Tax Archive » April, 2015

Tax - April, 2015

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• LA Port Police Chief Indicted On Fraud, Corruption Charges
• AMC Scores $1.2M Tax Refund For Movie-Showing Costs
• Proskauer Can't Ax Fraud, Damages Claims In Tax Scheme Suit
• Puerto Rico Crisis Worsens With Tax Overhaul Flop
• Ohio 'Jock Tax' Ruling Could Be A Payday For Athletes
• E&Y Can't Evade Blame In OSG Tax Error Suit, Plaintiffs Say
• Ore. Tax Court Says Fisher Liable For Excise On Stock Sale
• Bill Would Slap Surcharge On Older Oil-Carrying Rail Cars
• Partners From Chicago Health Care Firm Decamp For Roetzel
• The Laterals Audit: This Month's Tax Attorney Moves
• Senate Finance Panel Gets 1,400 Comments On Tax Reform
• Ex-NFL Star Burress Indicted Under New NJ Tax Law
• Ohio High Court Says Cleveland 'Jock Tax' Unconstitutional
• New IRS Regulations Could Affect Offshore Insurers
• 8th Circ. Delays Gay Marriage Rulings For High Court Review
• Texas House OKs 25% Business Tax Cut In $5B Package
• CFTC Lands $5.5M Victory In Forex Trading Row
• States Want Stay Of $17M DBSI Tax Row For 9th Circ. Appeal
• Montana High Court Nixes Class Action Over Ag Reappraisals
• Third Brother Pleads Guilty In $145M Biodiesel Scam In Ind.
• Lower Tax Reporting Limit For Slots Not A Revenue Jackpot
• Locke Lord Dismissed From Welfare Benefit Plan Suit
• Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Ethan Harris
• OECD Seeks Input On BEPS Cost Contribution Arrangements
• Utilizing Section 336(e) Elections In PE Acquisitions
• Lead Counsel In Lehman Bros Suit Joins Greenberg Traurig
• IRS To Stop Refunds Of Undeposited Taxes By Foreigners
• Bipartisan Bill To Lift Veil On Fed. Settlements Reintroduced
• Whole Foods Hits Back At Customer In Sales Tax Class Action
• TD Bank Beats NJ City In Property Assessment Fight
• Rising Star: Reed Smith's Mike Shaikh
• Millionaire's $11M Art Theft, Jailbreak Trial Begins
• Two Attorneys Found Guilty In $1.1M Film-Tax Credit Scheme
• PwC Liability In MF Global Fiasco A Close Call In 2nd Circ.
• SEC Slams Sam Wyly's Plan To Sell $50M Ranch
• Supreme Court Torn On Same-Sex Marriage
• Skadden Guides Windstream's Tax-Free Spinoff Of REIT
• NFL To Relinquish Front Office's Tax-Exempt Status
• How The Defense Can Win Verdicts And Influence Juries
• Gramercy Client Wants Indemnity Suit Over Tax Shelter Tossed
• Lawmakers Press Obama To Drop ACA's Cadillac Tax
• Tax Court Says Garnished Spouse Payments Not Deductible
• Justices Deny Review Of Fight Over Texas Land Seizure
• IRS May Need Legislative Fix For Reinsurance Tax Strategy
• High Court Squashes UT's $11M FICA Tax Refund Fight
• Rising Star: McDermott Will & Emery's Lindsay LaCava
• 3 Political Fights That Threaten Key Tools For Property Deals
• High Court Won't Hear Case Over Offshore Partnerships
• Milberg Looks Into Whether TurboTax Ignored Mass Tax Fraud
• Facilitating Access To Italian Nonperforming Loans
• IRS Slams Medtronic Bid To Seal Trial Docs In $561M Tax Row
• This Week In Congress: Iran Legislation In Jeopardy?
