Tax Archive » August, 2018

Tax - August, 2018

268 articles

• Anti-Tax Group Fights Calif.'s Auto-IRA In ERISA Row
• Calif. Pursues SALT Workarounds Despite IRS Warnings
• Tight Race Against Clock To Pass IRS Overhaul, Tax Pros Say
• NY Tax Minutes: August
• New Pass-Through Deduction Will Pass Over Many Lawyers
• Trump Foundation Says NY AG's Charity Suit Just Politics
• Complex Cases, Staff Shortage Slow India's APAs, Report Says
• Trump Moves To Ease Retirement Regs For Small Business
• How Reckless Judicial Impeachments Threaten Rule Of Law
• Manafort Ally Sam Patten Cops To Foreign Agent Count
• Judging A Book: Fogel Reviews 'Good Judgment'
• Taxation With Representation: Sidley, Skadden, Norton
• The Laterals Audit: Tax Attorney Moves In August
• Jackson Lewis Adds Nexsen Pruet Atty To SC Office
• Enbridge $1B Pipeline Row Still Has Legs In Chancery Court
• Medtronic Can't Nix Shareholder Suit Over Merger In Ireland
• IRS Not Immune To Monetary Damages, 9th Circ. Finds
• SD Proposes Nov. 1 Tax Collection By Remote Sellers
• Florida, We Have A Tax Problem: Inside The TCJA Review
• Fla. Appeals Court Affirms Acupuncture School's Exemption
• 10 Ways To Prevent E-Discovery Woes
• Ariz. Justices Toss Ballot Question On Tax Hike For Schools
• Greenberg Traurig Boosts Firm With Ex-Squire Patton Tax Atty
• EU's Digital Tax Plan Faces Practical Application Issues
• IRS Guidance Could Help Workers With Student Debt: Group
• Ala. City Establishes Voluntary Tax Agreement With Airbnb
• Canadian Man Gets 5-Year Term Over $10M Tax Scheme
• Illinois Tax Talk: The Roots Of The State Revenue System
• Apple Fights Chicago's Amusement Tax On Music Streaming
• IRS Ruling Illustrates There's An Art To Gifting Art
• DOJ Attorney, Clark Hill Partner Confirmed To US Tax Court
• Tax Vote Unlikely Until Year-End, Senate GOP Leader Says
• Venable Adds Former Seyfarth Shaw Trusts And Estates Atty
• W.Va. Unfairly Taxes Fed Retirees, Ex-Marshal Tells Justices
• Manafort's DC Defense Gets Partial One-Week Reprieve
• EU Should Link Trade Pacts To Fair Tax Practices, Report Says
• Feds Seek $1.3M From Oil Consulting Co. Over Unpaid Levy
• Few Will Benefit From Narrow Exec Comp Transition Tax Rule
• Treasury Limits State Plans To Fight SALT Deduction Cap
• 4 Key Components To New Firm Partnership Agreements
• 11th Circ. Denies Geico's Bid To Nix Cert. In Tax, Fee Dispute
• Netflix Shareholder Fights Move To Ax Bonus-Rigging Suit
• Regs Unlikely To Fix GILTI Calculation, Other TCJA Aspects
• IRS Postpones Application Date For Prefiling Program
• IRS Employee's Bias Suit Should Be Nixed, Treasury Says
• SC Dept. Says Committee Has Accommodations Tax Info
• Williams & Connolly Atty Among Trump's Latest Judge Picks
• NJ Gov. Vetoes Bill Stripping Him Of Tax Deal Authority
• 3 Men Indicted For $511M Renewable Fuel Tax Credit Scheme
• Open The Federal Courthouses
• Good News For Banks Organized As Pass-Through Entities
• How FERC's July Order Affects Gas Pipelines
• 5 E-Discovery Hurdles For Government Agencies
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Celebrity Accountant Guilty In $3.5M Ripoff Of Singer Ne-Yo
• Whistleblower Tip Leads To Spa's Guilty Plea For Tax Fraud
• #MeToo, Tax Cuts, Lawsuits Complicate Exec Compensation
• Typo On Name Doesn't Invalidate Lien, IRS Tells 7th Circ.
