Tax Archive » April, 2016

Tax - April, 2016

265 articles

• OPINION: Engaging The Media May Help Your Client
• Big Tobacco Urges Justices To Review $125M Award To Pa.
• Treasury Fights Bankers' Challenge To Info-Sharing Law
• Alaska's Top Court Gives City Win In Pipeline Tax Challenge
• Ind. Tax Court Says Waste Utility User Fees Not Taxable
• Taxation With Representation: Baker & McKenzie, Gibson Dunn
• South Dakota Sues Retailers To Enforce Internet Sales Tax Law
• NJ Casino Group Urges Action On Atlantic City Bailout
• US Energy, Utility M&A Activity Hits 10-Year High
• Taxpayers Press 11th Circ. To Rehear IRS Summons Dispute
• State Tax Fallout From Federal Related-Party Debt Plan
• Tax Court Spikes $16M Golf Course Easement Deduction
• Louisiana Joins Debate Over Online Remote Seller Sales Tax
• House Bill Would Sync Passthrough, Corporate Tax Rates
• EU Top Court Will Consider Germany's Travel Agent VAT Laws
• Cig Bootleg Judge To Hear FedEx's Sandbagging Allegation
• Using The New Federal Rules To Rein In Discovery
• IRS Finalizes Tax Shelter Adviser Reporting Rules
• Ga. Auto Dealer Fights $28M Tax Bill Over Asset Transfers
• IP In A Financial Center: Ireland Vs. Cayman Islands
• Dentons: A New Kind Of Network?
• 22 Firms Win Top Marks From GCs On AFAs
• Morgan Lewis Adds Atty With R&D Tax Credit Expertise
• IRS Inversion Regs Don't Solve Tax Code Issues, Rep. Says
• Fla. Appeals Court Reinstates City Marinas' Tax-Free Status
• Wash. State Auditor Tax-Fraud Trial Ends With No Conviction
• NJ Tax Panel Sets Snare For Related-Company Loans
• NBA Star's Ex-Assistant Denied Bid For New Theft Trial
• Crane Makers Say Anti-Inversion Rules Kill Merger Savings
• House Votes To Revive Tariff-Cutting Process
• Gov't Sues US Bank After It Refused To Seize Client's Tax Bill
• DBSI Trustee Says IRS Must Prove Good Faith Defense
• FTB V. Hyatt: Taxes, Torts And The Constitution
• Pa. Justices To Hear School District Tax Assessment Row
• Mercury Systems Can Chase $1.8M Tax Refund, 1st Circ. Says
• Sen. Rand Paul's FATCA Lawsuit Tossed For Lack Of Standing
• Bankruptcy Atty Can't Nix 'Housewives' Star's Malpractice Suit
• Businessman Says DC Circ. Sanctioned Unfair Tax Treatment
• EU Committee Call For More Level Taxes On Multinationals
• Virgin Islands Drops Claims Over $219M Bond Offering
• Wyden Proposes Simplification Of Depreciation Tax Rules
• Locke Lord Picks Up Tax Attorney From Squire Patton Boggs
• Kraft Can't Deduct $934M In Interest, NJ Tax Court Says
• 3 Takeaways From The Native American Finance Conference
• Treasury Officials Must Testify In $226M Energy Tax Credit Row
• IRS' Quinn Emanuel Retainer Is A Wrongheaded Experiment
• Yes, Internal Revenue Code Is Law, Tax Court Tells Trust
• LA Dodges $1B Suit Over 'Disguised' Electricity Tax, For Now
• Ga. Couple Cops To Tax Fraud Using 'Get Transcript' Site
• Chiesa Shahinian Nabs 6 Herrick Feinstein LLP Attys
• Spanish Watchdog Probes Possible IT Services Collusion
• Colo. High Court Says Gas Capital Costs Are Tax Deductible
• Attorney-Client Privilege And A Law Firm Leak
• Cardio Clinic Wants IRS To Adjust For Embezzlement Fallout
• Water Agency Tells 9th Circ. DOI Warping Tribal Tax Rule
• Ex-Sprint Execs Say US Hid Ernst & Young Tax Shelter Probe
• High Court Won't Take Up Kinder Morgan MLP Dispute
• Gov't Hiring Private Attys Is Proper As A Matter Of Law
• Okla. Senate Passes Internet Retail Sales Tax Bill
• In Congress: Trade, Privacy, Fiscal Year 2017
• 9th Circ. Remands Continental Ponzi Scheme Coverage Case
• UK Watchdog Outlines New Rules For Pension Annuity Market
• Journalists Won't Take Part In DOJ's 'Panama Papers' Probe
• NJ Investor Gets Probation For Tax Lien Bid-Rigging Scheme
• High Court Ruling Sinks Mich. Health Tax, 6th. Circ. Told
• NJ Bill Would Provide Tax Credit For Telecommuting
• On 3rd Try, EU Court Says Alumina Makers Owe Back Taxes
