August 31, 2023
Bank of America can appeal part of its tax interest case to the Fourth Circuit before a final ruling is issued, a North Carolina federal court ruled, saying findings from such an appeal might speed up litigation by making time-consuming tax calculations unnecessary.
June 01, 2023
Bank of America should have to wait to appeal a court decision finding it can't reduce interest owed to the IRS by offsetting its tax underpayments with overpayments made by Merrill Lynch before the institutions merged, the U.S. told a North Carolina federal court.
February 15, 2023
Bank of America can't reduce interest owed to the IRS by offsetting its tax underpayments with overpayments made by Merrill Lynch that occurred before the two institutions merged because they were separate taxpayers at the time, a North Carolina federal judge ruled.
August 22, 2022
Bank of America should not get a refund on the net of interest it owed on tax underpayments and interest due to Merrill Lynch's tax overpayments because the two companies were separate, the U.S. told a North Carolina federal court.
November 12, 2019
Brian W. Kittle of Mayer Brown LLP helped Bank of America achieve a jurisdictional win in a tax refund dispute, and he separately assisted Cross Refined Coal in snagging a victory in Tax Court, earning him a spot among Law360's 2019 Tax MVPs.
July 01, 2019
Bank of America's $163 million tax refund interest suit can be heard in a district court, a North Carolina federal court said in denying the U.S. government's request to change the venue.
January 25, 2019
The U.S. government protested a magistrate judge's decision to deny transferring Bank of America's $163 million tax interest refund lawsuit out of a district court, saying Thursday the judge relied on previous cases that lacked adequate analysis.
January 11, 2019
A North Carolina federal court denied the U.S. government's bid to transfer Bank of America's $163 million tax interest refund lawsuit to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, saying Thursday that it has jurisdiction over the case.
September 10, 2018
The U.S. government has renewed its bid to move Bank of America's suit seeking a $163 million tax refund from a North Carolina federal court to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, saying the district court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the bank's claims for a refund of interest on tax overpayments.
August 16, 2018
The U.S. government dropped its bid to dismiss Bank of America's lawsuit demanding a refund of excess interest paid on tax liabilities after the bank lowered its ask by about $5.8 million to a total of approximately $163.5 million.