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BEPS At 10: The Global Tax Revamp That's Still Unfolding

The OECD's project against base erosion and profit shifting didn't upend the international tax landscape overnight... (more story)

ABA Tax Chair Seeks To Maintain Section's Ties With IRS

The new chair of the American Bar Association's Section of Taxation steps in during a rocky period for the profess... (more story)

The Tax Angle: New Extenders, Housing Credits

From a look at the new tax extenders included in the Republican Party's budget reconciliation law and the law's ex... (more story)

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Tax Court's Petition Deadline Is Flexible, 1st Circ. Told

A taxpayer advocacy group urged the First Circuit on Tuesday to become the fourth appellate court to find that the deadline for filing a petition in the U.S. Tax Court can be extended to create fairness, argui... (more story)

Loeb & Loeb Opens DC-Area Office With Ex-Reed Smith Attys

Loeb & Loeb LLP announced Tuesday the opening of a new office in Virginia, along with the arrival of an eight-person private client and tax controversy staff formerly of Reed Smith LLP.

7 Document Review Concepts New Attorneys Need To Know

For new associates joining firms this fall, stepping into the world of e-discovery can feel like learning a new language, but understanding a handful of fundamentals — from coding layouts to metadata — can hel... (more story)

Brewer Denounces Gov'ts Home Distilling Ban In 6th Circ.

A brewery owner challenging the U.S. tax code's ban on home distilleries criticized the government's claim that he isn't hurt enough by the prohibition to warrant a suit, telling the Sixth Circuit that the ban... (more story)

Tainted Evidence Sank Atty's Tax Court Case, 6th Circ. Told

The U.S. Tax Court relied on tainted evidence from the IRS when it affirmed the agency's denial of an Ohio attorney's attempt to deduct a theft loss and related legal expenses, he told the Sixth Circuit, urgin... (more story)

US, China Agree On TikTok Ownership Transfer, Bessent Says

The U.S. and China established a commercial framework for a deal with video sharing giant TikTok to transfer ownership of the app to the U.S., just days before a deadline to sell the app or shut it down, U.S. ... (more story)

Court Urged To Block Offshore Asset Freeze In $28M Tax Row

The federal government's claim that a beneficiary of offshore trusts is likely to spend down assets to avoid a $28 million tax bill lacks evidence, the beneficiary argued in urging a Florida federal court not ... (more story)

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Mass. Bill Seeks Graduated Real Estate Transfer Tax

Massachusetts would boost taxes on most real estate transfers with a graduated rate to raise revenue for affordable housing efforts under legislation heard Monday by a joint legislative panel.

Kingsley Napley Bags Private Client Pro To Head Tax Desk

Kingsley Napley LLP said Monday that it has hired Paul Davidoff to head its international tax desk as the firm deals with a surge in work connected with tax and trusts amid an exodus of high-net-worth individu... (more story)

Justices' Tariff-Suit Review Halts Case In Texas Federal Court

A Texas federal court has postponed further proceedings in a suit challenging President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs until the U.S. Supreme Court considers matters involving similar claims that were taken ... (more story)

Agentic AI Puts A New Twist On Attorney Ethics Obligations

As lawyers increasingly use autonomous artificial intelligence agents, disciplinary authorities must decide whether attorney responsibility for an AI-caused legal ethics violation is personal or supervisory, a... (more story)

Taxation With Representation: Felesky Flynn, Gibson, Kirkland

In this week's Taxation With Representation, copper mining companies Anglo American and Teck Resources plan to merge, EchoStar agrees to sell spectrum licenses to SpaceX, and Diversified Energy acquires fellow... (more story)

Effective, Efficient And Wildly Unpopular: SALT In Review

From a potential assault on the property tax in Florida to an effort to abandon the Colorado income tax's flat rate, RSM's David Brunori offers his thoughts on noteworthy state and local tax news.

Troutman Adds Robinson Bradshaw Benefits Pro

Troutman Pepper Locke LLP has grown its tax and benefits practice group in North Carolina with the addition of a Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA attorney.

Montana Tribe Members Ask To Join Justices' Tariff Suit Review

Members of the Blackfeet Nation have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to join its review of cases challenging President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs, telling the justices that their arguments' inclusion in the... (more story)

Texas Justices Wary Of Shifting Franchise Tax Calculation

The Texas Supreme Court on Wednesday pushed an energy company to explain why the Texas tax code would make it eligible for a refund for bunker oil sold in the Lone Star State, asking where it should look in th... (more story)

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Cadwalader Hires Trans-Atlantic Katten Private Wealth Partner

An international private wealth partner from Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP has jumped to Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP as a partner in the firm's London and New York offices, Cadwalader announced Tuesday.

Employers Expect Budget Reform On Pension Salary Sacrifice

Nine out of 10 U.K. employers expect the government to ditch tax breaks on pension salary-sacrifice arrangements when it unveils its autumn Budget, a survey has found.

French Court Rejects Challenge To Digital Services Tax

France's digital services tax is consistent with the country's constitution, the country's Constitutional Council said Friday in a decision that rejected arguments put forward by several companies concerning t... (more story)

Another Investor Settles In $2.1B Danish Tax Fraud Case

A U.S. investor and two of his alleged pension plans have settled claims by Denmark's tax agency accusing them of participating in a $2.1 billion scheme that fraudulently claimed refunds on tax withheld from s... (more story)

Declining Corp. Tax Rate Trend Shows Reversal, OECD Finds

A downward trend in corporate income tax rates among OECD members and other jurisdictions that lasted for decades showed further signs of reversing last year, yet countries continued a long-standing practice o... (more story)

Opportunity Zone's Future Corp. Tax Benefits Still Uncertain

Despite recent legislative enhancements to the qualified opportunity fund program, and a new G7 understanding that would exempt U.S.-parented multinationals from the undertaxed profits rule, uncertainties over... (more story)

How GILTI Reform Affects M&A Golden Parachute Planning

Deal teams should evaluate the effect of a recent seemingly technical change to U.S. international tax law on the golden parachute analysis that often plays a critical part of many corporate transactions to av... (more story)