The House approved legislation Monday that would grant the U.S. Tax Court the power to issue subpoenas for pretrial production of documents and would apply mandatory recusal rules to the court's judges.
The House approved legislation Monday that would grant the U.S. Tax Court the power to issue subpoenas for pretrial production of documents and would apply mandatory recusal rules to the court's judges.
A partnership overvalued its donation of a conservation easement across vacant land in Georgia by more than $10 million, a U.S. Tax Court judge concluded Monday, slashing the partnership's tax deduction and upholding penalties against it for overstating the property's value.
A man accused of promoting abusive tax shelters may be unable to understand legal proceedings against him or help defend himself, a Colorado federal court found, ordering him to undergo a mental competency exam ahead of his trial.
Finalizing preliminary tariffs on active anode material from China — the result of a rare exercise of statutory authority finding that foreign dumping hampered the development of a nascent U.S. industry — should help domestic battery manufacturing, but potential price increases could discourage related clean-energy use, say attorneys at MoloLamken.
Law firm mergers should start with people, then move to strategy: A two-level screening that puts finding a cultural fit at the pinnacle of the process can unearth shared values that are instrumental to deciding to move forward with a combination, says Matthew Madsen at Harrison.
The Fifth Circuit shuttered two appeals from the U.S. Department of Labor that aimed to revive Biden-era regulations expanding the definition of a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, after the agency told the appellate court it intended to drop the cases.
Retired United Airlines pilots who said they overpaid payroll taxes asked the Federal Circuit to rethink its ruling that they can't get partial refunds, saying a three-judge panel avoided the pilots' constitutional challenge to the government's power to tax unrealized income.
Attorneys representing Colgate-Palmolive retirees asked a New York federal court to approve $99 million in attorney fees and expenses from a $332 million megadeal ending claims the company skimped on pensioners' lump-sum retirement payouts, a request that comes after the court initially signed off on the settlement in October.
A Kansas couple cannot deduct expenses on their personal income tax returns for money sent to two foreign corporations co-owned by the husband because they weren't classified as pass-through entities, the U.S. Tax Court said in an opinion released Monday.
A Michigan county violated the takings clause of the U.S. Constitution when it took title to a home over a tax debt, then sold the home at a low price and refunded only that amount to the homeowner, the homeowner's estate told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.
A federal judge has given a summary judgment win to the Interior Department in a challenge by a Minnesota county and townships over more than 3,000 acres taken into trust for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, determining that the agency's decision was not arbitrary, capricious or contrary to law.
The Internal Revenue Service finalized the $56 fee for taxpayers to request a letter that confirms the agency has received and finished examining an estate tax return, lowering the fee from $67, according to a final rule published on the Federal Register on Monday.
The federal government should have to refund President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs paid by Costco Wholesale Corp., the company told the U.S. Court of International Trade.
The Internal Revenue Service's weekly bulletin included the increased limit for contributions to various retirement accounts, as well as increases to the catch-up contribution limit.
