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Tax - March, 2018

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• NY Passes $168.3B Budget, Becoming 1st To Tackle TCJA
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Expanded OMB Oversight Could Cause Taxpayer Headaches
• House Panel Skewers Puerto Rico Fiscal Board's Performance
• The Lateral Audit: Tax Attorney Moves in March
• Feds Seek 2 Years For Ex-Illinois Rep. For Tax Evasion
• Goodwin Liu Talks Academia, Constitutional Law, Oxtail Stew
• Exxon Asks Fed. Court For Quick Win In IRS Credit Dispute
• Single Factor Income Apportionment: Inconsistent Standard
• Lower Middle Market Gets More Attractive After Tax Reform
• Prosecutors Should Be Wary Of Overreach After Marinello
• BigLaw Doesn't Have A Diversity Problem
• Calif. Panel Won't Revive LA Tax Row With Online Travel Cos.
• Fed. Board Seeks Additional Cuts In Puerto Rico Fiscal Plan
• FDIC Settles Tax Refund Row With Defunct Ill. Co. For $240M
• NY Wants $9M Damages Doubled In UPS Cigarette Ship Case
• 5 Thorny TCJA Issues Multinationals Need To Know About
• Trump Accuses Amazon Of Paying Too Little In Taxes
• Manafort Wants Judge's Help In Warrant Challenge
• NJ Court Panel Rejects Atty's Standing In Budget Challenge
• McDonald's Expands Tuition Aid, Citing New Tax Law
• Law360's Tax Editorial Advisory Board
• Ill. Residents Can Deduct 2017 Prepaid Taxes, Treasury Says
• Switzerland's Corporate Tax Proposal Heads To Parliament
• Roman J. Israel, Esquire, Meet Donald J. Trump, POTUS
• Online Retailers Urge Justices Not To Overturn Quill
• DHS May Exclude Immigrants Who Use Tax Breaks, CHIP
• Partnership 'Pull-In' Option Eases Burdens Of Audit Regime
• Rakoff Hits DMX With Year In Prison For 'Brazen' Tax Dodge
• If You Can't Stand The BEAT, You're Still Stuck In The Kitchen
• Did New Tax Law Accidentally Cut Education Benefits? No!
• TCJA Cuts Households' Taxes Across Board, Think Tank Says
• Estate Owes For $194M Gains On Contract Changes, IRS Says
• Feds Can Pick 15 Facebook Docs For Court Review In Tax Row
• We Need A Cybersecurity Framework For Law Firms
• IRS Withdraws Appeal Of Whistleblower Couple's $17.8M Win
• NY Court Rules $11M State Building Grant Is Taxable Income
• IRS Tells Tax Court Eaton's Taxable Income Was $200M Short
• Fax Machines Have Overstayed IRS Welcome, Lawmaker Says
• China To Cut VAT Rates As Part Of Tax Overhaul
• Roots' Leaders Can't Appeal Discovery Order For Tax Returns
• NJ Assembly Amends Bill Expanding Biz-Friendly Zones
• IRS Nominee Rettig Discloses $1.1M In Salary, Names Clients
• Red Flags For States Conforming To New Federal Tax Law
• IRS Plans To Limit Contracted Law Firms' Role In Audits
• To Hold Or Not To Hold: S Corps And The Carried Interest Rule
• Equity Partnership Isn't What It Used To Be
• DMX Wants Rakoff To Hear His Music At Tax Sentencing
• UK Court Rejects Gambling Co.'s £70M Tax Appeal
• IRS Error Can't End Tax Court Case, US Tells 11th Circ.
