The U.S. Court of Federal Claims' long-awaited decision on a California wind farm's valuation for a now-defunct cash grant program offers insight into an issue on which the IRS has issued little guidance: how to value clean energy projects financed by the investment tax credit.
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Energy Cash-Grant Case Casts Light On Investment Tax Credit

By Kat Lucero

The U.S. Court of Federal Claims' long-awaited decision on a California wind farm's valuation for a now-defunct cash grant program offers insight into an issue on which the IRS has issued little guidance: how to value clean energy projects financed by the investment tax credit.

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DOJ Says $1.8B Fund Is Dead, Urges Court To Toss Suit

By Asha Glover

A Virginia federal judge should dismiss a suit challenging the U.S. Department of Justice's $1.8 billion settlement fund that was to be included in a deal to close President Donald Trump's tax leak suit, the federal government said, arguing the case is moot.

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Taxpayer's Expert Not Qualified To Determine Life Expectancy

By Molly Moses

A taxpayer's expert wasn't qualified to determine a man's life expectancy for purposes of valuing gifts made to him by his children, the U.S. Tax Court held Monday.

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LITIGATION

Water Transfer Co. Seeks $351K In Worker Credit Refunds

By Zak Kostro

The Internal Revenue Service owes a water transfer services company nearly $351,000 in employee retention tax credit refunds, the business told a Pennsylvania federal court, saying the agency improperly retained the overpayments to offset a supposed civil penalty against the company.

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Wis. Village Can't Void Tribal Land Trust Order, 7th Circ. Told

By Crystal Owens

The U.S. Department of the Interior is asking the Seventh Circuit to reject a Wisconsin village's appeal that seeks to undo the agency's decision to place 500 acres into trust for the Oneida Nation, arguing that the municipality can't overcome Congress' power to regulate Indian affairs.

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DOJ Hints Russian Court Ruling May Not Stop $5B Award

By Caroline Simson

The Trump administration on Monday urged the D.C. Circuit to closely evaluate a Russian court's determination that an underlying arbitration agreement is invalid as it weighs whether to enforce a nearly $5 billion arbitral award against the Kremlin, saying circumstances surrounding the ruling should be a factor.

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REGULATION

Pension Guarantor Proposes Rule On Disclosure Penalties

By Kellie Mejdrich

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. proposed a rule Monday on monetary penalties for failures to provide information on single-employer and multiemployer benefit plans that clarifies how plan sponsors can lower what's owed when they run afoul of their disclosure duties under federal benefits law.

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TRADE

Trump Unveils 50% Canada Tariffs Over 'Trade Discrimination'

By Hailey Konnath

President Donald Trump Monday unveiled plans for 50% tariffs on a slew of Canadian products, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motor vehicles, pointing to "discriminatory treatment of U.S. commerce" and a provision of the Tariff Act that has seldom been used.

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CIT Judge Changes IEEPA Test Case But Retains Schedule

By Jack McLoone

The U.S. Court of International Trade has selected a new underlying case as the one to test the federal government's updates on its system for refunding duties charged under President Donald Trump's struck-down global tariff regime, though it otherwise kept in place certain reporting and hearing deadlines.

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Microsoft Hit With Tariff Refund Suit By Xbox Buyer

By Lauren Berg

Microsoft Corp. stands to make an "unjustified windfall profit" through refunds of President Donald Trump's now-invalidated global tariff regime, according to a proposed consumer class action removed to Washington federal court Friday.

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LEGISLATION

House Dems Bill Would Provide Second IRS Funding Boost

By Asha Glover

The Internal Revenue Service would receive an $83 billion funding boost for enforcement efforts, technology modernization, taxpayer services improvements and business system enhancements under legislation backed by nearly 40 House Democrats on Monday. 

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Costco Wholesale Corp.

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Microsoft Corp.

Nike Inc.

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

Bureau of Indian Affairs

European Union

Executive Office of the President

Interior Board of Indian Appeals

Internal Revenue Service

Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.

Permanent Court of Arbitration

U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of the Interior

U.S. Department of the Treasury

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

U.S. Supreme Court

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