Federal
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November 18, 2024
Intuit's GC-Turned-People Chief Sees Comp Reach $15.8M
An executive who helps oversee financial software company Intuit's workforce and formerly served as its general counsel earned roughly $15.8 million in compensation for fiscal year 2024, most of that from stock awards, a public filing says.
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November 18, 2024
Allen Matkins Adds Stradley Ronon Tax Co-Chair In NY
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP has continued growing its New York office with the addition of the co-chair of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young LLP's tax department, the firm said Monday.
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November 18, 2024
11th Circ. Shelves Peanut Truck Co.'s Excise Tax Refund
The Eleventh Circuit has overturned a decision awarding an excise tax refund to a manufacturer for selling wagons that dry and carry peanuts, saying the refund is reserved for vehicles that are specially designed for off-highway transportation — a test the peanut wagons failed.
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November 18, 2024
Tax Interest Rates To Drop In First Quarter Of 2025
The Internal Revenue Service's interest rates for overpayments and underpayments of tax will drop in the first quarter of 2025, the agency said Monday.
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November 15, 2024
The Tax Angle: TCJA Debate, S Corp. Compliance
From a look at congressional lawmakers ramping up their debate over the expiration of the GOP's 2017 tax overhaul law to the IRS' plans to provide more oversight for pass-through businesses and S corporations, here's a peek into a reporter's notebook on a few of the week's developing tax stories.
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November 15, 2024
Poor Counsel Led To Unjust Tax Convictions, Justices Told
A North Carolina actuary asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Fourth Circuit decision denying his bid to reverse his 2016 tax fraud convictions, saying the ruling was based on bad decisions made by his then-trial counsel.
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November 15, 2024
Man Gets 6 Years For Tax Evasion With Watches, Casino Chips
A former New Jersey businessman was sentenced to more than six years in prison and ordered to pay roughly $10.3 million in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service after being convicted of evading taxes using ploys involving luxury watches and casino chips.
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November 15, 2024
Hedge Fund Group Urges Trump To Reject 'Punitive' Policies
A leading industry group representing hedge funds and other alternative asset managers is urging President-elect Donald Trump to abandon "punitive" economic policies and instead propose tax and regulatory relief, including business-friendly priorities at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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November 15, 2024
Fla. Health Co. Owner Pleads Guilty In $11M Payroll Tax Case
A Florida healthcare business owner who caused a tax loss to the IRS of nearly $11 million pled guilty in a Miami federal court to failing to pay employment taxes and not filing his income tax returns, the U.S. Department of Justice said Friday.
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November 15, 2024
Applicable Federal Rates Set To Increase In Dec.
Applicable federal rates for income tax purposes will increase across the board in December, reversing a decline spanning months, the Internal Revenue Service said Friday.
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November 15, 2024
Taxation With Representation: Cravath, MoFo, Gibson Dunn
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Cardinal Health takes a majority stake in GI Alliance and acquires Advanced Diabetes Supply Group, Just Eat offloads Grubhub to Wonder Group, Rivian Automotive and Volkswagen Group launch a joint venture, and Ovintiv Inc. buys Montney Basin assets from Paramount Resources Ltd.
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November 15, 2024
Judge Advises Axing Bank's Home Stake In $1.7M Tax Dispute
A federal magistrate judge recommended jettisoning any interest of JPMorgan Chase Bank NA in a California home the government wants to sell to recover $1.7 million in taxes, saying the bank, as a loan holder, hasn't responded to the government's lawsuit seeking the sale.
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November 15, 2024
Weekly Internal Revenue Bulletin
The Internal Revenue Service's weekly bulletin, issued Friday, included increases to the annual amount employees can contribute to various retirement plans as part of the agency's cost-of-living adjustments.
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November 14, 2024
Cos. Tell Court To Make IRS Process Worker Retention Credits
Two companies that help clients obtain pandemic-era employee retention tax credits asked an Arizona federal court to stop the Internal Revenue Service from issuing what they claim are batch denials based on faulty automated systems, saying the agency is required to individually review all claims.
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November 14, 2024
TIGTA Head Pick Pledges To Support IRS Modernization
President Joe Biden's pick for Treasury inspector general for tax administration pledged during a Senate panel nomination hearing Thursday to support the Internal Revenue Service's modernization efforts and be as apolitical as his predecessor.
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November 14, 2024
Widow Owes $613K After Mexican Tax Dodge, US Tells Court
The widow of a Texas man faces $613,000 in penalties that her husband incurred by failing to report his foreign bank accounts, the U.S. told a federal court, arguing that she participated in a Mexican real estate transaction to avoid paying the penalties he owed.
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November 14, 2024
Senate Fills Last Remaining Tax Court Seat
The Senate approved the last of President Joe Biden's nominees to serve on the U.S. Tax Court, marking the sixth judge the chamber has confirmed to the court this year.
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November 14, 2024
IRS Asks Court To Toss Woman's Inheritance Tax Penalty Suit
A woman who missed the deadline for reporting that she received a $350,000 inheritance isn't allowed to sue the IRS for acting arbitrarily in charging her a late penalty because other remedies to her complaint are available to her, the agency told a California federal court Thursday.
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November 14, 2024
New Clean Electricity Credits At Risk In 2025 Tax Talks
Clean electricity tax credits in the Democrats' signature climate law could be scaled back amid next year's effort by President-elect Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers to quickly renew expiring provisions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act once they're in office.
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November 14, 2024
Duo Charged With Hacking Tax Firms In Refund Fraud Scheme
Boston federal prosecutors have unsealed charges against two men who allegedly used information hacked and stolen from Massachusetts tax preparation firms to pocket more than $1.3 million from fraudulent tax returns.
