Federal

  • October 11, 2024

    Julie Chrisley Appeals Ga. Judge's Resentencing Ruling

    Former real estate mogul and reality television star Julie Chrisley, who was convicted of running a yearslong bank fraud scheme with her husband, Todd, is appealing a federal judge's decision to resentence her to the same seven-year prison term she first received nearly two years ago.

  • October 11, 2024

    Philly Pizzeria Owner Accused Of Dodging Taxes

    A Pennsylvania pizzeria owner evaded taxes for multiple years by paying himself and employees in cash and lied about it to his accountant, the U.S. Department of Justice said in announcing charges against him.

  • October 11, 2024

    Tribal Wildfire Victims Can File Returns Late, IRS Says

    Members of the San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona who were affected by a wildfire in July may put off filing certain tax returns until Feb. 5, the Internal Revenue Service said Friday.

  • October 11, 2024

    Tax-Exempt Orgs Get More Time To Make Payment Election

    Certain tax-exempt organizations making an elective payment election have an extra six months to file their business income tax return to declare such an election, the Internal Revenue Service said Friday.

  • October 11, 2024

    IRS Delays Fla. Deadlines, Grants Other Relief After Milton

    Following Hurricane Milton, the Internal Revenue Service has granted all taxpayers in Florida until May 1 to file individual and business tax returns and make payments, the agency said Friday, while also granting dyed diesel penalty relief.

  • October 11, 2024

    Bank Info Fair Game In Crypto Exec's Appeal, Gov't Says

    A cryptocurrency executive charged in a 2020 bitcoin fraud investigation can't stop the IRS from using the financial information it gathered through summonses while he appeals the demands in the Fifth Circuit, the U.S. government told a Texas federal court.

  • October 11, 2024

    5 Mos. Jail Enough For Swiss Tax Expert In $60M IRS Scam

    A Manhattan federal judge on Friday allowed a former financial executive from Switzerland to avoid additional time behind bars for his role in building a complex tax fraud scheme that helped wealthy Americans hide $60 million from the IRS.

  • October 11, 2024

    Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Latham, Kirkland

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Rio Tinto agrees to acquire Arcadium Lithium for roughly $6.7 billion, Ares Management Corp. and GCP International reach a $3.7 billion deal, and Butterfly Equity announces plans to buy The Duckhorn Portfolio for $2 billion.

  • October 11, 2024

    Weekly Internal Revenue Bulletin

    The Internal Revenue Service's weekly bulletin, issued Friday, included proposed rules for the new 15% corporate alternative minimum tax on corporations with reported profits of $1 billion or more.

  • October 10, 2024

    IRS Announces 9 Tax Court Sessions Added To Calendar

    The Internal Revenue Service announced nine U.S. Tax Court sessions in February and March and named calendar administrators for the sessions.

  • October 10, 2024

    Estimated Tax Gap For 2022 Falls To $696B, IRS Says

    The projected federal gross tax gap between taxes owed and taxes paid for the 2022 tax year was $696 billion, a $12 billion decrease from 2021, according to a report published Thursday by the Internal Revenue Service.

  • October 10, 2024

    Partnership Challenges Denial Of $42M Easement Deduction

    The Internal Revenue Service failed to justify rejecting a Florida partnership's charitable contribution deduction for donating a $42 million conservation easement to a land conservancy, the partnership told the U.S. Tax Court.

  • October 10, 2024

    IRS Says It's Stepping Up Worker Credit Claims Processing

    The Internal Revenue Service said Thursday it's accelerating processing of claims for pandemic-era worker credits after a moratorium triggered by what the agency has said was widespread fraud.

  • October 10, 2024

    Pfizer Lone Holdout In Senate Pharma Tax Probe, Wyden Says

    Pfizer Inc. is the only company to withhold a country-by-country breakdown of its tax planning in the Senate Finance Committee's probe into how Republicans' 2017 tax package reduced the pharmaceutical industry's U.S. liabilities, according to a letter Chairman Ron Wyden released Thursday.

  • October 10, 2024

    Calif. Says FDIC Must Wait For $21M Tax Refund

    A California tax agency urged a New York federal court to toss a lawsuit by the FDIC seeking a $20.7 million tax refund on behalf of the shuttered Signature Bank, saying it's entitled to wait for a possible IRS audit before delivering the payment.

