Colo. Sales Tax Panel OKs More Confidentiality In Audits
Third-party sales tax audits performed on behalf of local jurisdictions in Colorado would face increased confidentiality standards under draft legislation approved Wednesday by a legislative panel.
Expect More R&D Guidance Before Regs, IRS Atty Says
The Internal Revenue Service plans to release more guidance governing the tax treatment of research and development expenses before it formally issues proposed regulations that implement the 2017 federal tax law's changes to the incentive, an agency attorney said Wednesday.
French Finance Minister Signals Higher Taxes On Rich
The new French government is considering raising taxes on the wealthy and businesses to help reduce the country's budget deficit amid concerns over debt, according to remarks by the new finance minister.
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The 2018 Wayfair decision has burdened small businesses with significant compliance costs to collect and remit taxes in thousands of jurisdictions across the U.S., state tax experts told a U.S. Senate subcommittee Wednesday.
A managing director at consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal was charged in D.C. federal court with failing to file his personal tax returns for over a decade and falsifying tax documents as part of a mortgage application.
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, announced a proposal Wednesday that would offer tax credits to boost investment and job creation in manufacturing, energy and agriculture.
Julie Chrisley, the former real estate mogul and reality TV star who was convicted of running a yearslong bank fraud scheme with her husband, Todd, was resentenced Wednesday by a Georgia federal judge to the s... (more story)
In Varian v. Commissioner, the U.S. Tax Court allowed a taxpayer's deduction for dividends from foreign subsidiaries, providing clarity on how the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision may affect challeng... (more story)
The Internal Revenue Service may include in upcoming proposed regulations a solution for partnership basis-shifting for taxpayers that want to adjust accounting methods so prior transactions can be compliant w... (more story)
Lawmakers should consider next year how to revise partnership tax laws to better collect on large businesses' income without harming smaller entities as Congress debates over how to address expiring tax provis... (more story)
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Pa. Panel Says Misspellings Don't Sink Service Of Tax Notice
The misspelling of a landowner's name on a notice of an impending tax sale did not prevent the owner from understanding their property would be auctioned off to cover unpaid taxes, a Pennsylvania appellate cou... (more story)
IBM Urges Justices To Review NY Tax On Foreign Royalties
New York's system for taxing royalty payments would be unconstitutional if every other jurisdiction adopted it, violating an internal consistency test reaffirmed by a 2015 precedent, IBM told the U.S. Supreme ... (more story)
Dept. Asks Mich. Justices To Tackle Unitary Tax Case
The Michigan Supreme Court should review an appellate court decision that found that insurance companies that are part of Nationwide should file their taxes as a unitary group because the case poses a signific... (more story)
Mo. Cannabis Shop Asks Appeals Court To Scrap County Tax
A Missouri appeals court should overturn a lower court's ruling that the state's constitution allowed a county to impose a cannabis tax on businesses that are also charged city taxes within its boundaries, a c... (more story)
Insurer Wants Quick Appeal At 8th Circ. In DOL Tax Fight
A health insurer will seek the Eighth Circuit's review after a federal judge refused to toss a suit from the U.S. Department of Labor claiming the company unlawfully took at least $66.8 million in Minnesota st... (more story)
NJ Power Broker Says AG's 'Crime Thriller' Lacks A Crime
Powerful New Jersey businessman George E. Norcross III Tuesday called the Garden State's 111-page indictment alleging he led a scheme to strong-arm the acquisition of waterfront property in Camden through thre... (more story)
Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners
Partner and associate mobility data from the second quarter of this year suggest that there's never been a better time in recent years for law firms to hire lateral candidates, particularly experienced partner... (more story)
Miller & Chevalier Adds Federal Tax Expert From White & Case
Miller & Chevalier Chtd. announced that it added a former partner at White & Case LLP to its tax controversy and litigation practice.
