Trump Says Countries Will Keep Deals Despite Tariff Ruling
President Donald Trump said trade deals reached with countries underpinned by tariffs invalidated by the U.S. Supreme Court would continue to be honored during his State of the Union on Tuesday evening, although it remained unclear precisely how those duty terms will be reimposed domestically.
Federal Override Of DC Tax Law Is Invalid, City's AG Says
A law signed by President Donald Trump that stops Washington, D.C., from decoupling from part of his signature tax law came too late and is thus invalid under the D.C. Home Rule Act, the district's attorney general said Tuesday.
DC Circ. Won't Stop IRS From Sharing Data With DHS
Immigrant advocacy groups challenging the legality of an information-sharing agreement between federal immigration authorities and the IRS are not entitled to a court order stopping the tax agency from sharing taxpayer addresses for enforcement purposes, the D.C. Circuit said Tuesday.
Trump Says Countries Will Keep Deals Despite Tariff Ruling
President Donald Trump said trade deals reached with countries underpinned by tariffs invalidated by the U.S. Supreme Court would continue to be honored during his State of the Union on Tuesday evening, although it remained unclear precisely how those duty terms will be reimposed domestically.
Federal Override Of DC Tax Law Is Invalid, City's AG Says
A law signed by President Donald Trump that stops Washington, D.C., from decoupling from part of his signature tax law came too late and is thus invalid under the D.C. Home Rule Act, the district's attorney general said Tuesday.
DC Circ. Won't Stop IRS From Sharing Data With DHS
Immigrant advocacy groups challenging the legality of an information-sharing agreement between federal immigration authorities and the IRS are not entitled to a court order stopping the tax agency from sharing taxpayer addresses for enforcement purposes, the D.C. Circuit said Tuesday.
Federal More
The U.S. Treasury Department expects to negotiate international guidance for the recently agreed-to side-by-side safe harbor under the worldwide corporate minimum tax agreement known as Pillar Two, including u... (more story)
The Internal Revenue Service wouldn't let a manufacturing company correct a typo on a tax return seeking pandemic worker credits and misapplied credits to old tax debt after agreeing not to, the company told a... (more story)
A New York federal court's ruling, in U.S. v. Heppner, that documents created by a defendant using an artificial intelligence tool were not privileged, can serve as a guide to attorneys for retaining attorney-... (more story)
FedEx, Bausch & Lomb and L'Oreal are among the companies that raced to the U.S. Court of International Trade on Monday seeking full refunds of the trade duties they paid as a result of the 2025 tariffs that Pr... (more story)
The IRS was correct to disallow over $713 million of a San Diego partnership's positive basis adjustment in 2012, the U.S. Tax Court held Monday, finding a series of complex transactions were carried out to av... (more story)
Senate Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation Monday to require the federal government to issue refunds to importers for duties paid that were imposed by President Donald Trump under the International Eme... (more story)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection will stop collecting the tariffs President Donald Trump illegally imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act beginning at midnight Tuesday, according to gu... (more story)
State & Local More
NY Asks Appeals Court To Nix Sunoco's $2.6M Tax Refund Bid
Sunoco's attempt to claim a $2.6 million New York corporate franchise tax refund by including oil sales to third parties in its tax calculations would result in double-counting the transactions in its apportio... (more story)
Oregon Senate OKs Holding Transportation Tax Vote Earlier
Oregon would hold a vote in May on a referendum for most of a $4.3 billion transportation funding package instead of November under legislation approved by the Senate.
NJ Statehouse Catch-Up: Family Leave, PFAS, Farmland Tax
In his final days as New Jersey governor, Phil Murphy was busy signing a slew of measures reforming existing legislation as well as bills aimed at breaking new ground.
The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Leadership Strategy After Day 1
For law firm leaders, ensuring a newly combined law firm lives up to its promise, both in its first days of operation and well after, includes tough decisions, clear and specific communication, and cheerleadin... (more story)
NY Tells Appellate Court Professor's Remote Work Is Taxable
A New York professor was not required by his school to work remotely out of the state during the coronavirus pandemic, so his income is subject to tax by New York, the state commissioner of taxation told the s... (more story)
Calif.'s Civility Push Shows Why Professionalism Is Vital
The California Bar’s campaign against discourteous behavior by attorneys, including a newly required annual civility oath, reflects a growing concern among states that professionalism in law needs shoring up —... (more story)
Up Next At High Court: Cuban Seizures & Removal Deadlines
The U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its February oral argument session by hearing cases that could expand or limit the availability of damages for U.S. victims of property seized by the Cuban government and a... (more story)
Sunoco's attempt to claim a $2.6 million New York corporate franchise tax refund by including oil sales to third parties in its tax calculations would result in double-counting the transactions in its apportio... (more story)
Oregon would hold a vote in May on a referendum for most of a $4.3 billion transportation funding package instead of November under legislation approved by the Senate.