• Beef Co.'s Agreement With IRS Allows $8M Of $33M Deduction
• What White V. Commissioner Says About Partnerships
• Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Mayer, Vinson
• Final Deal On EU Digital Tax May Not Happen By December
• Local Sugar Taxes May Be Headed For A Crash
• Ballard Spahr Taps Norton Rose Public Finance Tax Atty
• Pa. Justices Snub Hospital's Appeal Bid Over Tax Exemption
• Treasury Submits GILTI Rules To OMB For Review
• Sabine Wins Toss Of $1.4B LNG Plant Tax Break Claims
• IRS Proposes Killing SALT Cap Workarounds
• Disney Rejects $260M Tax Break Before Minimum Wage Vote
• Look Out, Tax Zapper Users: Feds Join State-Level Crackdown
• Rising Star: Morgan Lewis' Saul Mezei
• Plan Sponsors Should Consider 401(k) Amendment
• Cohen Plea Reflects High Bar For Cooperators
• Trump An 'Unindicted Co-Conspirator'? Not To Ex-Prosecutors
• Prudential To Stay In Suit Over Ex-Law Partner's $2M Policy
• After His Conviction, Prosecutors Aren't Done With Manafort
• Holland & Knight Brings On Attys From Int'l Tax Firm
• Ga. City Says Carveout Is Bid To Create Whiter City
• NY Investigators Subpoena Cohen In Trump Foundation Probe
• Wind Co. Claims Treasury Underpaid $4M From Grant Program
• IRS Takes Uncharitable View Of Property Donation Deductions
• Rising Star: Cravath's Kara Mungovan
• States May Escheat IRAs But Who Gets The Tax Bill?
• Puerto Rico Board Blames Short-Sighted Fixes For Debt Crisis
• High Court Sets Arguments For Tribal Tax, Hovercraft Cases
• Texas Enviro Agency Wants Plants' Pollution Tax Break Axed
• Eaton Stockholders Appeal Fraud Case To 2nd Circ.
• Manafort Found Guilty On Tax And Bank Fraud Charges
• Union Pacific Urges Wis. Court To Toss $2M Levy On Software
• Opportunity Zones: Spurring Development In Indian Country
• How Section 382 Interacts With New Tax Act Provisions
• Ex-Trump Atty Cohen Pleads Guilty To Tax, Campaign Charges
• Rising Star: Wachtell Lipton's Tijana Dvornic
• Manafort Jury Isn't Allowed Hung Option, For Now
• 'High Availability' — A Key Term In Law Firm IT Strategy
• Jay Peak Receiver Settles Tax Dispute With Vermont Town
• 9th Circ. Sets Oral Reargument In Altera Suit For October
• Gov't Lands $5M Judgment In Solar Energy False Claims Suit
• Fla. Rapper Sentenced To 3 Years For $150K Tax Fraud
• Tribe Opposes Discovery Order Appeal In Mich. Tax Row
• Seminoles Urge 11th Circ. To Revive Suit Over Utilities Tax
• Voluntary Calif. Tax Proposed To Fund Clean Water Projects
• 3rd-Party Funder Gets $1.75M In IRS Tea Party Class Action
• The 'Post-Fact' Jury In The 'Fake News' Era
• NY Lawsuit Challenging Federal SALT Cap: The Complaint
• Rising Star: Skadden's Gavin White
• Section 45Q Tax Credit Increase May Spur Carbon Capture
• Manafort Judge Talks Threats In Not Releasing Jurors' Names
• 7th Circ. Backs Officers Of Defunct Bank Co. On $76M Refund
• King & Wood Mallesons Nabs Ex-Cahill Gordon Tax Expert
• NJ Appeals Court Won't Revive Grocery Sales Tax Challenge
• 12 Books Tax Attorneys Should Read Before Summer Ends 
• Taxation With Representation: Akin Gump, Wachtell, Kirkland
• Why 25% Foreign-Owned Blocker Corps. Must File Form 5472
• Plan Sponsors Should Consider Pension De-Risking
• US Gov't Tells High Court Wash. Tribe Must Pay Fuel Tax
• Rising Star: Shearman & Sterling's Nathan Tasso
• Judging A Book: Lipez Reviews 'Last Great Colonial Lawyer'
• As IRS Eases Reporting, States Target Dark Money Reforms
• Denmark Widens £1B Tax Fraud Suit, Includes UK City Firms
• Will Law Schools Start Counting 'Generation ADA'?
• 8th Circ. Voids Tax Court Ruling In $1.36B Medtronic Case
• Tax Groups Urge Court To Find Wash. Tribe Must Pay Fuel Tax
• DC Appeals Court Ends FCA Suit Against Verizon, Comcast
• Neb. Officials Seek To End Tribal Cos.' Tobacco Lawsuit
• Hatch Seeks To Clarify Intent Of NOL Rule In Tax Overhaul
• Long-Awaited Bonus Depreciation Insight For Partnerships
• Ariz. Judge Upholds Ballot Question To Raise Income Taxes
• Tax Enforcers Unite Against International Tax Crime
• A Chat With Ogletree Knowledge Chief Patrick DiDomenico
• In Closing, Manafort Defense Says Gov't Is 'Desperate'
• Out-Of-State Drugs Can Be Taxed, Minn. High Court Rules
• $10.5B Calif. Property Tax Measure Could Head To 2020 Ballot
• Transfer Pricing Must Factor In Mobility, Specialist Says
• Ex-CPA Gets 30 Months For $1.3M Client Fraud
• A Close Look At IRS Proposed Pass-Through Deduction Rules
• Tax Atty's $5M Bias Suit Against Georgetown Tossed In Texas
• Equipment Seller Tells 5th Circ. $26M Tax Suit Wrongly Nixed
• Illinois Tax Talk: Penalty Application And Abatement
• How One Firm Moved The Needle On Disability Inclusion
• Trusts' $11.7M Fuel Tax Credit Appeal Burned In DC Circ.
