{"id":13082,"date":"2015-04-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/class-action-lawsuit-filed-against-bjs-wholesale-club-alleges-improper-sales-tax-collection-in-florida-the-continuation-of-a-disturbing-trend\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T14:57:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T14:57:30","slug":"class-action-lawsuit-filed-against-bjs-wholesale-club-alleges-improper-sales-tax-collection-in-florida-the-continuation-of-a-disturbing-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/class-action-lawsuit-filed-against-bjs-wholesale-club-alleges-improper-sales-tax-collection-in-florida-the-continuation-of-a-disturbing-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against BJ\u2019s Wholesale Club Alleges Improper Sales Tax Collection In Florida \u2013 The Continuation Of A Disturbing Trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most of what you&#039;ve read online about IRS problems is wrong, or at least misleading. I&#039;m Darrin Mish. I practice tax law in Tampa and I&#039;ve been doing this for 32 years. Here&#039;s what&#039;s actually true.<\/p>\n<p>www.mondaq.com \u2013 On March 17, 2015, Laura Bugliaro (the &#8220;Plaintiff&#8221;) filed a class action lawsuit against BJ&#8217;s Wholesale Club, Inc. (&#8220;BJ&#8217;s&#8221;) in the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida. The complaint alleges that BJ&#8217;s collects sales tax on the full price of items on sale, instead of applying the discount and then collecting sales tax on the discounted amount.<\/p>\n<p>The Plaintiff is claiming that BJ&#8217;s practices are contrary to regulations promulgated by the Florida Department of Revenue (the &#8220;Department&#8221;). The complaint alleges violations of Florida&#8217;s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, fraudulent misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, and unjust enrichment. This case is similar to other cases being filed around the country against different retailers.<\/p>\n<p>Read more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mondaq.com\/unitedstates\/x\/388174\/sales+taxes+VAT+GST\/Class+Action+Lawsuit+Filed+Against+BJs+Wholesale+Club+Alleges+Improper+Sales+Tax+Collection+in+Florida+The+Continuation+of+a+Disturbing+Trend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">class action lawsuit filed against BJ\u2019s wholesale club alleges improper sales tax collection in Florida<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out more <a href=\"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/category\/irs-news\/\">Tax News<\/a> stories by clicking that link.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"rank-math-contact-info wpseo_map_compat\"><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"rank-math-contact-info wpseo_address_compat show-address show-address-only\"><div class=\"rank-math-contact-section rank-math-contact-address\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"rank-math-contact-info wpseo_opening_hours_compat\"><\/div><div class=\"clear\"><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most of what you&#039;ve read online about IRS problems is wrong, or at least misleading. I&#039;m Darrin Mish. I practice tax law in Tampa and I&#039;ve been doing this for 32 years. Here&#039;s what&#039;s actually true. www.mondaq.com \u2013 On March 17, 2015, Laura Bugliaro (the &#8220;Plaintiff&#8221;) filed a class action lawsuit against BJ&#8217;s Wholesale Club, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[591],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-irs-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13082"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13082\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22443,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13082\/revisions\/22443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getirshelp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}