• Facebook Row May Expand Access To IRS Appeals Process
• Some Places Not Ready To Collect Online Tax, Report Says
• Ingersoll-Rand Says Congress OK'd $25M Foreign Tax Credit
• Lawmakers Propose Gutting IRS Oversight Board In Overhaul
• IRS Says No Universal Right To Appeal In Facebook Tax Bout
• PES Refinery Ch. 11 Plan Confirmed, Ethanol Fight Remains
• Va. High Court Says State 'Add-Back' Statute Unambiguous
• Ireland Picks Goldman, Others for €13B Apple Tax Recovery
• A Long Overdue Check On Prosecutorial Power In Tax Cases
• Pass-Through Guidance Out By Summer At Earliest, IRS Says
• Judging A Book: Hardiman Reviews 'Without Precedent'
• NY, I Can't Seem To Quit You (As My Tax Domicile)
• Lessons In Negotiating Transaction Tax Deduction Provisions
• DWF Snags 2 Private Capital Attys From Brecher In London
• High Court Criminal Tax Ruling Is Part Of A Trend
• Rapper DMX Deserves 5-Year Sentence For Tax Evasion: Feds
• Use TCJA's New Rules To Fight Profit Shifts, States Urged
• State Opioid Taxes Seen As Well-Intentioned But Misguided
• Kansas Senate Introduces Sports Betting Bill With 5% Tax
• Beaufort, Loyal Bank Execs Face More Charges In $50M Fraud
• Taxation With Representation: Gibson, Weil, Davis Polk
• Tax Court Ruling Could Widen Divide Over Substance Doctrine
• Broadcom Investors OK Plan To Move Domicile Back to US
• Top Tax Changes For Law Firms: What Lawyers Need To Know
• OECD Adds Guidance On Transfer-Pricing Taxation
• Port Authority, Jersey City Settle $400M Tax Dispute
• Union Pacific Urges Justices To Preserve Win On Stocks
• Ireland Urges EU To Hit The Brakes On Digital Tax Rules
• Pennsylvania Withdraws Objection To Refinery Bankruptcy
• Pa. Justices To Weigh Broadness Of Business Privilege Tax
• 5th Circ. Rejects IRS Bid To Pause Anti-Inversion Appeal
• Rakoff Spares 3 Swiss Tax-Evasion Cooperators Prison Time
• Expedia, Others Join Bid To Toss Overcharging Suit
• Congress' Last Chance For Action On Remote Sellers Dies
• IRS Overhaul Bill Coming In April, Brady Says
• Local Coke Units Made Key Strategic Decisions, Exec Says
• Congress Passes $1.3T Spending Bill With 'Grain Glitch' Fix
• Anadarko Playing Victim In $26M Tax Refund Row, IRS Argues
• Expats Beware: OVDP Is Over In September
• Tax Reform Is Hurting Foreign Investors In The US
• How FERC Is Acting On Income Tax Allowances And The TCJA
• Companies Should Avoid The BigLaw Bonus Structure
• Condo Association Can't Represent Unit Owners In Tax Case
• High Court Criminal Tax Ruling Leaves Some Leeway For Feds
• NY Agency OKs Power Tariffs On Upstate Cryptocurrency Biz
• Omnibus Spending Bill Would Fix Tax Law's 'Grain Glitch'
• Post Tax Reform: What Corporate Structure Is Right For You?
• Feds Wrong To Underpay Utah County, Claims Court Finds
• GILTI Calculation Has 'Potential Traps,' Practitioner Says
• Calif. Seeks Input On Clean Energy Equipment Tax Exemption
• FCC's O'Rielly Slams 911 Fee Diversion By RI, Other States
• IRS Asks 1st Circ. To Uphold Order To Return Excess Subsidy
• EU Proposes €5B Online Tax, Heightening Trade War Fears
• Chief Innovation Officer — The New Star On Legal Teams
• Supreme Court Narrows Tax Obstruction Statute
• IRS Too Late To Assess Colo. Partnership, Tax Court Says
• More Can Be Done To Encourage Tax Whistleblowers
• Stocks Can Be Taxed Like Currency, Gov't Tells High Court
• Court Got $28M Tax Shelter Case Wrong, 11th Circ. Hears
• US Asks To Argue For Internet State Tax Before High Court
• An Expansion Of Tax On US Owners Of Foreign Equity
• Digital Tax Rules Not Aimed At US Tech Cos., EU Official Says
• 3rd Circ. Rule Creates 'Perverse Incentives,' Justices Told
• Calif.'s High Pot Taxes Could Fuel Black Market
• Pa. Atty Reinstated To Bar After 8-Year Tax Fraud Suspension
• Schulte Roth Nabs Sheppard Mullin Tax Partner
• EXCLUSIVE: Behind The Downfall Of Latham's Chairman
• The Impact Of Tax Reform On Leveraged Lending Transactions
• National Lawyers Need National Licensing For National Courts
• Rio Tinto Nears Arbitration Over $155M Mongolian Tax Bill
• Rank Can't Make Alcoa Pay $10M Chilean Tax, Judge Says
• UK Atty Tells Jury He Is Scapegoat For Tax-Cheating Heirs
• Tax Court Ruling 'Absurd,' Professors Tell 2nd Circ.
• ECJ Rules French Proprietor Owes Tax Despite Swiss Move
• CORRECTED: FBI Properly Withheld Docs On Trump Statements, Court Says
• Taxation Group Opposes Daily Sales Tax Settlement In Mass.
