Exxon Mobil Corporation v. United States of America

  1. July 02, 2021

    Top US Int'l Tax Cases Of 2021: Midyear Report

    Federal courts handed down a number of significant tax decisions in the first half of 2021, including multiple rulings concerning foreign bank account reporting failures, where judges generally went easy on inadvertent nonfilers while upholding harsh penalties for willful violations. Here, Law360 presents the top international tax cases from the first half of 2021.

  2. January 13, 2021

    Exxon Lands Judge's Siding In Accounting Penalty Dispute

    Exxon Mobil had a reasonable basis to contend it wasn't changing accounting methods when the oil giant recharacterized offshore mineral leases, a Texas federal judge ruled Wednesday, siding with the company in its penalty dispute with the Internal Revenue Service.

  3. September 10, 2019

    Judge Pauses Exxon's Tax Refund Bid Pending Trial Outcome

    A Texas federal judge has paused Exxon Mobil's bid for an income tax refund pending the outcome of a bench trial over the oil giant's allegations that the Internal Revenue Service misclassified transactions in Qatar and Malaysia.

  4. September 09, 2019

    Exxon Shouldn't Get $207M Tax Penalty Refund, Texas Court Told

    The U.S. government has asked a Texas federal court to deny Exxon Mobil's bid to recover $207 million in penalties, which the oil giant is seeking as part of its dispute with the IRS over a disallowed income tax refund.

  5. May 06, 2019

    Exxon Can't Back Up Bid To Seal Tax Trial Docs, Gov't Says

    Exxon Mobil hasn't shown why it should get to shield from public view its contracts with Qatar and Malaysia during a trial over the oil giant's $1.5 billion tax refund suit, the U.S. government recently told a Texas federal judge.

  6. April 30, 2019

    Mineral Lease Treatment Not Accounting Change, Exxon Says

    Exxon Mobil Corp.'s recharacterization of mineral leases in Qatar and Malaysia as purchases did not amount to a change in accounting method, the oil giant told a Texas federal court in its $1.5 billion tax dispute with the government.

  7. April 23, 2019

    Exxon Seeks Sanctions In $207M Tax Penalty Dispute

    The U.S. should be sanctioned for failing to comply with discovery orders in a $207 million tax penalty dispute with Exxon Mobil, the oil giant told a Texas federal court Tuesday.

  8. April 15, 2019

    US Holding Out On Discovery In $1.5B Tax Row, Exxon Says

    The U.S. is withholding information and making baseless objections to Exxon Mobil's discovery requests in a $1.5 billion tax refund dispute, the oil giant has told a Texas federal court. 

  9. March 22, 2019

    Exxon Gets Separate Trial For Penalties In $1.35B Tax Row

    Exxon Mobil Corp. can have two separate trials in its $1.35 billion tax dispute with the Internal Revenue Service, with one trial on its tax refund claim and another for its penalty refund claim, a Texas federal court said Friday.

  10. March 11, 2019

    Exxon Says $1.35B Tax Case Needs Separate Trial For Penalties

    A Texas federal court should separate Exxon Mobil Corp.'s $1.35 billion tax case into one trial on the tax issues and another on penalty disputes, the oil giant has argued.