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The Tax Angle: Corporate Inversions, SALT Cap

From a look at criticisms that the 2017 federal tax law failed to stop corporations from moving overseas to GOP ef... (more story)

Netflix's 'Varsity Blues' Setback Puts Media On Watch

Netflix Inc.'s failure to bring about dismissal of a defamation suit brought by a private equity executive tied to... (more story)

Cos. Risk Offside Call On Contractor Tax After HMRC Win

The U.K. Supreme Court's decision Monday that Premier League referees count as employees for tax purposes means ma... (more story)

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Remote Sales Tax Compliance Burdens Small Biz, Senate Told

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.

Accountant Used Fake Tax Docs For Mortgage, Feds Say

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.

Harris Proposes Tax Credits For Domestic Manufacturing

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 Gets No Slack In Resentencing From Ga. Judge

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)

Ruling On Foreign Dividend Break Offers 2 Tax Court Insights

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)

Basis-Shifting Regs May Add Accounting Fixes, IRS Atty Says

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)

Wyden Calls On 2025 Tax Bill To Include Partnership Reform

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)

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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)