  • October 10, 2024

    IRS Keeping Co. In Dark On Carryback Refund, Court Told

    The Internal Revenue Service owes a $686,000 tax refund to a contractor for a carryback operating loss, the company told a Texas federal court, adding that the IRS hasn't responded to questions about a letter the agency claims it sent addressing the issue.

  • October 09, 2024

    Tax Court Rejects Levy On Convicted Atty Over $7B Scheme

    A U.S. Tax Court judge rejected an IRS levy for restitution owed by an ex-attorney serving time for orchestrating a $7 billion tax fraud scheme, saying the agency had made contradictory determinations about the alleged debt and wrongly involved the former attorney's wife, in an opinion released Wednesday.

  • October 09, 2024

    Army Reservist, Wife Lose Appeal Of Tax Debt And Penalty

    The Internal Revenue Service correctly determined a U.S. Army reservist and his wife were deficient on their taxes and liable for an accuracy-related penalty, the U.S. Tax Court said Wednesday, finding they failed to report income and didn't back up claimed deductions.

  • October 09, 2024

    OECD Should Clarify Pillar 2 Safe Harbor Timing, CPAs Say

    The OECD should clarify when exactly multinational corporations need to determine whether they qualify for a transitional safe harbor under an international minimum tax agreement, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants recommended in a letter.

  • October 09, 2024

    3M Tax Ruling Must Fall Post-Chevron, Chamber Tells 8th Circ.

    The U.S. Supreme Court's ending of the Chevron doctrine calls for overturning a U.S. Tax Court ruling that let the IRS allocate $24 million of income to multinational conglomerate 3M from a Brazilian affiliate, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce told the Eighth Circuit on Wednesday.

  • October 09, 2024

    Masonry Cos. Demand $2.3M In Worker Credit Refunds

    The IRS brushed aside the requirements of a pandemic relief law by stalling on issuing $2.3 million in worker tax credits to two branches of a historic masonry company, the businesses told an Illinois federal court in a suit seeking refunds.

  • October 09, 2024

    Feds Seek 16 Months For Ex-BigLaw Partner's Tax Dodging

    Prosecutors told a Wisconsin federal judge that a former Husch Blackwell LLP and Dykema Gossett PLLC partner who pled guilty to tax evasion should be sentenced to 16 months in prison, saying he lied to IRS revenue officers to keep them at bay while spending lavishly on private planes, jewelry and golf club memberships.

  • October 09, 2024

    Final Treasury Rules Shut Off Inclusion For Repatriated IP

    The U.S. Treasury Department adopted final rules Wednesday that shut off an annual income inclusion associated with intangibles for companies in certain situations that have transferred intellectual property back to the U.S. from overseas.

  • October 08, 2024

    IRS Appeals Office's Easement Deals May Sap Independence

    The IRS Independent Office of Appeals plans to settle certain conservation easement cases with similar terms offered by other IRS divisions, but these upcoming offers might be challenging for taxpayers to navigate and could undermine the office's independence from the rest of the agency.

  • October 08, 2024

    Homeowners Again Seek Class Cert. In Tax Foreclosure Suit

    A group of former property owners has asked a Michigan federal judge to recertify a class action seeking to recover profits county treasurers made selling their tax-delinquent properties, saying the addition of class representatives fixes the flaw that dismantled the class. 

Featured Stories

  • Disputes May Loom Over Dividend Deductions For CFCs

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    U.S. multinational corporations are concerned that rulemakers' interpretation of a law allowing tax-free repatriation of certain overseas earnings could lead to controversy after the Internal Revenue Service published a memo indicating the break is unavailable for controlled foreign corporations.

  • Dems Weigh Extending 2017 Cuts To Maintain $400K Tax Vow

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    Despite criticizing the 2017 Republican tax overhaul as a deficit-busting boon to the wealthy, congressional Democrats may feel pressure to support extending some of the law's individual and small-business provisions or risk breaking their pledge not to raise taxes on those earning $400,000 or less.

  • Election Uncertainty Hampers Companies' Tax Planning

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    With the November election approaching, businesses are bracing for the potential impact of two very different sets of tax policies, with the resulting uncertainty making long-term tax planning increasingly difficult.