• Holland & Knight Nabs Tax Leader From McKenna Long
• Insurers Rip Tenn. 'Retaliation' Tax In High Court Petition
• Calif. Justices Won't Take On Firms' San Francisco Tax Fight
• Fla. Appeals Court Reinstates Same-Sex Divorce Case
• Rising Star: Kirkland & Ellis' Mike Carew
• Inside IRS Guidance On Tribal General Welfare Exclusion
• Texas Justices Say Student Housing Didn't Forfeit Tax Status
• Pa. Gov't Official Defends Wolf Tax Reform Proposal
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Kirkland, Shearman
• Quinn Emanuel's Role In Audit Is Too Large, Microsoft Says
• 5 Questions To Watch At High Court Marriage Arguments
• NY To Ratchet Up Damages In FedEx Bootleg Cig Case
• 5 Tips For Negotiating Native American Land Leases
• Court Clarifies Taxability Of Excess Refundable Credits
• Rising Star: Agostino & Associates' Brian Burton
• Puerto Rico Could Shut Down, Lender Of Last Resort Warns
• College Profs Tell 8th Circ. To Nix Gay Marriage Ban Appeal
• Tax Court Sinks Calif. Law Firm's $1.9M IRS Challenge
• NY Panel Upholds $3M In Cigarette Taxes On NJ Distributor
• NY Judge Axes State, City Property Tax Discrimination Suit
• Tribes Mulling Marijuana Should Heed Tobacco Tax Lessons
• Feds Target Tax Preparer Implicated In $129M Shelter Scam
• No Bright-Line Test In IRS Hedge Fund Reinsurance Regs
• BSI Provides Road Map For Future Swiss Bank Agreements
• Feds Say Indicted School Founder Can't Shield Atty Convos
• Fed. Claims Tells IRS To Pay Tipster For Deposition Costs
• GCs Name Most Elite Law Firms
• IRS Blasted For Cutting $134M In Customer Service Funding
• Another Guilty Plea In $35M Biofuels Tax Fraud Scheme
• 5 Tax Tips For Businesses Mulling An Interstate Move
• Canada Cracks Down On Banks' Synthetic Equity Deductions
• Bombardier Can't Shake Ruling Denying $32M Tax Refund
• Sen. Grassley Wants IRS Action On Taxpayer Data Protection
• Execs Not Immune To Failed Co. Fraud Claims: UK High Court
• Scope Of Calif.'s Mello-Roos Now Includes Eminent Domain
• ND Legislature Sends Tribal Oil, Gas Tax Bill To Gov.
• Bombardier Wants New Trial In $32M Tax Refund Feud
• SD Tribe Says IGRA Bars State Taxes On Casino Customers
• TurboTax Users Blame Intuit For Billions In Tax Fraud
• Territorial Taxation May Not Blunt Inversion Deals
• IRS Rolls Out Foreign Procurement Excise Tax Guidance
• Biz Tax Reform Will Trickle Down, Treasury Official Says
• Imperial Holdings Brass Face Class Action Over Bylaw
• OPINION: The New, New Thing — Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles
• Tax Planning Will Be Forefront In Cross-Border Craze: BDO
• Whole Foods Insists Sales Tax Row Must Be Bagged
• Ex-Owner Of NJ Home Health Care Co. Cops To $7M Fraud
• Lawsky Says BitLicense Could Change To Ease Compliance
• 11th Circ. Certifies Tax Shelter Question to Fla. High Court
• Ex-Biofuel Exec Will Plead Guilty To $100M Tax Credit Fraud
• Tax Court Says IRS Lien Decision Violated Automatic Stay
• 5 Ways Retailers Can Avoid The Sales Tax Litigation Blitz
• Court Enjoins Tax Preparer Accused Of $9.7M Fraud Scheme
• Tenn. Blasts Remand Bid In Diesel Tax Feud With Railroads
• Whistleblower Blasts IRS' Bid To Shake Improper Firing Suit
• Class Blasts Opposition To $9.6M Lien-Rigging Deal
• Understanding Mozambique's New Oil And Gas Regime
• Ernst & Young Seeks Exit From Suit Over OSG's Tax Errors
• Wells Fargo Says Businessman's Tax Shelter Suit Is Too Late
• This Week In Congress: Cybersecurity, Iran, Veto Override?
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Law Firm Biases Continue To Thwart Women
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• PwC Paying $65M To End Suit Over MF Global Collapse
• Ryan, Murray Bill Would Create Panel To Study Tax Breaks
• CFPB, Navajo Win Nod For Tax-Refund Loan Scam Deal
• Seyfarth Shaw, Banks Ran Tax Shelter Scam, Suit Says
• Flight Attendant Can't Exclude All Income, DC Circ Affirms
• GM, Treasury Blast Watchdog's Effort To Snag Bailout Emails
• Baltimore Settles $11.4M Tech Contract Suit Against Unisys
• IRS Says Native American Welfare Safe Harbors Still Valid
• Taxation With Representation: Norton Rose Fulbright, Skadden
• Calif.'s Flexible New Tool For Infrastructure Development
• Virginia's 'Rocket Docket' Continues To Roar
• 9th Circ. Defers To Calif. Jury Trial Waiver Law In Tata Dispute
• Unused Vacation, Sick Leave Payouts Are Income: Tax Court
• NC Bills Would Grant Tribe Exclusive Tax Power, Exemption
• Order To Disclose EY, Dentons Tax Docs Buffeted At 2nd Circ.