• When Gov't Hires Private Attys: The Need For Boundaries
• 4 Fronts In The Fight To Tax Interstate Sales
• Fidex Can't Claim €84M Loss From Tax Avoidance Scheme
• Ill. Tampon Tax Elimination, Birth Control Coverage Bills Move
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Skadden, Kirkland
• 2nd Wife Can't Use Deceased Hubby's Tax Credit, Judge Says
• Avoiding The Pitfalls Of Researching Attorneys In PACER
• Sprouts' W2 Leak In Data-Phishing Scam Prompts Suit
• DOJ Says Wyly Can't Use Cayman Entity As Ch. 11 Creditor
• Ernst & Young Beats Barclays' UK Claim Over Health Club Buy
• AC Water Utility's Credit Downgraded Amid City Debt Crisis
• 6th Circ. Cuts Ky. Gov. From Davis' Marriage License Row
• A Review Of Gov't Cases Against Execs In Q1
• Former IRS Counselor Joins Drinker Biddle & Reath
• Move To Regulate Tax Preparers Rejected By Senate Panel
• New Inversion Regs Won't Hinder $16.6B Johnson-Tyco Tie-Up
• House Votes To Bar IRS Bonuses Until Service Improves
• New Tax Plan Will Hurt IT, Pharma Vendors In Texas
• Man's Husband Wins Wrongful-Death Award Row At 11th Circ.
• High Court's Birth Control Compromise Still Divides
• JPMorgan Unit Sues IRS Over Brazilian Fund's Value
• White & Case Opens White Collar-Focused Boston Office
• Texas Loses Bid To Retain $3M Tax From Banking Service Co.
• House Dems Unveil Bill To Raise Estate Tax To 2009 Levels
• House Votes For Lawmaker Oversight On IRS User Fees
• CEO Can't Deduct All Jet Leasing Costs, Tax Court Says
• Panama Papers Spark US Criminal Tax Evasion Probe
• Ex-Congressman Ordered Into Custody After Bond Violations
• IRS Says Colorado Pot Dispensary Can't Deduct Expenses
• Hunt Seeks Texas PUC's Rehearing Over $20B Oncor Deal
• NY Must Show More Evidence In UPS Untaxed Cigarette Suit
• Atlantic City Again Escapes Asset Freeze In School Row
• Trusts To Fight Fraudulent Transfer Ruling In Tax Dodge Row
• State Immunity Precedent Vulnerable After Justices Split
• Belize Asks DC Circ. To Gut $32M Awards Over Airport Deal
• House Passes Bill To Stop IRS From Targeting Free Speech
• IRS Customer Service Improved With More Funds, GAO Says
• Offshore Tax Planning Is Alive Despite Panama Leaks
• High Court Says Calif. Tax Agency Must Face Nevada Suit
• IRS Immune To Defunct Firm's Collection Suit, Judge Says
• Tax Offender Asks Top Court To Consider Evidence Exclusion
• Latham May Not Have Tax Opinion Ready For ETE Merger
• Cole Schotz Opens Fla. Location With Sachs Sax Estate Pro
• Panama Papers And Real Estate: New Push For Old Priorities
• 7th Circ. OKs Tax Deductions For Horse-Racing Venture
• Duane Morris Snags 5 Miami Partners From Carlton Fields
• IRS Denies Taking Investor's Fraudulent Funds In Bad Faith
• 8 Reasons Nevada Is A Leading Trust Situs
• 18 Ex-Treasury Officials Say Inversion Regs Aren't A Real Fix
• High Court Won't Take Up Chemical Co.'s Foreign Tax Appeal
• Another Take On Reed Smith, Pepper Hamilton Merger Talks
• Treasury Preparing Regs To Curb Shell Co. Tax Evasion
• Tracking Stock Awakens
• In Congress: IRS, FAA, Puerto Rico
• The Best Law Firms For Female Partners
• The Glass Ceiling Report
• The Top 5 Ways BigLaw Is Failing Women
• The 100 Best Law Firms For Female Attorneys
• Texas High Court Sides With Hallmark In 'Net Gain' Tax Case
• Okla. Tax Battle Ratchets Up Tension Between Tribes, State
• FedEx Tribal Cigarette Tax Suits Merged In NY
• 5 EU Nations, Panama Make Moves Against Corp. Tax Evasion
• New Debt-Equity Rules May Have Gone Too Far
• Tribal-State 'Tax Parity' Bill Introduced In House
• Fla. State Rep. Tapped Campaign Funds For Own Use, US Says
• Ex-Rep. Who Violated Bond Avoids House Arrest For Now
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Squire Patton, Vinson
• Tax Atty, Ex-Partner Hit With SEC Suit Over Litigation Fund
• Fiat Chrysler Says Bankruptcy Sale Blocks Excess Ind. Taxes
• Tax Rules Could Be Undone By Seat Belt Case In 9th Circ.