• 11th Circ. Axes Tax Fraud Conviction Over Incomplete Record
• Unclear Which Way Wind Blows After Reversal Of Alta Wind
• Loeb Taps 6 Ex-Cooley Attys To Run New SF Office
• IRS Prevails Against CPAs On Preparer Program At DC Circ.
• Maine Residents Can't Deduct NH Business Taxes
• Microsoft Avoids $47M Danish Transfer Pricing Bill
• Manafort's Defense Rests Without Bringing Evidence
• Ga. Court Convicts Cybercriminal On $6M ID Theft Charges
• Interview Essentials For Attorneys On The Move
• David Boies On How Dyslexia Shaped His Practice
• BigLaw's Mental Health Stigma Shows Signs Of Fading
• Banker Pushed $16M Manafort Loans Despite Risk, Jury Told
• Swiss Bank ZKB To Pay $98.5M For Role In US Tax Avoidance
• Owens Corning Says Sellers Hid Indian Co.'s Tax Debt In Deal
• 9th Circ. Snuffs Out Tobacco Co.'s Challenge On $58M Tax Tab
• SC Offers $250K Threshold For Remote Sales Tax Collection
• IRS Seeks Early Win In FOIA Doc Fight With Highland Capital
• 'Come Loaded For Bear' Before Manafort Judge, Attys Say
• Retirement Provisions May Survive Doomed Tax Reform 2.0
• Controlled Foreign Corp. Restructuring For US Taxpayers
• Clerking For Ginsburg
• Gaining Access: Disabled Lawyers Share Their Stories
• How The Legal Industry Lets Down Lawyers With Disabilities
• Bank Exec Took 'Personal Interest' In $16M Manafort Loans
• Officials Want Police Tactics Kept Secret In Tribal Tax Row
• Texas DMV Gets Fee Collection Suit Partly Overturned
• Roger Stone Aide Held In Contempt For Dodging Mueller
• Publisher's $2.1M Tax Refund Claim Tossed By 2nd Circ.
• Pass-Through Rules May Ease Tax Planning For Law Firms
• 5th Circ. Restores Producer, Atty Convictions In Tax Case
• Wash. Tells High Court Tribal Treaty Doesn't Negate Fuel Tax
• States Sue Over Deduction Cap, But Midterms Are Coming
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Cleary, Weil
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 3 Surprises
• Pre-Clearance Not An Option As OVDP Deadline Looms
• In Manafort Trial: 5 Witnesses, 2 Banks And An Airbnb
• 11th Circ. Denies Rehearing In Miccosukee Tribe Tax Case
• ICE Raids Neb., Minn. Businesses Over Alleged Tax Fraud
• Stroock Hires Executive Compensation Partner For NY Office
• 6th Circ. Tosses $56.5M Pistons Arena Tax Suit
• Ex-IRS Worker Cops To Identity Theft In Refund Scheme
• Manafort Judge Says His Dressing-Down Of Feds Was Wrong
• Draft Of Calif. Wayfair Law Mulls $500K Sales Threshold
• Texas Court Denies Exxon $337M Tax Refund For Fuel Credit
• City Council Backs Rental Car Fee In San Diego-Area Dispute
• How Taxpayers Are Taking To Tax Reform So Far
• Jersey City Must Refund $2M From Tax Abatement Deals
• Tax Residence Means Physical Presence, UK Isles Say
• Newark Gives Final OK To Tax Breaks To Woo Amazon HQ2
• Dallas Councilman Admits To Taking Kickbacks And Bribes
• Clerking For Ginsburg: A Superhero Supreme
• Combine Business And Vacation Travel For Tax Savings
• Manafort Wouldn't Have Noticed Embezzled Cash, Gates Says
• 'Bob The Builder' Nails 2 For $1.3M Building Equipment Fraud
• Tax Prep Co. Hit With Class Suit Over Data Breach
• Pass-Through Rules May Treat Service Providers Unequally
• Mendocino County Pot Tax Upheld By Calif. Appeals Court
• 4th Circ. Partly Vacates $2M Win For Liberty Tax Franchisee
• Tax Court Won't Toss Cayman Partnership's $99M IRS Bill
• Texas Panel Zaps Power Co.'s Tax Break On Steam Generators
• 10th Circ. Says IRS Can Tap Into Tax Fraudster's USAA Funds
• Looking Forward To Oral Argument In BNSF V. Loos
• Where The Gibson Taxpayers Went Wrong
• Tobacco-Funded Group Sues Over Mont. Tax Ballot Measure
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 4 RBG Lessons On Having It All
• Proposed Pass-Through Deduction Rules Allow Biz Grouping
• In Manafort Trial: 'The Secret Life Of Rick Gates'
• Prosecutor Who Tried Billy Walters Joins Simpson Thacher
• Fed Oversight Board Wins Power Fight With Puerto Rico Gov.
