Tax

  • March 26, 2025

    Tax Court Erred In Ex-Braves' Easement Feud, 11th Circ. Told

    Two former Atlanta Braves players reupped their arguments before the Eleventh Circuit that the U.S. Tax Court made grave errors in a case that slashed their conservation easement value, saying the federal government's failure to address those missteps shields the issues from legal scrutiny.

  • March 26, 2025

    Duke Energy Wins $20M In SC Investment Credits On Appeal

    Duke Energy can have about $20 million in tax credits that were disallowed by South Carolina's tax agency because the law governing the credits grants a $5 million annual limit, not a $5 million lifetime limit, an appeals court ruled Wednesday, overturning an administrative law judge.

  • March 26, 2025

    EU Import System Fails To Prevent VAT Fraud, Report Says

    The European Union's simplified import customs procedures do not do enough to identify and prevent value-added tax fraud because of loopholes and inconsistencies, an EU watchdog said, also pointing out that various bloc members' oversight of such procedures was lacking.

  • March 26, 2025

    13 Arrested In Connection With €100M VAT Fraud Scheme

    The Italian Financial Police arrested 13 people suspected of conducting a large-scale, complex criminal operation involving the sale of plastic products that resulted in the evasion of roughly €100 million ($107.5 million) in value-added taxes, the European Public Prosecutor's Office said.

  • March 26, 2025

    Engineering Co. Owner Can't Deduct His Time, Tax Court Says

    The owner of a Colorado engineering company cannot deduct the value of the time he spent working on software without showing any amounts actually paid, the U.S. Tax Court ruled Wednesday in upholding the majority of $135,000 in tax deficiencies, plus penalties, against the owner.

  • March 26, 2025

    Ex-UBS North America CEO's $4.9M FBAR Deal Gets OK

    The former North American CEO for Swiss bank UBS will pay a $4.9 million judgment under a deal approved by a Connecticut federal court Wednesday that resolves the U.S. government's suit alleging he willfully neglected to file foreign bank account reports with the IRS for a decade.

  • March 26, 2025

    Medical Pot Center Not Exempt From 2017 Michigan Sales Tax

    A Michigan appeals panel has rejected a medical cannabis provisioning center's argument that it was exempt from sales tax in 2017, saying it is not entitled to the same exemption as primary caregivers and could not rely on a 2011 nonbinding letter in its argument.

  • March 26, 2025

    Goldstein's Devices Must Be Monitored, Judge Affirms

    A Maryland federal judge on Tuesday rejected U.S. Supreme Court lawyer and SCOTUSblog publisher Tom Goldstein's request to dismiss a bail condition that requires his electronic devices to be monitored out of concerns that he's been hiding millions in cryptocurrency from the government and could flee while facing tax evasion charges.

  • March 26, 2025

    Justices Rule Ch. 7 Trustee Can't Recover Tax Payments

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed a Tenth Circuit decision allowing the bankruptcy trustee of a defunct Utah company to claw back $145,000 in federal taxes, saying the sections of the Bankruptcy Code relied upon by the trustee provide only a limited waiver of sovereign immunity.

  • March 25, 2025

    Md. Bank Disputes IRS Denial Of Captive Tax Perk

    A Maryland community bank is contesting in the U.S. Tax Court the Internal Revenue Service's decision to scrap two years' worth of tax deductions tied to a reinsurance captive, disputing the agency's findings that the arrangement had no economic purpose other than tax avoidance.

  • March 25, 2025

    NJ Says NYC Congestion Pricing Fight Ripe For Decision

    The Garden State's legal battle to dismantle New York's congestion pricing program can still advance even while the Metropolitan Transportation Authority fights the federal government's withdrawal of approval for the program in Manhattan federal court, New Jersey's attorneys told a federal judge.

  • March 25, 2025

    Ex-Wife Of UK Activist Barred Over £319K Tax Debt

    A U.K. political figure's former wife who owes about £319,000 ($413,000) in taxes has been disqualified from serving as a director of any business for the next seven years because of her failure to keep detailed financial records of her company, the U.K. Insolvency Service announced.

