Steven Greenhut on California's $55 Million Demand

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Business owners who have fled California often say their decision to leave wasn't just about tax rates, but about the punitive attitudes sometimes found among tax and regulatory authorities here. A new wrinkle in a high-profile, 22-year-old tax case gives fodder to those who make such claims. Steven Greenhut highlights the case of Gilbert Hyatt, a microprocessor innovator whom the state's tax agency has been hounding for $55 million he says he doesn't owe.