Dell Service Contract Sales Tax Class Action Settlement

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More than 4 million class action settlement notices are being mailed to California consumers informing them that two settlement agreements have been reached in a decade-long class action lawsuit with Dell. If you purchased one or more Optional Service Contracts covering computer hardware sold by Dell between April 8, 1999 and June 30, 2008, and paid California taxes on such service contract(s), you may be entitled to a refund of those taxes.

The Dell sales tax settlement will resolve a class action lawsuit, titled Mohan, et al. v. Dell Inc., et al., that alleges the defendants improperly charged California use tax on purchases of certain Optional Service Contracts and forwarded these taxes to the California State Board of Equalization (“SBE”).

Defendants deny the allegations, but have reached two distinct class action lawsuit settlement agreements to resolve the legal action: the Dell Settlement and the SBE Settlement.

To be eligible under the Dell Settlement, you must have purchased one of the following covered Optional Service Contracts:

• DMLP Optional Service Contracts purchased from DMLP during the period from April 8, 1999, through September 30, 2000;
• BancTec Optional Service Contracts purchased from DMLP during the period from April 8, 1999, through December 31, 2000; or
• DCSLP, BancTec and QualxServ Optional Service Contracts purchased from DCSLP during the period from April 8, 1999, through February 8, 2004.

To be eligible under the SBE Settlement, you must have purchased one of the following covered Optional Service Contracts:

• DMLP Optional Service Contracts purchased from DMLP during the period from October 1, 2000, through June 30, 2008;
• DCSLP, BancTec and QualxServ Optional Service Contracts purchased from DCSLP during the period from February 9, 2004, through December 31, 2006;
• BancTec Optional Service Contracts purchased from DMLP during the period from January 1, 2001, through June 30, 2008; or
• QualxServ Optional Service Contracts purchased from DMLP during the period from January 1, 2002, through June 30, 2008.

You may be eligible to participate in both the Dell and SBE settlement.

The only way to receive a refund of the from the class action settlement is to submit a Claim Form no later than May 29, 2013.

Claim Forms and more information on your rights in the Dell Service Contract Sales Tax Class Action Lawsuit Settlement can be found at www.SCTaxSett.com. Detailed claims filing instructions can be found in our Open Lawsuit Settlements section.

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UPDATE: Settlement payments began mailing in July 2015 and are mailing on a rolling basis. If you have questions about your payment, please visit the FAQ page for more information.