• Treasury Urges 5th Circ. To Reinstate Anti-Inversion Rule
• EU Gears Up To Retaliate Against US Steel, Aluminum Tariffs
• ABA Tax Group Needs Guidance On Foreign Partnership Rules
• Justices Rebuff Bankrupt Manufacturer's Tax Penalty Appeal
• 1st Circ. Rejects Racial Argument, Upholds Fraud Sentences
• A View From Silicon Valley: Tax Reform And The Tech Industry
• Justices Refuse To Hear Pot Co.'s Challenge Of IRS Probe
• Pa. Revenue Agency Asserts $3.8B Tax Claim In PES Ch. 11
• IRS Says It's Protected From Trustee's $3.6M Clawback Suit
• 3rd Circ. Affirms Plastic Surgeon's 3-Year Prison Sentence
• $57M Pistons Arena Tax Melee Battled Out Before 6th Circ.
• Minn. Begins Federal Tax Conformity Fight With Gov.'s Plan
• FERC Pursues Utility, Pipeline Rate Changes Amid Tax Cuts
• Gunster Nabs Ex-Sharp Partners Tax Pro In Fla.
• A Busy SFO Eyes DPAs For New Tax Evasion Probes
• Second Round Of Tax Cuts In Early Discussions, Brady Says
• A Chat With Littler Info Chief Durgesh Sharma
• Tax-Exempt Organization Restructurings Made Easier
• Taxation With Representation: EY, Skadden, Slaughter
• Experts See Trouble Ahead For EU 'Digital Services Tax'
• Surging Tax Receipts, Polls Lure States Into Pot Debate
• Not All Dutch Anti-Avoidance Rules Needed, Specialists Say
• Tax Planning In The Age Of Tax Reform: Part 3
• OECD's Interim Digital Taxation Report Has Few Answers
• Manafort Disputes Criminal Charges, Attacks Mueller Probe
• Telecom Seeks Court's Help To Enforce €150M London Award
• Blucora Investor Defends Suit Over Costly Acquisitions
• With VAT Gap At £12B, Firm Questions UK Tax Strategies
• US Chamber Backs Facebook In IRS Tax Adjustment Bout
• Pa. Appellate Panel Won't Upend AEP Tax Payment Order
• Coke Officials Stress Regional Focus in $3.3B Tax Trial
• Car Rental Tax Constitutional, Ariz. Appeals Court Says
• Pa. Officials Follow Trump In Not Releasing Tax Returns
• Sen. Dems Introduce Resolution Opposing Remote Sales Tax
• FERC Won't Let Pipeline MLPs Recoup Tax Allowances
• Panama Papers Firm Mossack Fonseca Closing Over Scandal
• Tax Planning In The Age Of Tax Reform: Part 2
• Cook Co. Tax Assessor Looses On Campaign Donation Limits
• Tax Court Flubbed Analysis In Medtronic Case, 8th Circ. Told
• 'Extenders' Make Little Sense After Tax Bill, Panel Hears
• House Votes To Allow Transfer Of Cases To Tax Court
• US District Court To French Tax Authorities: Pas De Probleme
• IRS Adds 5 More Focus Areas To Large Business Audits
• US Tax Law Boosting Global Economy, For Now, OECD Says
• CPA Claims Prosecutor Leaked Tax Data Seized In Raid
• Ex-Samsung Exec Can't Shake Prison Over Atty Error Claims
• Parallels Seen In State, EU Efforts On Digital Taxation
• Tax Planning In The Age Of Tax Reform: Part 1
• Groups Oppose Including Remote Sales Tax Bill In Omnibus
• OECD Profit-Shifting Mega-Treaty Ripe For Misinterpretation
• States Nibbling At Physical Presence Standard For Sales and Use Tax
• IRS Seeks To Clarify Transition Tax Election Issues
• IRS Must Find Italian Docs In $1M Tax Spat, DC Circ. Told
• NJ Bill Would Allow Prepaid Property Taxes
• NY Millionaires Urge Gov. To Raise Their Taxes
• NJ Gov. Calls For Millionaires' Tax In His $37.4B Budget
• States Inching Closer To Passing First Carbon Tax
• Lawyering A La Carte: Unbundled Dispute Resolution Services
• Illinois And Oregon's Turn To Respond To Federal Tax Reform
• Pa. Justices Urged To Ax Philly Soda Tax
• UK Eyes Link Between Big Cash Transfers, Financial Crime
• EU Passes Law On Mandatory Disclosure Of Tax Avoidance
• Aviva Revamps Product Following HMRC Tax Status Talks
• Santander Fights 1st Circ. 'Tax Shelter' Designation, Fines
• Court Urged To Keep Alive LNG Plant's $1.4B Tax Break Suit
• Uber's $3M Deal Shortchanges Drivers, Judge Told
• UK Tax Tribunal Rules 'Loan Notes' Were Really Earnings
• OECD Says Transfer Pricing Deadline Standard Mostly Missed
• IRS Faces Hurdles In Revamping Big-Biz Audits, Official Says
• Revenue Boost Shows Many State Taxpayers Prepaid: Report
• EU Asks OECD To Check US Tax Law For Harmful Practices
• IRS Fraud Filter Errors Cause Delays, Taxpayer Advocate Says
• Facebook Invokes Taxpayer Bill Of Rights In Row With IRS
• Taco Chain Owner Stole $5.6M In Taxes, Wash. AG Says
• You're Perfect, Now Change: Perfectionism Hurts Lawyers
• State Tax After Reform: Where Are We Going?