• Rep. Pushes Effort To Nix ACA 'Belly Button' Tax
• Undocumented Workers Can Add $2.2B In Taxes, Report Says
• Bill Would Bar Federal Contracts For Tax-Inverted Cos.
• Athletes May Play Out Ohio 'Jock Tax' Cases In High Court
• OECD Says Measuring Tax Base Erosion A Difficult Task
• Atlantic City Says Borgata Lacks Standing In Bond Sale Suit
• NJ Property Owners Oppose $9.6M Lien-Rigging Class Deal
• House Backs Estate Tax Repeal, Sales Tax Deduction
• NJ Biofuels Co. Owner Pleads Guilty To $55M Fraud Scheme
• Sens. Float Tribal, Marginal Well Tax Bills
• Senators Close In On New Long-Term Transportation Bill
• House Passes Bills To Alter IRS Practices After Scandal
• Tax Court Says Couple Took Too Long To Request Refund
• 2 Routes To Hourly Rates For Lawyers
• Money In Trust Not A Gift, Estate Argues In $4M Tax Fight
• Tax Reform Must Be Comprehensive, Retail Industry Says
• Uncertain Answers To Subpart F Questions
• Ernst & Young Strikes $10M Deal In NY AG's Lehman Suit
• 9th Circ. Says Jury Order Dooms Tax Evasion Conviction
• Bill Would Offer Tax Credits To Incentivize Apprenticeships
• IRS Loses Bid To Delay Tax Trial In $33M Land Gift Row
• KPMG Can't Shake Ron Burkle's $10M Blown Tax Shelter Suit
• ACA Far From Fully Meshed With Immigration Law
• NextEra Sues US For $98M In Alleged Tax Overpayments
• Evicted Homeowners Win Class Cert. In DC Tax Suit
• IRS Defends Contract With Outside Attys In Microsoft Case
• 5 Tax Considerations For Doing Biz In Indian Country
• Akin Gump Snags Ex-Andrews Kurth Energy Tax Pro In Texas
• EFH Floats Ch. 11 Plan To Restructure $42B In Debt
• Sen. Hatch Says IRS Must Rethink Political Activity Rules
• Some CSA Receipts Are Income For California Tax Purposes
• CFPB, Navajo Take Aim At Tax-Refund Loan Scam
• Using The New York FCA To Combat Offshore Tax Evasion
• Tobacco Deal Ruling Could Boost Other States In Pa.'s Boat
• Md. Lawmakers Send Variable Film Tax Credit Bill To Gov.
• Guam Couple Goes To Court Over Island's Gay Marriage Ban
• NY Dems Say Tax Brackets Should Reflect Cost Of Living
• 5 Tax Tips For Rewards-Based Crowdfunding Campaigns
• Row Over Tax Debtors' Nixed Driver's Licenses Hits 9th Circ.
• RAND Corp. Says LA County Wrongly Denied Tax Exemption
• IRS Gets Taxpayer FOIA Suit Over Audit Trimmed
• Travel Sites Say Exhaustion Defense Is Solid In Ill. Tax Row
• How To Weather Media Inquiries In High-Profile Cases
• This Week In Congress: Taxes, Budget Resolution And Iran
• UT Disputes Feds' Argument In High Court FICA Tax Row
• 7 Tips For Dealing With A Cash-Strapped IRS
• Disputed Natural Gas Tax Constitutional: Iowa High Court
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Ropes & Gray, Vinson
• 11th Circ. Affirms Tobacco Co. Owner's $40M Tax Liability
• Taking Legal Analytics To The Next Level
• Criminal Probe Could Delay Tax Trial In $33M Gift Row
• Big Tobacco Must Fork Over $125M To Pa.
