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July 15, 2026
Federal appeals courts had wide-ranging successes and struggles during the U.S. Supreme Court's recently completed term: One had its best showing in years following its worst showing in years; one felt déjà vu after recently starting to find favor with the justices; and one saw its reputation for independence occupy a rare role in the Supreme Court spotlight.
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July 15, 2026
A Washington appeals panel handed a win again to the state Department of Revenue, reversing a lower court order that the department owed an $11 million tax refund to a title insurance and settlement services company.
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July 15, 2026
The Federal Circuit gave a Pennsylvania electrical contractor another chance to pursue a $1.53 million refund claim for penalties paid to the Internal Revenue Service after its owner pled guilty to criminal tax evasion, according to an opinion published Wednesday.
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July 15, 2026
There's a general consensus that the United Kingdom's tax system creates difficulties for taxpayers with offshore interest income, but there are differing views on how to tackle the issue, so no fixes are being proposed for now, HM Revenue & Customs said Wednesday in summarizing a consultation.
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July 15, 2026
Todd Blanche had his nomination hearing to be attorney general on Wednesday and two key Republican senators still have yet to say if they will support him.
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July 15, 2026
A reworked version of a bipartisan bill aimed at sanctioning Russia over the war in Ukraine wrongly places too much tariff power in the hands of President Donald Trump, some leading congressional Democrats said.
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July 15, 2026
The Minnesota Tax Court operated within its discretion to give 80% weight to Hennepin County's appraisal of a Minneapolis office building and 20% to the owner's, the county told the state Supreme Court, urging it to uphold the property's valuation.
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July 15, 2026
A federal judge granted the federal government's bid to bar a Michigan-based tax and accounting business from preparing federal tax returns over allegations it prepared fraudulent returns that cost the government a tax revenue loss estimated at over $2 million.
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July 15, 2026
Denmark can set a 100% minimum ownership threshold for businesses wishing to form a VAT group only if national courts deem the requirement necessary and proportionate for combating tax abuse, a European Union court said Wednesday.
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July 15, 2026
A former public defender, a naval officer-turned-tax attorney and a family law practitioner are each vying this election season to unseat a veteran Washington State Supreme Court justice who's penned some of the high court's most significant opinions of the last two decades.
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July 14, 2026
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said on Tuesday the anti-weaponization fund created as part of the president's settlement with the IRS was "a mistake," according to Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., after his meeting with Blanche.
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July 14, 2026
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed an executive order that blocks any new hyperscale data center projects from being built in her state by temporarily pausing environmental permits for those types of projects, the governor's office announced Tuesday.
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July 14, 2026
Hawaii will take the authority away from counties to grant general excise tax exemptions to affordable housing projects and give it to the state under a bill signed by the governor.
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July 14, 2026
The U.S. government issued tariff refunds totaling more than $49.2 billion in June, dragging down customs duties to account for a monthly net loss of $25.5 billion in the federal accounts, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
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July 14, 2026
California extended the sunset date for a tax credit program that allows qualifying businesses to claim income tax credits if the business hires workers and invests in the state under a bill signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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July 14, 2026
The IRS' nonprofit donor disclosure rule violates the First Amendment, a conservative youth group told a D.C. federal court, arguing that a now-convicted contractor's theft of donor records and those of high-ranking government officials demonstrates that the agency cannot safeguard sensitive information.
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July 14, 2026
Greek authorities seized evidence and assets from companies tied to a suspected value-added tax fraud scheme involving small electronic goods that produced €46.9 million ($53.6 million) in lost tax revenue, the European Public Prosecutor's Office said Tuesday.
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July 13, 2026
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill on Monday signed into law a bill intended to ensure consumers don't bear the costs of nuclear power projects needed to help address the growing demand for electricity driven primarily by data center consumption.
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July 13, 2026
IRS experts erred at trial in relying on other land sales to calculate a value of under $1 million for Alabama property donated to a conservation group in 2017, far below the $28 million determined by the partnership's appraiser, the partnership told the U.S. Tax Court.
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July 13, 2026
The Second Circuit on Monday upheld New York City's congestion pricing, rejecting two suburban counties' claims that Manhattan's congestion pricing tolls are discriminatory and unconstitutionally restrict motorists' right to travel.
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July 13, 2026
A West Virginia federal judge correctly handed down an enhanced sentence to a real estate appraisal business owner convicted of failing to pay employment taxes, federal prosecutors told the Fourth Circuit, urging the court to affirm the court's sentence.
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July 13, 2026
Illinois updated parts of its property tax code to clarify that tax authorities cannot keep more than a debtor owes under a bill approved by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
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July 13, 2026
Customs and Border Protection finalized over $15 billion more worth of tariff refunds in just under two weeks, according to a Monday declaration filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade.
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July 13, 2026
A trash bin maker is time-barred from appealing more than £161,000 ($215,000) in customs duties and import value-added tax levied on its products, the First-tier Tribunal said in a decision.
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July 13, 2026
Hawaii will increase the individual income tax deduction amount that can be claimed for a taxpayer's contribution to a first-time homebuyer account under a bill approved by Democratic Gov. Josh Green.