Bombardier Aerospace Corporation v. United States of America

  1. April 22, 2015

    Bombardier Can't Shake Ruling Denying $32M Tax Refund

    A Texas federal judge on Tuesday refused to revisit his decision denying Bombardier Aerospace Corp. a $32 million refund of excise taxes it paid on customer fees, saying the private jet company was retreading old ground in its bid to amend the judgment.

  2. April 21, 2015

    Bombardier Wants New Trial In $32M Tax Refund Feud

    Private jet company Bombardier Aerospace Corp. on Monday asked a Texas federal judge for a new trial in its bid for a $32 million refund of excise taxes it paid on customer fees, arguing that it has been put at a competitive disadvantage because rival NetJets International Inc. received a pass on the tax.

  3. March 20, 2015

    Bombardier Can't Get $32M Refund For Airline Fee Tax

    A Texas federal court on Friday held that fractional aircraft management company Bombardier Aerospace Corp. was not due a refund of $32 million in aviation excise taxes it paid on customer fees and that the Internal Revenue Service could collect on an additional $20 million in taxes owed.

  4. February 25, 2015

    Bombardier Says '92 Memo Bars IRS Collection Of Flight Tax

    Bombardier Aerospace Corp. told a Texas federal court on Tuesday that a 1992 taxpayer advice memorandum the IRS issued to a predecessor of NetJets Large Aircraft Inc. precludes the agency from collecting $20 million in aviation excise taxes on fractional aircraft ownership fees.

  5. February 11, 2015

    Gov't Spars With Bombardier Over NetJets Tax Interpretation

    The government implored a Texas federal court on Tuesday not to follow "wholesale" an Ohio court's ruling in NetJets Large Aircraft Inc. v. United States when considering its excise tax dispute with Bombardier Aerospace Corp., citing material differences in the case's treatment of standing and taxable transportation.

  6. June 11, 2014

    Bombardier Misconstruing Congress In Tax Case, Gov't Says

    The federal government on Tuesday strongly refuted Bombardier Aerospace Corp.'s claims that Congress intended to exempt fractional aircraft ownership from a federal excise tax on commercial aviation, telling a Texas federal judge the company misconstrued congressional record of the matter.

  7. May 21, 2014

    Bombardier Fights Gov't Bid To Wrap Up $32M Tax Case

    Bombardier Aerospace Corp. on Tuesday fended off an argument that it owes the federal government nearly $20 million, telling a Texas federal court the government instead owes it $32 million in excise tax refunds and other deals.