Siri v. Cutter Home Winery, Inc.

The implied taxpayer privilege does not preclude an employee from speaking up when she discovers that her employer is filing incorrect returns, nor does it preclude a wrongful termination claim if the employee is discharged for doing so. The prosecution of such a claim does not require the forced production of the employer's returns or of the content of its returns. California Revenue and Taxation Code Sec. 7056.6 does not prohibit an employee from asserting to its employer that the employer is not paying a tax that is due, much less from bringing a wrongful discharge claim if the assertion led to the employee's discharge.

Siri v. Cutter Home Winery, Inc. - filed Jan. 23, 2019, First District, Div. Four 

Cite as 2019 S.O.S. 393 

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