• Grassley, Feinstein Debate Judicial Vetting, Obstruction
• Why The 'Blue Slip' Battles Are Becoming White Hot
• Senior Judges Fill The Void Left By Rampant Vacancies
• How Far Right Can The President Pull The Courts?
• Alternative Ways To Pay For Trump's Infrastructure Plan
• Use Mediation To Promote Tax Arbitration, UN Official Says
• IRS, Howard Stern Shake Most Of Suit Over Aired Tax Call
• Tax Court Judge Trims Coke's Evidence In $3.3B IRS Row
• Firm's Suit Over Fees In Novartis Row Paused Over Atty Exit
• OECD Issues New Model Disclosure Rules For Tax Advisers
• Calif. Appeals Court Affirms Automatic Tips Are Taxable
• 15 Months In, Philly Still Plagued With Soda Tax Uncertainties
• Import-Export Clause Needs High Court Review, County Says
• Disputing Proposed Tax Regs Is Growing, Panel Says
• Mass. Gov's $610M Bill Extends Fantasy Sports Gaming
• Mass. Seafood Co. Manager Avoids Jail For Tax Evasion
• 5th Circ. Says Taxpayers Can't Extend Appeal Deadline
• Fed. Circ. Affirms Denial Of Couple's Tax Refund Lawsuit
• 'Tax Extender' Process Must Change, Congress Staffers Say
• SALT: Still Crazy After All These Years
• Taxation With Representation: Wachtell, Skadden, Baker
• Tax Reform Complicates Middle-Market CLOs
• A Millennial's Guide To Tax Reform
• How Settling With The Gov't Is Costlier Under New Tax Law
• EU Probes UK 'Zero VAT' Tax On Commodity Derivatives
• Manafort Pleads Not Guilty, Again Ordered Confined To Home
• Importer, Cigar Co. Denied Dismissal Of $3M Tax Suit At CIT
• Ohio Suit Against Soccer Team Tests Anti-Relocation Law
• US' Position That Quill Isn't Important Raises Eyebrows
• Reader's Digest Publisher Hits Back In 2nd Circ. Tax Bout
• Transfer Pricing Will Still Be Enforced, IRS Official Says
• Ga. Partnership Fights $8.6M Tax Donation Denial By IRS
• Sen. Wyden Slams Push To Add Remote Sales Tax To Bill
• Reed Smith Nabs Ex-Calif. Tax Agency Counsel As Partner
• NY Senator Pitches 8.5% Tax On Casinos' Sports Revenue
• Ala. Man Gets 30 Years For ID Theft, $22M Tax Fraud
• Pot Business Asks 10th Circ. For Equal Treatment From IRS
• Rival 'O'Keefe' Law Firms Settle Trademark Fight
• France Can't Deny Energy Co. Tax Exemptions, EU Court Says
• Coke CEO Defends Foreign Licensees In $3.3B Tax Court Trial
• 7th Circ. Says Ill. Man Can't Withdraw Tax Evasion Plea
• Ill. Legislators Prod Gov. On Easing Tax Overhaul's Burden
• Ponzi Schemer's 14-Year Sentence Is Fair, 9th Circ. Rules
• Transpo Execs Favor Gas Tax Hike, User Fees For Upgrades
• Questions Remain About Overseas Cash, Practitioner Says
• Okla. Tribe Denied 10th Circ. Rehearing In $27M Tax Ruling
• Senate Dems' Infrastructure Plan Would Reverse Tax Cuts
• Congress Unlikely To Act Before Justices' Remote Tax Ruling
• Tax Cuts May Not Be Responsible For NC's Economic Miracle
• Ex-Partners Request High Court Review Of IRS Damages Case
• 'IP Come Home!' How TCJA Incentivizes Asset Repatriation
• GAO Advises Agencies On Aiding Retirement Account Holders
• Why Doesn't Paul Manafort Cut A Deal?