In his final days as New Jersey governor, Phil Murphy was busy signing a slew of measures reforming existing legislation as well as bills aimed at breaking new ground.
For law firm leaders, ensuring a newly combined law firm lives up to its promise, both in its first days of operation and well after, includes tough decisions, clear and specific communication, and cheerleadin... (more story)
A New York professor was not required by his school to work remotely out of the state during the coronavirus pandemic, so his income is subject to tax by New York, the state commissioner of taxation told the s... (more story)
The California Bar’s campaign against discourteous behavior by attorneys, including a newly required annual civility oath, reflects a growing concern among states that professionalism in law needs shoring up —... (more story)
The U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its February oral argument session by hearing cases that could expand or limit the availability of damages for U.S. victims of property seized by the Cuban government and a... (more story)
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EU Trade Chief Urges Skeptical Lawmakers To Pass US Deal
The European Union's trade commissioner pleaded Tuesday with the bloc's lawmakers to ratify a trade deal with the U.S. next month, attempting to reassure skeptical lawmakers that President Donald Trump's admin... (more story)
Canadian Investor Loses Tax Battle Over BVI Arrangement
A Canadian investor who redomiciled his holding company to the British Virgin Islands days before a profitable share sale bypassed anti-deferral rules through a tax scheme, Canada's Federal Court of Appeal sai... (more story)
Lords Slam Labour's 'Regressive' Salary Sacrifice Reforms
Conservative peers told the government on Tuesday that its planned £2,000 ($2,700) cap on salary sacrifice pension saving arrangements will unfairly harm lower-earning workers.
UK Will Uphold Tariff Deal With US, Trade Secretary Says
The British government will honor its trade deal with the United States after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that President Donald Trump raised tariffs unlawfully, the U.K.'s trade secretary confirmed Monday.
'Freedom Tax' On Agenda As New Dutch Gov't Sworn In
Coalition leaders of the Netherlands' new government, who were sworn in Monday, say one item on their agenda will be the introduction of what they call a freedom tax to raise contributions from individuals and... (more story)
Full 8th Circ. Won't Revisit 3M's Win Against IRS
The full Eighth Circuit declined to rethink a panel's ruling that held the Internal Revenue Service lacked the statutory authority to allocate nearly $24 million in royalty payments that 3M Co. said it was blo... (more story)
UK's Tax Take Surges Ahead Of Spring Budget
The U.K. Labour government's budget surplus doubled to £30.4 billion ($41 billion) in January from a year prior on the back of continued growth in tax receipts in the first 10 months of fiscal year 2025-26, ac... (more story)
The European Union's trade commissioner pleaded Tuesday with the bloc's lawmakers to ratify a trade deal with the U.S. next month, attempting to reassure skeptical lawmakers that President Donald Trump's admin... (more story)
A Canadian investor who redomiciled his holding company to the British Virgin Islands days before a profitable share sale bypassed anti-deferral rules through a tax scheme, Canada's Federal Court of Appeal sai... (more story)
Conservative peers told the government on Tuesday that its planned £2,000 ($2,700) cap on salary sacrifice pension saving arrangements will unfairly harm lower-earning workers.
The British government will honor its trade deal with the United States after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that President Donald Trump raised tariffs unlawfully, the U.K.'s trade secretary confirmed Monday.
Coalition leaders of the Netherlands' new government, who were sworn in Monday, say one item on their agenda will be the introduction of what they call a freedom tax to raise contributions from individuals and... (more story)
The full Eighth Circuit declined to rethink a panel's ruling that held the Internal Revenue Service lacked the statutory authority to allocate nearly $24 million in royalty payments that 3M Co. said it was blo... (more story)
The U.K. Labour government's budget surplus doubled to £30.4 billion ($41 billion) in January from a year prior on the back of continued growth in tax receipts in the first 10 months of fiscal year 2025-26, ac... (more story)