor of the state comptroller which held that Best Buy improperly assigned the class members its right to sue for the sales tax refund. The customers had requested the high court find that they were authorized to seek the refund in Best Buy’s place or to remand the case to correct any ...