  • March 24, 2025

    Law Firm Bookkeeper Charged With Embezzling $835K

    The bookkeeper and office manager of a Hartford, Connecticut, law firm embezzled more than half a million dollars from the firm over 12 years and took more than a quarter-million in separate rental income earned by the law firm's owner, federal prosecutors announced on Monday.

  • March 24, 2025

    Mich. Justices Partially Side With Disney In Escheat Fight

    The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state's audits of Disney and of IHOP's owner didn't pause the statute of limitations to require remittance of unclaimed property, but it said a lower court must determine whether the statute resets after an audit determination is issued.

  • March 24, 2025

    IRS Abused Its Power In Levy Suit, Justices Told

    A New Jersey woman should be allowed to continue challenging her tax debt in a property seizure hearing after the IRS withheld her tax refunds and dropped its levy pursuit, business and tax groups told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, saying the agency had abused its power.

  • March 24, 2025

    Trump Asks High Court To Halt Fed. Workers' Reinstatement

    The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to pause a California federal court order reinstating tens of thousands of probationary federal workers who were fired from six agencies, arguing the band of nonprofit groups that obtained the order have no standing to challenge the firings.

  • March 24, 2025

    Comparable Homes Don't Lower Mass. Property's $430K Value

    A Massachusetts home will remain valued at $429,500, a state tax panel said in a decision released Monday, rejecting the owner's arguments that the home valuation grew at a higher rate than that of comparable properties.

  • March 24, 2025

    No Evidence To Lower Home Value, Mass. Panel Says

    A Massachusetts panel declined to drop a condominium unit's valuation in a decision released Monday, rejecting the owner's argument that local assessors had increased home valuations in that particular area more than for other homes in the town.

  • March 24, 2025

    FinCEN Exempts US Businesses From Disclosure Rules

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury's financial crimes unit issued interim final rules that exempt domestic businesses from contested reporting regulations, which the department had previously signaled it would narrow to include only foreign companies registered stateside.

  • March 24, 2025

    Justices Won't Hear Peanut Truck Co.'s Excise Tax Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it will not hear a Georgia company's case arguing the IRS wrongly denied it an excise tax exemption for the special trucks it makes for peanut farming, letting stand an Eleventh Circuit ruling.

  • March 24, 2025

    Minn. County Late To Accept Property Tax Deal, Court Says

    An offer to a Minnesota county to settle a tax valuation dispute was not accepted within a reasonable period of time and is not valid, the Minnesota Tax Court said, rejecting the county's request to enforce the agreement.

  • March 22, 2025

    Up Next At High Court: Non-Delegation & Clean Air Fights

    The U.S. Supreme Court will return to the bench Monday to hear arguments in a dispute that could revive a long-dormant separation of powers principle and trigger a regulatory power shift. 

  • March 21, 2025

    SEC Guidance Moves Needle In Favor Of Private Fundraising

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent guidance on how accredited investors can self-certify when participating in broadly publicized private placements simplifies legal compliance for issuers, according to attorneys, though the jury is still out on whether market participants will embrace the new framework.

  • March 21, 2025

    Fla. Tax Preparer Sentenced To Prison For $20M Fraud

    A Miami-area tax preparer was sentenced to nearly five years in prison Friday after admitting to filing thousands of individual tax returns wrongly claiming energy credits, resulting in a $20 million loss for the Internal Revenue Service, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida.

  • March 21, 2025

    'Not Mistake-Proof': College Can Try To Recoup Tax Penalties

    A community college can proceed with its suit seeking a refund of tax penalties for failing to file wage statements for nearly all its employees, a Michigan federal judge ruled Friday, saying the school didn't have to meet a "mistake-proof" standard to argue it should be excused from the fines.

Expert Analysis

  • Firms Must Offer A Trifecta Of Services In Post-Chevron World

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    After the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo decision overturning Chevron deference, law firms will need to integrate litigation, lobbying and communications functions to keep up with the ramifications of the ruling and provide adequate counsel quickly, says Neil Hare at Dentons.

  • 5 Tips To Succeed In A Master Of Laws Program And Beyond

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    As lawyers and recent law school graduates begin their Master of Laws coursework across the country, they should keep a few pointers in mind to get the most out of their programs and kick-start successful careers in their practice areas, says Kelley Miller at Reed Smith.

