February 17, 2026
Healthcare plan sponsors directly use Express Scripts' in-house software to review prescription drug claims, the company told the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday, arguing that it is well positioned to prove during trial that its online software access counts as services eligible for a production tax deduction.
January 13, 2026
Express Scripts is not entitled to a domestic production tax deduction for pharmacy management services delivered through its in-house software, the federal government told the Eighth Circuit, arguing the company had mischaracterized those services as a software sale eligible for the incentive.
October 10, 2025
Express Scripts is entitled to a trial in its $43 million case seeking a tax refund for producing its own software in the U.S., the company told the Eighth Circuit, saying a lower court wrongly made an early decision that "glossed over" the facts of a complex case.
July 02, 2025
In the first half of the year, the U.S. Supreme Court barred a defunct transportation company's bankruptcy trustee from clawing back federal taxes and prevented the U.S. Tax Court from reviewing a collection dispute after the IRS stopped going after the underlying debt. In Arizona, a federal judge refused to block the IRS from issuing batch denials of pandemic-era worker credit claims. Here, Law360 reviews some of the top federal court decisions from the past six months.
May 09, 2025
Express Scripts is appealing rulings denying it a $43 million tax refund for domestic production activities after a Missouri federal court said the company did not qualify because it did not grant licenses to pharmacy benefit plan sponsors who used its software, the pharmacy benefit manager said Friday.
March 18, 2025
Express Scripts is not entitled to a tax deduction for domestic production activities related to its software because it did not grant licenses to pharmacy benefit plan sponsors who used it, a Missouri federal court said Tuesday, denying the company's request for a tax refund in its $43 million case.
February 24, 2025
A Missouri federal court on Monday tossed some of Express Scripts' claims for a $42.9 million tax refund formerly available for domestic production, saying the pharmacy benefit manager improperly reversed course on whether certain costs should be included in its calculation of the tax break.
June 22, 2021
Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts is seeking a $42.9 million refund from the IRS in Missouri federal court, arguing in a complaint Tuesday that the agency incorrectly denied the company a deduction formerly available for domestic production activities.