• IRS Questions Coke's Elevation Of Licensees Over Bottlers
• Calif. $16.6M Phone Tax Settlement Inches Toward Approval
• Trump's Steel, Aluminum Tariffs May Cost $9B, Analysis Says
• Dems Press IRS For Answers On Property Tax Prepayment
• States Can Tax Remote Sellers Despite Quill, US Says
• EU Study's Author Doubts Digital Transactions Undertaxed
• Think Tank Criticizes EU's Plan To Tax Digital Economy
• IRS Says Ga. Investment Firm's $28M Loss Was Artificial
• Amazon Will Begin Collecting Pa. Sales Tax April 1
• House Panel Chair Favors IRS Funding To Implement Tax Law
• State And Local Tax Scoreboard: 2017 In Review
• 10 Tips For Working With IT To Preserve Data
• Coke Says Foreign Licensees Key Marketers In $3.3B Case
• Kokesh Must Disgorge $5M To SEC, 10th Circ. Rules
• Tax Court Affirms Excise Tax On Family's Roth IRA Payments
• US Slams Ingersoll's Bid for $25M Foreign Tax Credit
• Quill Can Go Without Harming Sellers, Sens. Tell High Court
• Ohio, City Seek To Bar Soccer Team's Move To Texas
• Water Fee Not An Unlawful Tax, Calif. Appeals Court Says
• Winston Strawn Adds 7 Partners From Jenner & Block
• Maryland Tax Court Affirms Baltimore Billboard Tax
• Fla. Measure To Make Tax Hikes Harder Goes To Gov.
• Obligors: Beware Of Bond Reissuance Triggers
• Pa. Utility Asks High Court To Review $199M Deduction Claim
• Facebook Backs Tax Docs Privilege In Transfer Pricing Row
• 6 Tips For Tribal Governments To Reduce Member Taxes
• UK To Require Digital Records To Reduce $13B VAT Gaffes
• Texas Supreme Court Says Heavy Equipment Tax Law Legal
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Groups, States Back NY In $247M UPS Cigarette Penalty Row
• The Fate Of The Physical Presence Nexus Standard
• In Tax Row, Ark. Justices Clarify Sovereign Immunity Issue
• EU Common Tax Base Proposal Aims At Digital Transactions
• Fla. Senate Committee Advances Gambling Reform Bill
• Taxation With Representation: Skadden, Jones Day, Kirkland
• Dems Demand To See Testimony On IRS-Targeting Audit
• IRS Seeks Quick Win In $337M Exxon Tax Refund Bout
• Outspoken Ex-Treasury Tax Official Reflects On Sudden Exit
• Vague Disclosures Make Tax Perks Hard To Track
• Trump Nominates Former Bingham Atty For IRS Chief Counsel
• Tax Pacts Should Mind Developing Nations More: EU Panel
• Nuclear Subsidies, Tax Bill Top NJ Rate Watchdog's Agenda
• Treasury's Guidance Job Made Harder By Tax Official's Exit
• Tax Court Says Gravel Sold From Native Land Can Be Taxed
• Tax-Free Interest Payments Could Be Abusive, EU Court Told
• Oregon Moves Toward Repeal Of Controversial Tax Haven Law
• Mass. Board Wants Sports Betting On Par With Black Market
• Ga. Passes Bill Denying Delta Tax Break Over NRA Stance
• EU Court Denies Lithuania A Cut In Interest On VAT Refund
• Murphy's Law: What Can Be, Will Be Taxed In New Jersey?
• IRS, Anadarko Seek Early Wins In $26M Tax Refund Row
• School Board Wants Pistons Arena Funding Fight Put To Rest
• Treasury Plans To Ax Carried Interest Earnings Loophole
• Linklaters, Deloitte Pass Buck Over Arsenal Investor's Loss
• Protecting Privilege In Litigation Financing Negotiations
• How Tax Reform Affects Gov't Environmental Enforcement
• European Lawmakers Back Plans For Tax Haven Crackdown