  • Opinion

    Portland's Gross Receipts Tax Oversteps City's Authority

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    Recent measures by Portland, Oregon, that expand the voter-approved scope of the Clean Energy Surcharge on certain retail sales eviscerate the common meaning of the word "retail" and exceed the city's chartered authority to levy tax, say Nikki Dobay at Greenberg Traurig and Jeff Newgard at Peak Policy.

  • Series

    Being An Opera Singer Made Me A Better Lawyer

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    My journey from the stage to the courtroom has shown that the skills I honed as an opera singer – punctuality, memorization, creativity and more – have all played a vital role in my success as an attorney, says Gerard D'Emilio at GableGotwals.

  • Pros, Cons Of Disclosing Improper Employee Retention Credit

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    Employers considering the Internal Revenue Service’s second voluntary disclosure program, which allows companies to avoid penalties for erroneously claiming employee retention credits for the 2021 tax year by repaying the credits and naming the tax advisers who encouraged these abusive practices, should carefully weigh the program’s benefits against its potential drawbacks, say attorneys at Winston & Strawn.

  • How Law Firms Can Avoid 'Collaboration Drag'

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    Law firm decision making can be stifled by “collaboration drag” — characterized by too many pointless meetings, too much peer feedback and too little dissent — but a few strategies can help stakeholders improve decision-making processes and build consensus, says Steve Groom at Miles Mediation.

  • Assessing The Practicality Of Harris' Affordable Housing Plan

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    Vice President Kamala Harris' proposed "Build the American Dream" plan to tackle housing affordability issues takes solid recommendations into account and may fare better than California's unsuccessful attempt at a similar program, but the scope of the problem is beyond what a three-point plan can solve, says Brooke Miller at Sheppard Mullin.

  • Opinion

    Litigation Funding Disclosure Key To Open, Impartial Process

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    Blanket investor and funding agreement disclosures should be required in all civil cases where the investor has a financial interest in the outcome in order to address issues ranging from potential conflicts of interest to national security concerns, says Bob Goodlatte, former U.S. House Representative for Virginia.

  • Whistleblowers Must Note 5 Key Differences Of DOJ Program

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    The U.S. Department of Justice’s recently unveiled whistleblower awards program diverges in key ways from similar programs at other agencies, and individuals must weigh these differences and look first to programs with stronger, proven protections before blowing the whistle, say Stephen Kohn and Geoff Schweller at Kohn Kohn.

  • What NFL Draft Picks Have In Common With Lateral Law Hires

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    Nearly half of law firm lateral hires leave within a few years — a failure rate that is strikingly similar to the performance of NFL quarterbacks drafted in the first round — in part because evaluators focus too heavily on quantifiable metrics and not enough on a prospect's character traits, says Howard Rosenberg at Baretz+Brunelle.

  • Replacing The Stigma Of Menopause With Law Firm Support

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    A large proportion of the workforce is forced to pull the brakes on their career aspirations because of the taboo surrounding menopause and a lack of consistent support, but law firms can initiate the cultural shift needed by formulating thoughtful workplace policies, says Barbara Hamilton-Bruce at Simmons & Simmons.

  • Planning Law Firm Content Calendars: What, When, Where

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    During the slower month of August, law firms should begin working on their 2025 content calendars, planning out a content creation and distribution framework that aligns with the firm’s objectives and maintains audience engagement throughout the year, says Jessica Kaplan at Legally Penned.

  • Series

    Playing Golf Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it’s helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.

  • Brownfield Questions Surround IRS Tax Credit Bonus

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    Though the IRS has published guidance regarding the Inflation Reduction Act's 10% adder for tax credits generated by renewable energy projects constructed on brownfield sites, considerable guesswork remains as potential implications seem contrary to IRS intentions, say Megan Caldwell and Jon Micah Goeller at Husch Blackwell.

  • Law Firms Should Move From Reactive To Proactive Marketing

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    Most law firm marketing and business development teams operate in silos, leading to an ad hoc, reactive approach, but shifting to a culture of proactive planning — beginning with comprehensive campaigns — can help firms effectively execute their broader business strategy, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

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