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November 14, 2024
DC Circ. Won't Rethink Denial Of Church Tax Exemption
The D.C. Circuit rejected a request to reconsider the tax status of an Iowa church that used a psychedelic drug in its rites, letting stand its decision that because the church uses a federally illegal drug, it isn't entitled to tax-exempt status.
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November 13, 2024
Judge Cites 'Deterrence' In Attys' Tax Scheme Prison Sentence
Two St. Louis tax attorneys and a North Carolina insurance agent's pleas for leniency were largely ignored Wednesday by a federal judge sentencing them for their role in a multimillion-dollar tax avoidance scheme, with the judge declaring that the need for public deterrence was too great to let them off the hook without prison time.
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November 13, 2024
Tax Fraud A Potential Topic In Lame-Duck Session, Aides Say
Congress could include disaster-related tax relief and a legislative fix in a year-end package to address rampant fraud associated with the employee retention tax credit, staffers for the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance committees said Wednesday.
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November 13, 2024
Election Clouds Timing of Final Corp. AMT Rules, Official Says
The Internal Revenue Service's timeline for producing final regulations for the corporate alternative minimum tax will depend on priorities set by whomever President-elect Donald Trump picks to lead the U.S. Department of the Treasury, an IRS official said Wednesday.
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November 13, 2024
Senate Panel To Consider Nominee For Tax Inspector General
The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing Thursday to consider the nomination of David Samuel Johnson to be the inspector general for tax administration, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Wednesday.
Expert Analysis
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A Post-Mortem Analysis Of Stroock's Demise
After the dissolution of 147-year-old firm Stroock late last year shook up the legal world, a post-mortem analysis of the data reveals a long list of warning signs preceding the firm’s collapse — and provides some insight into how other firms might avoid the same disastrous fate, says Craig Savitzky at Leopard Solutions.
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SG's Office Is Case Study To Help Close Legal Gender Gap
As women continue to be underrepresented in the upper echelons of the legal profession, law firms could learn from the example set by the Office of the Solicitor General, where culture and workplace policies have helped foster greater gender equality, say attorneys at Ocean Tomo.
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Planning A Defense As IRS Kicks Off Sports Losses Campaign
Sports team owners and partnerships face potential examination under the Internal Revenue Service’s recently announced sports industry losses campaign, and should be preparing to explain what drove their reported losses and assembling documentation to support their tax return positions and accounting methods, say Sheri Dillon and Jennifer Breen at Morgan Lewis.
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What New Calif. Strike Force Means For White Collar Crimes
The recently announced Central District of California strike force targeting complex corporate and securities fraud — following the Northern District of California's model — combines experienced prosecutorial leadership and partnerships with federal agencies like the IRS and FBI, and could result in an uptick in the number of cases and speed of proceedings, say attorneys at MoFo.
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Reimagining Law Firm Culture To Break The Cycle Of Burnout
While attorney burnout remains a perennial issue in the legal profession, shifting post-pandemic expectations mean that law firms must adapt their office cultures to retain talent, say Kevin Henderson and Eric Pacifici at SMB Law Group.
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The Legal Industry Needs A Cybersecurity Paradigm Shift
As law firms face ever-increasing risks of cyberattacks and ransomware incidents, the legal industry must implement robust cybersecurity measures and privacy-centric practices to preserve attorney-client privilege, safeguard client trust and uphold the profession’s integrity, says Ryan Paterson at Unplugged.
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As Promised, IRS Is Coming For Crypto Tax Evaders
The IRS is fulfilling its promise to crack down on those who have neglected to pay taxes on cryptocurrency earnings, as demonstrated by recently imposed prison sentences, enforcement initiatives and meetings with international counterparts — suggesting a few key takeaways for taxpayer compliance, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.
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5 Reasons Associates Shouldn't Take A Job Just For Money
As a number of BigLaw firms increase salary scales for early-career attorneys, law students and lateral associates considering new job offers should weigh several key factors that may matter more than financial compensation, say Albert Tawil at Lateral Hub and Ruvin Levavi at Power Forward.
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The Pop Culture Docket: Judge Djerassi On Super Bowl 52
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Ramy Djerassi discusses how Super Bowl 52, in which the Philadelphia Eagles prevailed over the New England Patriots, provides an apt metaphor for alternative dispute resolution processes in commercial business cases.
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Parsing Treasury's Proposed Clean Hydrogen Tax Credit Rules
Regulations recently proposed by the IRS and the U.S. Department of the Treasury concerning two types of tax credits for clean hydrogen production facilities should resolve many of the most pressing questions around qualification for the credits — albeit in a relatively stringent manner, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
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Employee Experience Strategy Can Boost Law Firm Success
Amid continuing business uncertainty, law firms should consider adopting a holistic employee experience strategy — prioritizing consistency, targeting signature moments and leveraging measurement tools — to maximize productivity and profitability, says Haley Revel at Calibrate Consulting.
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6 Practice Pointers For Pro Bono Immigration Practice
An attorney taking on their first pro bono immigration matter may find the law and procedures beguiling, but understanding key deadlines, the significance of individual immigration judges' rules and specialized aspects of the practice can help avoid common missteps, says Steven Malm at Haynes Boone.
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Lessons From Country Singer's Personal Service Saga
Recent reports that country singer Luke Combs won a judgment against a Florida woman who didn’t receive notice of the counterfeit suit against her should serve as a reminder for attorneys on best practices for effectuating service by electronic means, say attorneys at Jenner & Block.