• How Russian CFC Rules Affect Inbound US Tax Planning
• Precusor To DOD Contractor Owes $24M In Back Taxes
• Sutherland Nabs Pepper Hamilton Tax Pro For DC Office
• High Court May Take Narrow Path In Md. Tax Case
• Consumer Urges Court To Keep Whole Foods Sales Tax Row
• Ruling Bodes Well For Disputed Energy Stimulus Grants
• Tax Court Says Atty's State Taxes Belong Below The Line
• Calif. Tribe Seeks To Drop Claims Against Utility In Tax Fight
• Fed. Circ. OKs MassMutual's Dividend Tax Deductions
• France Slaps HSBC With €1B Bail In Formal Tax Evasion Probe
• NY Tax Panel Doesn't Buy Address Change, Axes $1M Loss
• Public REIT Market Poised For Bustling M&A Run
• Fla. Appeals Court Affirms Retroactive Tax Change Is Illegal
• Pa. Justices To Weigh Taxability Of Rent Income
• US Can't Take Tax Liability Suit Out Of Bankruptcy Court
• Australia Needs More Indirect Taxation, OECD Experts Say
• Tax Court Says Couple Must Stand Trial Over VI Residency
• 10th Circ. Reverses Colo. 'Amazon Tax' Ruling
• 5 Must-Know Facts For Launching An Up-C IPO
• CPA Group Urges DC Circ. To Revive Tax Preparer Lawsuit
• 1st Circ. Told PR Won't Drop Marriage Ban Despite Promise
• Estate Takes $90M Tribal Cigarette Tax Row To 9th Circ.
• Illinois Ruling May Help Stem Frivolous Qui Tam Suits
• Estate Of Madoff's Late Son Fights $11.9M Tax Bill
• Cash Accounting Vital For Law Firm Stability, ABA Says
• Payroll Firms Say IRS Levied 3rd-Party Paycheck Funds
• Navajo Snack Tax Success A Model For Other Communities
• Native American Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2015
• Contractor Who Sold Secrets To China Loses $18M IRS Case
• Investment Firm Accuses Rothstein-Kass Of $11.3M Mistake
• IRS Boosts Criminal Conviction Rate Despite Lean Times
• HVB Can't Ditch GeoCities Founder's Tax-Shelter RICO Suit
• NJ Says Bitcoin Transactions Subject To Sales Tax
• Big 4's Legal Branches Expand with EY Affiliate in Seoul
• Tax Court Axes $2M Penalties On Atty's Tax-Motivated Deals
• Cannabis And Indian Country: Basics 101
• Tax Court Overturns IRS Disallowal Of $1.4M Gift Exclusion
• Tax Pros Wary After IRS Hires Quinn Emanuel Litigators
• UK Closes Investment Manager Disguised Fee Tax Loophole
• LA Accused Of Disguising Billions In Taxes As Electric Fees
• No Agreement On BEPS Foreign Company Income Definition
• AbbVie Tries To Get Shire Shareholders' Suit Tossed
• Navigating The Calif. Competes Tax Credit Review Process
• Treasury Axes Tax Filing Penalties Tied To ACA Errors
• Native American Cases To Watch In 2015
• This Week in Congress: The Calm Before The Budget Debate
• High Court Urged To Review Tax Fight Over Offshore Cos.
• Calif. Tax Board Urges High Court To Weigh Inventor's Suit
• CSX Wants Gov't To Shell Out $4.1M For Overpaid Taxes
• Hess Oil Wants $84M Virgin Islands Tax Refund Suit In NY
• Tanker Co. Investors Want Ernst & Young To Face A Jury
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Simpson, Cooley
• 15 States Urge High Court To Uphold Same-Sex Marriage Bans
• 1st Circ. Urged To Rehear Bankruptcy Tax Debt Ruling
• Fla. House OKs Budget, Minus Senate's Health Care Expansion
• BJ's Charges Full Sales Tax On Discounted Items, Suit Says
• Tax Court Can Ax Innocent Spouse Case Without Ruling
• Swiss Banker Pleads Guilty Days Before Trial In Fla.
• HVB Likely To Stand Trial In GeoCities Founder's RICO Suit
• Starbuzz Tobacco Fights TTB On $3.5M Excise Tax, Levy
• IRS Pens Final Rules On Controlled Group Research Credits
• When A Simple Spinoff Is Not Simple
• Wrigley Field Rooftop Club Owner Denies Fraud Charges
• IRS Official Lerner Won't Be Charged With Contempt, DOJ Says
• Fla. Senate Passes Budget, But Faces Huge Gap With House
• Here's How The CARERS Act Could Change Cannabis Policy
• Gov't Has No Sovereign Immunity In $17M DBSI Tax Row
• CohnReznick Rips 'Gilmore Girls' Widow's $14M 'Money Grab'
• The Laterals Audit: This Month's Tax Attorney Moves
• JPMorgan, BMO Can't Nix Fraud Bids In $276M Tax Refund Suit
• How Non-US Investigations Are Breeding US Securities Suits
• Nebraska Asks 8th Circ. To Reinstate Gay Marriage Ban
• Wilson Sonsini-Led GoDaddy Draws $460M In Upsized IPO
• Ethics In The Tech Age: What Every Lawyer Should Consider