Ark. Justice Rejects Tax Case Recusal Over Owning 1 Share
An Arkansas Supreme Court justice said her ownership of one share of stock in Murphy USA doesn't require her to recuse from a pending case in which the oil business is defending tax refunds stemming from allocating deductible interest payments to Arkansas.
Gov't Appeals Texas Judge's Block On Anti-Laundering Law
The U.S. government has appealed a Texas federal judge's order that halted the rollout of new reporting requirements aimed at unmasking anonymous shell companies, setting the stage for the Fifth Circuit to weigh in on the nationwide preliminary injunction.
IRS Pick's Retention Credit History Raises Sens.' Hackles
As senators digested President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of a former U.S. House member to be commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, some Democrats said the nominee's experience promoting problematic employee retention credits immediately raised questions about his fitness to run the agency.
Ark. Justice Rejects Tax Case Recusal Over Owning 1 Share
An Arkansas Supreme Court justice said her ownership of one share of stock in Murphy USA doesn't require her to recuse from a pending case in which the oil business is defending tax refunds stemming from allocating deductible interest payments to Arkansas.
Gov't Appeals Texas Judge's Block On Anti-Laundering Law
The U.S. government has appealed a Texas federal judge's order that halted the rollout of new reporting requirements aimed at unmasking anonymous shell companies, setting the stage for the Fifth Circuit to weigh in on the nationwide preliminary injunction.
IRS Pick's Retention Credit History Raises Sens.' Hackles
As senators digested President-elect Donald Trump's nomination of a former U.S. House member to be commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, some Democrats said the nominee's experience promoting problematic employee retention credits immediately raised questions about his fitness to run the agency.
Federal More
A Florida man owes more than $1.2 million in federal taxes, the D.C. Circuit said Friday, affirming the Internal Revenue Service's certification of his liability under a law that allows those with a "seriously... (more story)
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP announced the firm has added a tax professional from Ropes & Gray LLP as a partner in its Washington, D.C., office.
A construction company owner who admitted skirting $2.8 million in employment taxes by claiming that his workers were subcontractors, including one who fell to his death on a job, asked a Massachusetts federal... (more story)
In this week's Taxation With Representation, BlackRock buys HPS Investment Partners, TreeHouse Foods Inc. buys Harris Tea, Aya Healthcare acquires Cross Country Healthcare, and Bruin Capital launches a soccer ... (more story)
Cases can appear complex for several reasons — due to the number of issues, the volume of factual and evidentiary sources, and the sophistication of those sources — but the same basic technique can help lawyer... (more story)
The Eleventh Circuit won't reconsider its decision to let John Hancock Life Insurance Co. keep $100 million in foreign tax credits, leaving in place its October ruling against a Florida law firm retirement plan's trustees.
Beyond its practical and therapeutic benefits, gardening has bolstered important attributes that also apply to my litigation practice, including persistence, patience, grit and authenticity, says Christopher V... (more story)
State & Local More
Neb. Tribe Asks US High Court To Undo Tobacco Sales Ruling
A Nebraska tribe's tobacco companies are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an Eighth Circuit ruling that held the state can regulate a tribally owned manufacturer's sales of cigarettes to Indigenous-ow... (more story)
Alcatel Asks Pa. Justices For Remand On $4M Tax Refund
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court should remand Alcatel-Lucent's case against the commonwealth over a $4 million income tax refund so that a more complete factual record can be established, the company told the j... (more story)
Texas Court Strikes Down Change In Sales Tax Sourcing
A Texas tax agency regulation that declared that fulfillment centers are not automatically places of business for local sales tax sourcing is harmful to the Texas cities that opposed it and the state comptroll... (more story)
Sunoco Not Owed $2.6M NY Tax Refund, Tribunal Affirms
Sunoco affiliates cannot include oil sales to third parties intended as inventory exchanges when computing the company's business activity allocable to New York, the state Tax Appeals Tribunal ruled, affirming... (more story)
Mich. Justices Pan Due Process Claim In Tax Appeal Dispute
Two Michigan Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism Wednesday toward a packaging company's arguments that its due process rights were violated when an assessor's notice of a tax exemption denial didn't pr... (more story)
Block's Tax Refund Should Be Voided, Atlanta Tells Ga. Court
A Georgia trial court erred when it found that Block, the financial services and mobile payments company, was due a $330,000 occupation tax refund from the city of Atlanta, a lawyer for the city told an appell... (more story)
Reed Smith Adds State Tax Partner To San Francisco Office
Reed Smith LLP added a partner to its national state tax practice who will work out of its San Francisco office, according to the firm.
