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Biz Owner Gets 4 Years, Owes $27M For Tax Credit Scheme

By Anna Scott Farrell

A Nevada federal court sentenced a business owner to four-and-a-half years in prison and ordered her to pay $27 million to the IRS after she submitted nearly $100 million worth of false claims for employment tax refunds meant to help businesses stay afloat during the pandemic.

Tax Preparer Gets 12 Years In Largest-Ever COVID Tax Fraud

By Anna Scott Farrell

A New Jersey tax preparer was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay $55 million in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service after a jury convicted him of tax fraud in what authorities said was the nation's largest tax fraud case involving COVID-19 pandemic relief money.

1 Year Later, How Tariffs Have Crept Into Real Estate Contracts

By Andrew McIntyre

In the year since President Donald Trump's Rose Garden announcement of sweeping worldwide tariffs last April, real estate and construction lawyers have wrestled with how duties or potential duties fit into clients' deals, and sources recently shared more than half a dozen contract examples from the past year with Law360 Real Estate Authority.

Remote Work Was Not A Choice, Prof Tells NY Appellate Court

By Maria Koklanaris

A professor at a New York university had no choice other than to work remotely out of the state because of the coronavirus pandemic, so his income earned while he worked at home in Connecticut is not subject to tax by New York, he told a New York appellate court Thursday.

Affiliated Cos. Not Automatically Linked, EU High Court Says

By Natalie Olivo

Businesses are not automatically linked for the purposes of determining state aid eligibility merely because an individual holds a majority stake in each of them, the European Court of Justice said Thursday in a dispute between a Latvian company and the country's tax authorities.

Tax Prep Firm Can't Challenge Bulk Denial Of Tax Credits

By Molly Moses

Two tax preparation companies don't have enough interest in their clients' refunds to stop the IRS from issuing batch denials of thousands of pandemic-era worker credit claims, the Ninth Circuit found, affirming an Arizona district court's ruling.


Expert Analysis

What To Know About Employee Retention Credit Disclosures

Employers that filed potentially erroneous employee retention credit claims should take certain steps to determine whether the IRS’ voluntary disclosure program is a good fit and, if so, prepare a strong application before the window closes on March 22, say attorneys at Dentons.

Employee Retention Tax Credit: Gray Areas And Red Flags

The subjective nature of the pandemic-prompted employee retention credit, coupled with a lack of Internal Revenue Service guidance, have created fertile ground for opportunists, so businesses seeking this tax benefit should be mindful of tax advisers who would involve them in fraudulent ERC claims, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

Tax Equity Requires Reinstating The Home Office Deduction

Congress should restore the home office deduction for W-2 workers in the interest of tax equity because permanently remote workers now bear the cost of creating quiet, dedicated work spaces, a pandemic-related shift unforeseen when the deduction was eliminated by 2017's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, say James Mahon and Samantha Lesser at Becker.

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