Prosecutors told a Colorado federal jury Thursday that four individuals defrauded the government by using their businesses to help promote and sell abusive and illegal trust tax shelters, while the defendants ... (more story)

The federal government has appealed the U.S. Court of International Trade's order requiring refunds on all duties paid under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act after the U.S. Supreme Court struck ... (more story)

A retired plastic surgeon reached a $7.7 million settlement with the federal government to resolve an Internal Revenue Service case alleging that he ran an offshore employee leasing scheme, according to an agr... (more story)

SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein renewed his push Wednesday in Maryland federal court for a delayed sentencing, saying prosecutors blindsided his defense by including additional uncharged years of alleged t... (more story)

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche will be tapped for the permanent role, but he might not have a smooth path to confirmation.

A real estate development partnership failed to show that the U.S. Tax Court made errors that undermined its ruling eliminating a $713 million deduction to the partnership for 2012, the IRS argued, saying the ... (more story)

Senate Democrats questioned Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday about details of a settlement that included a since-dropped plan for a $1.8 billion fund that could have been used to pay off Jan. 6 de... (more story)

States' decisions of whether to conform their tax codes to the federal code, at one time a matter of routine, have become increasingly complex, state tax professionals said Thursday.

Washington state's high court declined to review a lower court decision finding that the state's tax agency wrongly included fees charged by issuing banks in a credit card processor's gross income calculation.

The New York state trial court judge overseeing President Donald Trump's civil fraud case granted his request to preserve notes from private meetings between state litigators and Trump's former attorney Michae... (more story)

Colorado could impose criminal penalties on owners of nonresidential property who willfully give false valuation information to county authorities under legislation signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis.

Minnesota's revenue commissioner properly applied the statute of limitations when hitting a liquor retailer with a $639,000 assessment for substantial underreporting of sales over six years, the state's Suprem... (more story)

The associates who navigate law firm mergers best ask the right questions early, such as inquiring about partners' plans, to assess how the merger could affect their workflow and career path, says Jackie Bokse... (more story)

Sixty economies are facing added tariffs of either 10% or 12.5% on their exports to the U.S. following investigations by the U.S. Trade Representative's Office into countries' protections against the importing... (more story)

The U.K.'s tax authority told a London court Thursday that a shareholder payout falls within anti-tax avoidance rules in a case concerning the tax treatment of £10 million ($13.4 million) in shares paid out fo... (more story)

The tax authority said Thursday that it had arrested two men suspected of using TikTok to perpetrate an alleged multi-million-pound tax fraud by persuading users to hand over tax account details with the promi... (more story)

Almost three-quarters of British adults don't know that certain gifts are exempt from inheritance tax as the fiscal rules for estates and pensions are set to change in April 2027, according to research published Wednesday.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced what it is calling a government-to-government mechanism that will manage bilateral trade between the U.S. and China, including by considering tariff cuts, ... (more story)

The U.S. Trade Representative proposed hitting Brazil with a broad 25% tariff following a trade investigation that it says uncovered a slew of "unfair practices that imposed burdens on American businesses," in... (more story)

The fastest civil trial courts in the country are currently in the Eastern District of Virginia and the Southern District of Florida, and their chief judges provide insights into the court rules that keep them... (more story)

The Federal Circuit should maintain a pause on a lower court's order blocking President Donald Trump's temporary global tariffs with respect to Washington state and two businesses, the U.S. argued, saying the ... (more story)