• NC Panel Will Rule On Ballot Proposal To Lower Tax Rate Cap
• Opportunity Zones Abound But Investors, Tread Carefully
• SD Gov. Calls Special Legislative Session On Sales Tax Law
• Singapore Issues Country-By-Country Reporting Guidance
• Calif. Realty Group Prepares Backup Property Tax Measure
• EY Says Legal Services Firm Buy Will Buoy 'Disruptor' Status
• Eversheds Sutherland Snags Tax Pro From Greenberg Traurig
• Mass. Top Court Nixes 911 Suit, Bars LLC Whistleblowers
• GILTI Expands On US Anti-Deferral Mechanisms
• 9th Circ. Withdraws IRS Win In Altera Cost-Sharing Row
• Clerking For Ginsburg: How To Play The Long Game
• Gates Admits Embezzling From Manafort, Helping Hide Fraud
• Illinois Tool Co. Hammers IRS In $70.2M Tax Court Case
• Red Stone Equity Closes $144M Real Estate Fund
• San Diego Airport Fights Fees In Hertz Suit Against Port
• IRS Issues Final Regulations On Electing Partnership Rep
• Tax Fraudster Can't Escape Conviction Over Inflated Refunds
• 2nd Circ. Revives Some Counts Against Convicted Ex-NY Sen.
• IRS Allows Donor Nondisclosure, Some States Won't Follow
• Ore. County Can't Make Airbnb, Others Collect Lodging Tax
• IRS Proposed Regs Clarify Transition Tax
• Clerking For Ginsburg: In Pursuit Of Precision
• EU Finance Officials To Tackle Digital Tax At Sept. Meeting
• NY Offshore Wind Plan Spotlights Jones Act Compliance
• Transition Tax Regs Seek To Clarify, Not Interpret, The Law
• Texas Justices To Rule On Border Counties' Taxation Question
• Manafort's Former Accountant Details Tax-Dodge Scheme
• More Transfer Pricing Disputes And Other Altera Aftermath
• Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Baker, Davies, Foley
• IRS Floats Rules On Enhanced Depreciation Tax Deduction
• Cigar Co. Must Cough Up $850K For Underpaid Tax, CIT Says
• Junior Creditors Could Share In 363 Bankruptcy Sales
• Clerking For Ginsburg: My RBG Guide To Judging
• New State Business Taxes May Yield Federal Savings
• Complaint Deemed Too Late In Proskauer Tax Shelter Case
• Manafort's Bookkeeper IDs Bogus Financial Statements
• 3 Key Takeaways As Cities Sue Trump Over ACA 'Sabotage'
• Female KPMG Employees Seek Class Cert. In Sex Bias Case
• 4 Tips For Estates To Cope Without Miscellaneous Deductions
• KPMG Can't Escape Investors' Suit Over Miller Energy Audit
• Investor's Suit Accuses Temp Agencies Of Misreporting Taxes
• Nonprofits Should Promote Common Good, Not Candidates​
• 7-Eleven Hits Ex-Franchisee With TM Suit In Wage Dispute
• State Tax In The Aviation Industry — Midyear Update
• It's Prime Time For A Dose Of Reality On Brett Kavanaugh
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Suit Over Calif. Tax Delinquency List
• Apple Has Paid €9B Of €14B EU Tax Bill, Filing Says
• Clerking For Ginsburg: 4 Things I Learned
• Ohio Pushes To Air IRS Worker Testimony In Tea Party Fight
• 9th Circ. Slone Ruling Considers Basis Of Transferee Liability
• Senate Panel Approves Treasury, IRS Nominations
• What It Means To Be A US Beneficiary Of A Foreign Trust
• UBS Doesn't Have To Turn Over Accounts, Swiss Court Says
• Government Follows The Money In Manafort Trial
• Illinois Tax Talk: Alternative Apportionment
• Clerking For Ginsburg: The Equality Lessons
• IRS Floats Rules For Transition Tax On Foreign Earnings
• Insurers Get Green Light To Sell ACA-Skirting Policies