April 01, 2019
The Tenth Circuit has sided with the U.S. in its $1.6 million tax dispute with the heirs of a hotel and casino operator's estate, finding that a longer statute of limitations applied to the government's estate tax claim.
September 05, 2018
The U.S. should not be allowed to enforce the estate tax liability of a Nevada hotel and casino operator against her heirs because it failed to notify them of the liability, the heirs told the Tenth Circuit in a reply brief filed Tuesday.
August 07, 2018
A suit for $1.6 million in estate taxes from a third-party beneficiary is a federal matter ruled by the statute of limitations for tax collection instead of state contract law, the federal government argued in a reply brief filed Monday in the Tenth Circuit against the heirs of a hotel and casino operator in Nevada.
April 25, 2018
Legal arguments aren't frivolous when they're backed up by case law, the U.S. told the Tenth Circuit in a brief Wednesday, asking the court to reverse a district court order awarding litigation costs in a $1.5 million estate tax case.
January 17, 2018
The U.S. government appealed to the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday, after a Utah federal court knocked down its bid to collect approximately $1.5 million in estate taxes from the heirs of a hotel and casino operator in Nevada.