Expert Analysis

  • State Of The States' AI Legal Ethics Landscape

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    Over the past year, several state bar associations, as well as the American Bar Association, have released guidance on the ethical use of artificial intelligence in legal practice, all of which share overarching themes and some nuanced differences, say Eric Pacifici and Kevin Henderson at SMB Law Group.

  • 8 Childhood Lessons That Can Help You Be A Better Attorney

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    A new school year is underway, marking a fitting time for attorneys to reflect on some fundamental life lessons from early childhood that offer a framework for problems that no legal textbook can solve, say Chris Gismondi and Chris Campbell at DLA Piper.

  • How The 2025 Tax Policy Debate Will Affect The Energy Sector

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    Regardless of the outcome of the upcoming U.S. election, 2025 will bring a major tax policy debate that could affect the energy sector more than any other part of the economy — so stakeholders who could be affected should be engaging now to make sure they understand the stakes, say attorneys at Mayer Brown.

  • This Election, We Need To Talk About Court Process

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    In recent decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has markedly transformed judicial processes — from summary judgment standards to notice pleadings — which has, in turn, affected individuals’ substantive rights, and we need to consider how the upcoming presidential election may continue this pattern, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • Mental Health First Aid: A Brief Primer For Attorneys

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    Amid a growing body of research finding that attorneys face higher rates of mental illness than the general population, firms should consider setting up mental health first aid training programs to help lawyers assess mental health challenges in their colleagues and intervene with compassion, say psychologists Shawn Healy and Tracey Meyers.

  • The Trade And Tax Issues Behind US-Canada Digital Tax Clash

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    The new Canadian digital services tax recently went into effect despite objections from the U.S., a controversy that represents an unusual mix of trade and tax policy, and many companies have been pondering how it will affect their e-commerce businesses, says Damon Pike at BDO.

  • Litigation Inspiration: Honoring Your Learned Profession

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    About 30,000 people who took the bar exam in July will learn they passed this fall, marking a fitting time for all attorneys to remember that they are members in a specialty club of learned professionals — and the more they can keep this in mind, the more benefits they will see, says Bennett Rawicki at Hilgers Graben.

  • AI May Limit Key Learning Opportunities For Young Attorneys

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    The thing that’s so powerful about artificial intelligence is also what’s most scary about it — its ability to detect patterns may curtail young attorneys’ chance to practice the lower-level work of managing cases, preventing them from ever honing the pattern recognition skills that undergird creative lawyering, says Sarah Murray at Trialcraft.

  • A Look At How De Minimis Import Rules May Soon Change

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    The planned implementation of executive actions focused on the de minimis rule as it applies to shipments means companies should use this interval to evaluate the potential applicability and impact of Section 301, Section 201 or Section 232 duties on their products, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.

  • Ruling On Foreign Dividend Break Offers 2 Tax Court Insights

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    In Varian v. Commissioner, the U.S. Tax Court allowed a taxpayer's deduction for dividends from foreign subsidiaries, providing clarity on how the U.S. Supreme Court’s Loper Bright decision may affect challenges to Treasury regulations, and revealing a potential disallowance of foreign tax credits, say attorneys at Davis Polk.

  • Why Now Is The Time For Law Firms To Hire Lateral Partners

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    Partner and associate mobility data from the second quarter of this year suggest that there's never been a better time in recent years for law firms to hire lateral candidates, particularly experienced partners — though this necessitates an understanding of potential red flags, say Julie Henson and Greg Hamman at Decipher Investigative Intelligence.

  • Considering Possible PR Risks Of Certain Legal Tactics

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    Disney and American Airlines recently abandoned certain litigation tactics in two lawsuits after fierce public backlash, illustrating why corporate counsel should consider the reputational implications of any legal strategy and partner with their communications teams to preempt public relations concerns, says Chris Gidez at G7 Reputation Advisory.

  • It's No Longer Enough For Firms To Be Trusted Advisers

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    Amid fierce competition for business, the transactional “trusted adviser” paradigm from which most firms operate is no longer sufficient — they should instead aim to become trusted partners with their most valuable clients, says Stuart Maister at Strategic Narrative.