Litigation Inspiration: Reframing Document Review
For attorneys — new ones especially — there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
Oracle Can't Seek Fla. Tax Refunds Without Repaying Clients
Oracle can't obtain refunds for Florida state and local taxes that it improperly collected on sales of electronically delivered software to three businesses because the company didn't reimburse those customers... (more story)
A Nebraska tribe's tobacco companies are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn an Eighth Circuit ruling that held the state can regulate a tribally owned manufacturer's sales of cigarettes to Indigenous-ow... (more story)
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court should remand Alcatel-Lucent's case against the commonwealth over a $4 million income tax refund so that a more complete factual record can be established, the company told the j... (more story)
A Texas tax agency regulation that declared that fulfillment centers are not automatically places of business for local sales tax sourcing is harmful to the Texas cities that opposed it and the state comptroll... (more story)
Sunoco affiliates cannot include oil sales to third parties intended as inventory exchanges when computing the company's business activity allocable to New York, the state Tax Appeals Tribunal ruled, affirming... (more story)
Two Michigan Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism Wednesday toward a packaging company's arguments that its due process rights were violated when an assessor's notice of a tax exemption denial didn't pr... (more story)
A Georgia trial court erred when it found that Block, the financial services and mobile payments company, was due a $330,000 occupation tax refund from the city of Atlanta, a lawyer for the city told an appell... (more story)
Reed Smith LLP added a partner to its national state tax practice who will work out of its San Francisco office, according to the firm.
For attorneys — new ones especially — there is much fulfillment to find in document review by reflecting on how important, interesting and pleasant it can be, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.
Oracle can't obtain refunds for Florida state and local taxes that it improperly collected on sales of electronically delivered software to three businesses because the company didn't reimburse those customers... (more story)
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HMRC Wins Freezing Order Over Alleged £171M Tax Fraud
A court imposed a freezing order against three British businesses on Thursday after the U.K. tax authority accused them of orchestrating a £171 million ($218 million) National Insurance fraud.
Retired Professor Says He Didn't Waive Rights In FBAR Fight
An 86-year-old former professor told a California federal court that he raised his Eighth Amendment rights against excessive fines when defending himself against a $545,000 penalty for failing to report foreig... (more story)
Texas Judge Blocks 'Quasi-Orwellian' Anti-Laundering Law
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday halted the Biden administration's roll-out of new reporting requirements aimed at unmasking anonymous shell companies, granting a nationwide preliminary injunction sought by bu... (more story)
Fried Frank Adds Goodwin Procter Tax Pro As Partner In NY
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced Tuesday that a Goodwin Procter LLP tax and business law partner has joined the firm and will serve as a partner in Fried Frank's tax department in New York.
Russia Looks To 4 FSIA Cases In Bid To Stay $5B Award Suit
Russia urged a D.C. federal judge to pause a case against it by a Yukos Oil Co. unit seeking to enforce $5 billion in arbitral awards, saying Monday that four parallel Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act cases ar... (more story)
Texas Truck Co. Owes Chinese Tire Import Tax, 5th Circ. Says
A Houston truck company that sold tires made by a Chinese manufacturer is on the hook for excise taxes as the beneficial owner of the tires, the Fifth Circuit decided in an opinion Monday that reversed a rulin... (more story)
'Harry Potter' Actor Must Pay £1.8M Tax Bill, Tribunal Says
Actor Rupert Grint, who portrayed Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film series, faces a £1.8 million ($2.3 million) tax bill after the U.K.'s First-tier Tribunal ruled that tax avoidance was a primary purpose o... (more story)
A court imposed a freezing order against three British businesses on Thursday after the U.K. tax authority accused them of orchestrating a £171 million ($218 million) National Insurance fraud.
An 86-year-old former professor told a California federal court that he raised his Eighth Amendment rights against excessive fines when defending himself against a $545,000 penalty for failing to report foreig... (more story)
A Texas federal judge on Tuesday halted the Biden administration's roll-out of new reporting requirements aimed at unmasking anonymous shell companies, granting a nationwide preliminary injunction sought by bu... (more story)
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced Tuesday that a Goodwin Procter LLP tax and business law partner has joined the firm and will serve as a partner in Fried Frank's tax department in New York.
Russia urged a D.C. federal judge to pause a case against it by a Yukos Oil Co. unit seeking to enforce $5 billion in arbitral awards, saying Monday that four parallel Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act cases ar... (more story)
A Houston truck company that sold tires made by a Chinese manufacturer is on the hook for excise taxes as the beneficial owner of the tires, the Fifth Circuit decided in an opinion Monday that reversed a rulin... (more story)
Actor Rupert Grint, who portrayed Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film series, faces a £1.8 million ($2.3 million) tax bill after the U.K.'s First-tier Tribunal ruled that tax avoidance was a primary purpose o... (more story)