Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America is involved in a legal battle with the Florida Department of Revenue over claims the hospital operator owes $10.4 million in back taxes to the state, including $3 million in interest from unpaid taxes between 2007 and 2009, according to a TCPalm report.
HCA is disputing the claims, stating it has paid its taxes and has even been denied refunds by the state for overpayment. Specifically, HCA claims it overpaid by $5 million in 2012 and by $4.2 million in 2013, according to the report.
This is the second legal battle between the Florida Department of Revenue and HCA. In 2011, HCA, then known as Columbia/HCA, filed a lawsuit against the department challenging a $756,885 interest payment the state was seeking on the hospital operator's 1994 tax bill, according to a Tampa Bay Times report. The state claimed it was owed the money because HCA paid its 1994 tax bill in 1998, and the department estimated it could have earned nearly $757,000 in interest on the funds from 1994 to 1998 had HCA paid its bill on time. That case settled outside of court for an undisclosed amount, according to TCPalm.
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