• Pavia & Harcourt Named In $29M French Heiress Estate Scam
• OPINION: Advising The GOP About Its Obligation To Advise
• Norton Rose Adds Ex-Cadwalader Investment Pro In NY
• Ill. City Gets Deal With Final Travel Sites Over Hotel Taxes
• TD Took Wrong Carry-Over Deduction, NY Tax Panel Says
• Judge Narrows Tax Malpractice Suit Against Winston & Strawn
• Tea Party Orgs Push DC Circ. To Revive IRS Targeting Suits
• NJ Assembly Panel Tweaks AC Recovery Bill, Slams Takeover
• Ky. Gov. Signs Bill Nixing Clerk Names On Marriage Licenses
• In Reversal, WTO OKs Argentina's Tax Transparency Rules
• Tribe Asks Judge To Back Arbitral Finding On Okla. Sales Tax
• EU Parliament To Open Panama Papers Investigation
• IRS Settlement With Carmex Owners Is Surprising
• Ill. Court Revives City's Bid For Coverage Of Tax Scheme Suit
• Town Says $11M Tax Fight In Verso Ch. 11 Belongs In Maine
• Feds Slam NBA Star's Ex-Assistant's Bid For New Trial
• Life Policy Premiums Not Loans From Estate, Tax Court Says
• ABA Asks Lawmakers To Reject Accrual Accounting Mandates
• 20% Of Big Cos. Paid No Fed. Income Tax In 2012: Report
• Foxwoods Developer Loses Bid To Recoup $50M Casino Fee
• Mossack Fonseca Pledges Cooperation After Panama Raid
• TurboTax Terms Duck Liability, Consumer Suit Says
• NJ Pols Propose 'One Last Chance' For AC To Avoid Takeover
• IRS Won't Follow Tax Ruling On Accounting Firm Settlement
• IRS Drops Tax Inversion Dispute With Car Parts Maker Delphi
• DC Circ. Won't Pause Belize's Appeal Of $4.4M Award
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Apt. Owner's LA Tax Challenge
• The Panama Papers: Can Insurance Cover Possible Exposure?
• Justices Get Support For Birth Control Deal, With Caveats
• Continental Should Cover Ponzi Co. Losses, 9th Circ. Told
• EC Tax Disclosure Rule Could Scare Companies Straight
• Clean Energy Tax Credits Cut From Senate FAA Bill
• Beauty Retailer Ulta Accused Of Stiffing Customers On Returns
• Debt Co. Wants 'Lifeblood' Info Protected In $193M Tax Row
• IRS Presses Congress For New Hiring, Tax Preparer Powers
• Education Co. Owner Admits Bribing Head Of Chicago Schools
• Sun Capital: An Opportunity To Consider Fund Tax Structures
• Fla. Drops Tax On Some Cigar Wraps After Court Ruling
• Newark, Airbnb Reach Deal Over Hotel Tax
• IRS Floats New Rules To Clarify Deemed Stock Distributions
• Booking Sites Want Remaining Ill. Hotel Tax Claims Killed
• EU Calls For Public Disclosure Of Corporate Tax Data
• FinCEN Orders Should Prod Attys To Eye Risk, Panelists Say
• Uzbekistan Escapes Nearly All Of $1.3B Claims By Oxus Gold
• Panama Papers Show Attys Must Trust But Verify Ownership
• Ex-Ill. Congressman Arrested Over Travels After Tax Charges
• IRS Can Raise New Issues In Insurance Row, Tax Court Says
• Ill. Lawmakers Seek Budget Compromise Amid Absent Leaders
• Ind. Tax Court Signs Off On Mall Property Assessment
• Panama Papers Leak Spurs OECD Tax Network Into Action
• No Harm, No Foul, No Standing In Data Breach Row, IRS Says
• Could Crossover Refunding Make A Comeback?
• In Congress: Kicking Off 3 Busy Weeks
• Expat Says Tax Court Ignored Evidence In Residency Row
• Settlement In Miami SkyRise Suit Bars Use Of Public Funds
• UK Asks Banks To Declare Links To Panama Papers Firm
• Earnings-Stripping Regs Test Limits Of Treasury's Authority
• Airport Contractor Tells DC Circ. Belize Is Delaying Award
• Puerto Rico Judge OKs Gay Marriage After 1st Circ. Order
• When Is A Payment Treated As Disguised Compensation?
