An Ohio real estate partnership cannot claim a $22 million charitable tax deduction on a 2016 preservation easement, the Sixth Circuit found, affirming the U.S. Tax Court and Internal Revenue Service's conclusions that the partnership grossly misstated the value of the donated historic building.
An Ohio real estate partnership cannot claim a $22 million charitable tax deduction on a 2016 preservation easement, the Sixth Circuit found, affirming the U.S. Tax Court and Internal Revenue Service's conclusions that the partnership grossly misstated the value of the donated historic building.
A global tax services provider can move forward with its suit against the IRS to vacate tax reporting rules for microcaptive insurance companies, a Texas federal court said, finding the company had a stake in the challenge and a right to bring the case.
In a published opinion, the Second Circuit on Thursday ordered a federal district judge to take a fresh look at President Donald Trump's attempt to move his New York hush money conviction to federal court, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's 2024 presidential immunity ruling as grounds for reconsidering the case.
A Maryland federal judge Thursday handed SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein a series of losses on pre-trial motions aimed at trimming the 22 federal tax charges he'll face at trial next year, ruling that many of the motions involved factual disputes fit for trial and keeping the government's case intact.
The Internal Revenue Service failed to timely disallow a charitable deduction related to a company's conservation easement donation, the U.S. Tax Court said, throwing out a partnership adjustment by the agency.
The U.S. Tax Court wrongly denied a whistleblower award to a woman who said she helped the Internal Revenue Service assess more than $31 million in corporate income, her supporter told the D.C. Circuit, saying the court allowed the agency to omit relevant information it was required to provide.
The IRS correctly determined that a woman who'd been at odds with her various attorneys — having filed breach of contract suits against two separate legal teams — inadequately justified her claimed $28,000 deduction for legal expenses, the U.S. Tax Court said Thursday.