NJ Justices Probe State's Role In Tax Sale Foreclosures
The New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday probed whether the state's Tax Sale Law still holds up in the wake of a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the government cannot profit from a property seizure, ponderin... (more story)
The misspelling of a landowner's name on a notice of an impending tax sale did not prevent the owner from understanding their property would be auctioned off to cover unpaid taxes, a Pennsylvania appellate cou... (more story)
New York's system for taxing royalty payments would be unconstitutional if every other jurisdiction adopted it, violating an internal consistency test reaffirmed by a 2015 precedent, IBM told the U.S. Supreme ... (more story)
The Michigan Supreme Court should review an appellate court decision that found that insurance companies that are part of Nationwide should file their taxes as a unitary group because the case poses a signific... (more story)
A Missouri appeals court should overturn a lower court's ruling that the state's constitution allowed a county to impose a cannabis tax on businesses that are also charged city taxes within its boundaries, a c... (more story)
A health insurer will seek the Eighth Circuit's review after a federal judge refused to toss a suit from the U.S. Department of Labor claiming the company unlawfully took at least $66.8 million in Minnesota st... (more story)
Powerful New Jersey businessman George E. Norcross III Tuesday called the Garden State's 111-page indictment alleging he led a scheme to strong-arm the acquisition of waterfront property in Camden through thre... (more story)
Partner and associate mobility data from the second quarter of this year suggest that there's never been a better time in recent years for law firms to hire lateral candidates, particularly experienced partner... (more story)
Miller & Chevalier Chtd. announced that it added a former partner at White & Case LLP to its tax controversy and litigation practice.
The New Jersey Supreme Court on Monday probed whether the state's Tax Sale Law still holds up in the wake of a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that the government cannot profit from a property seizure, ponderin... (more story)
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HMRC Arrests 11 Suspected Of R&D Tax Fraud
HM Revenue & Customs arrested 11 people, including tax agents, at several locations on suspicion of defrauding research and development tax relief programs, officers said.
Halliburton Tardy In Contesting $35M Deduction, US Says
A Halliburton Co. lawsuit claiming a deduction for a $35 million payoff to a foreign country must be dismissed because the company waited too long to start its action, the U.S. told a Texas federal court.
Digital Asset Rules Coming By Year's End, Treasury Atty Says
The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service intend to release rules "later this year" on additional reporting requirements for brokers of digital assets such as cryptocurrency and nonfungible... (more story)
Abbott Seeks $24M Refund Over Transfer Pricing Adjustments
Healthcare products giant Abbott Laboratories is owed $24.3 million for overpaid taxes after the IRS incorrectly adjusted its intragroup income and payments this year, the company told the U.S. Tax Court in a petition.
Exxon Claims It Beat Weak Defense In $1.8B Tax Trial
Exxon Mobil urged a Texas federal judge to find that it defeated what it called a scattered defense by the U.S. government during a five-day bench trial in April when the company argued for a $1.8 billion tax ... (more story)
Clean Energy Safe Harbor Applies To Direct Pay, Official Says
The safe harbor for the bonus clean energy tax credits' domestic content rules applies to all applicable project owners, including tax-exempt entities that are eligible to get a direct cash payment of the cred... (more story)
Sysco Allowed $324M Dividend Deduction After Varian Ruling
Sysco Corp. can deduct $324 million in foreign dividends after agreeing with the Internal Revenue Service that a decision in a similar case brought by Varian Medical Systems resolved their dispute, the U.S. Ta... (more story)
HM Revenue & Customs arrested 11 people, including tax agents, at several locations on suspicion of defrauding research and development tax relief programs, officers said.
A Halliburton Co. lawsuit claiming a deduction for a $35 million payoff to a foreign country must be dismissed because the company waited too long to start its action, the U.S. told a Texas federal court.
The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service intend to release rules "later this year" on additional reporting requirements for brokers of digital assets such as cryptocurrency and nonfungible... (more story)
Healthcare products giant Abbott Laboratories is owed $24.3 million for overpaid taxes after the IRS incorrectly adjusted its intragroup income and payments this year, the company told the U.S. Tax Court in a petition.
Exxon Mobil urged a Texas federal judge to find that it defeated what it called a scattered defense by the U.S. government during a five-day bench trial in April when the company argued for a $1.8 billion tax ... (more story)
The safe harbor for the bonus clean energy tax credits' domestic content rules applies to all applicable project owners, including tax-exempt entities that are eligible to get a direct cash payment of the cred... (more story)
Sysco Corp. can deduct $324 million in foreign dividends after agreeing with the Internal Revenue Service that a decision in a similar case brought by Varian Medical Systems resolved their dispute, the U.S. Ta... (more story)