• Legal Delivery In The 'Gig Economy'
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Paul Hastings, Sullivan
• Kansas Gov. Signs Tribal Cigarette-Tax Pacts Into Law
• Rising Star: Cravath's Len Teti
• Ex-Access CEO Can't Now Claim Substance Abuse
• Experian Seeing 70 Tax Phishing Scams Weekly, Director Says
• NY Appeals Court Nixes Challenges To Casino, Start-Up Acts
• Co-Conspirators Sentenced In $200M Tax Fraud Scheme
• 1st Circ. Orders Puerto Rico Court To Recognize Gay Marriage
• Md. Sen. Panel Moves Bill To Give Northrop $38M Tax Credit
• IRS Wants Debt Collector Info Made Public In $193M Dispute
• Appeals Court Reaffirms FreshDirect's Bronx Move Subsidies
• Fox Rothschild, Virgin Islands Settle Tax Collection Row
• Fla. Consultant Doesn't Have NY Income, Tax Panel Says
• Financial Institutions Brace For Impact Of Panama Papers
• Rising Star: Fenwick & West's Larissa Neumann
• State Takeover Foes Advance New Atlantic City Recovery Bill
• Ex-Hunter Douglas GC Admits To Taking Millions In Patent Plot
• EU Takes Step Toward Revamped Value-Added Tax Regime
• Rising Star: Cleary Gottlieb's Corey Goodman
• Fla. Says Satellite Sales Tax Doesn't Violate Commerce Clause
• Amicus Briefs In ERISA Case Improper, 6th Circ. Told
• Nixed Pfizer Inversion Casts Uncertainty On Similar Deals
• Fla. Cannot Tax Cigar Wraps As Loose Tobacco, Court Says
• Illinois Potentially Most In-Hock State, Watchdog Says
• Atheists Try Again To Strike Clergy Housing Tax Exemption
• Kazakhstan Faces New Claim From Gold Producer
• Laterals' Taxes Now Fair Game As BigLaw Deepens Vetting
• Mo. High Court Says Office Depot Doesn't Owe Tax On Mailers
• Senate Votes To Move Forward With FAA Reauthorization Bill
• Ex-Philly Judge Gets 10 Months In Tax Evasion Scheme
• MasterCard's Use Of IBM Goods Not Tax Exempt, Court Says
• Succession Planning: A Key Strategy For Law Firm Longevity
• Mossack Fonseca Lobs Legal Action For Panama Papers Hack
• Sun Capital Has Big Implications For Private Equity
• Pfizer, Allergan End $160B Merger After New Inversion Regs
• DC Circ. Won't Revive Internet Tax Row Over Cigarette Sales
• Inversion Regs Cast Net Wider Than Pfizer-Allergan Deal
• Atlantic City Casino Gets Greenlight For $88M Tax Trial
• Proskauer Bolsters NY Office With 2 New Partners
• Vinson & Elkins Scores REIT Team From Hunton & Williams
• AT&T Says Calif. Cell Tax Class Action Should Be Federal
• NYC Council Wants To Tax Carried Interest, 'Mansion' Sales
• Okla. Told To Stop Demanding Sales Taxes From Tribe
• Panama Papers Could Force US To Close Tax Loopholes
• Rising Star: Skadden's Nathan W. Giesselman
• Lay And Expert Testimony: Using Employee Witnesses
• FedEx Must Face NY Suit Over Untaxed Cigarette Shipments
• IRS Can Collect From Supplement Co., Tax Court Says
• Retired Tax Court Judge, Husband Accused Of Tax Evasion
• Intuit Pushes For Arbitration, Stay In TurboTax Class Action
• 4 Things To Consider When Amending Partnership Pacts
• DBSI Trustee Fights IRS' Bid To Keep Shady Transfers
• IRS Proposes Rules To Target Inversion Earnings Stripping
• Tax Dodger's $1.6M Trust Fund Must Go To Feds, Court Says
• EC Says Probe Of Apple's Ireland Tax Deal Needs More Time
• Law Firms Named In Leaked Panama Papers
• Silver Co. Says Investors' Fraud Suit Over Taxes Is A Mess
• Feds Banking On Diversion In Albemarle Case, Justices Told
• Rising Star: Arnstein & Lehr's Adam Fayne
• 7 Lessons I Learned As A Trial Lawyer On Jury Duty
• 10th Circ. Won't Rethink Upholding Colo. 'Amazon Tax' Law
• NY State Passes Budget With Personal Income Tax Cuts
• Judge Strikes Several FedEx Defenses In Bootleg Cig Row
• Tenn. Vodafone Ruling Loosens Reins On State Tax Agencies
• 'Small Tobacco' Tax Upheld By Texas Supreme Court
• The 2016 Rising Stars, By Firm
• Taxation With Representation: Pillsbury, Hogan, Ropes