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Trump Picks Miller & Chevalier Attorney For IRS Chief Counsel
President Donald Trump nominated a Miller & Chevalier attorney Tuesday to be chief counsel at the IRS, seeking to fill a post that has lacked a Senate-confirmed leader since January 2025.
Bolt Case Shows Divide Between New Tech, Old VAT Rules
Bolt's defeat at a London appeals court over whether its drivers qualified for special value-added tax treatment exposed a gap between old VAT policy designed for the analog era and the tech platforms that navigate its limits.
Virginia Budget Keeps Data Center Break But Adds Energy Tax
Virginia lawmakers, representing the state with the country's largest number of data centers, sent a budget Monday to Gov. Abigail Spanberger that includes a first-in-the-nation electricity tax on the centers.
Trump Picks Miller & Chevalier Attorney For IRS Chief Counsel
President Donald Trump nominated a Miller & Chevalier attorney Tuesday to be chief counsel at the IRS, seeking to fill a post that has lacked a Senate-confirmed leader since January 2025.
Bolt Case Shows Divide Between New Tech, Old VAT Rules
Bolt's defeat at a London appeals court over whether its drivers qualified for special value-added tax treatment exposed a gap between old VAT policy designed for the analog era and the tech platforms that navigate its limits.
Virginia Budget Keeps Data Center Break But Adds Energy Tax
Virginia lawmakers, representing the state with the country's largest number of data centers, sent a budget Monday to Gov. Abigail Spanberger that includes a first-in-the-nation electricity tax on the centers.
Federal More
Broadening discussions on international tax rules for the digital economy to include artificial intelligence would be a mistake, a U.S. official said Tuesday, adding that governments at the OECD continue to st... (more story)
Franklin Templeton's Putnam Funds failed to disclose accounting practices that led to inflated net asset value calculations and saddled investors with higher costs, according to a proposed $100 million class a... (more story)
A Maryland federal judge has elaborated on her decision to deny SCOTUSblog founder Tom Goldstein's bid for an acquittal or new trial, saying that the evidence presented at trial either supersedes or invalidate... (more story)
A Michigan county did not violate the U.S. Constitution when it took the title of a home over a tax debt, then sold the home at a low price and refunded only that amount to the homeowner, the U.S. Supreme Cour... (more story)
Companies will be willing to invest more in jurisdictions where they are certain of their tax treatment, generating more jobs and growth, a tax official from Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV said at a conference Mon... (more story)
A World Trade Organization committee held a meeting Monday to exchange views on President Donald Trump's temporary global tariff set to expire in July, according to a news release.
The U.S. Supreme Court won't consider whether the Internal Revenue Service violated several taxpayers' rights to jury trials when it imposed $30 million in tax fraud-related penalties, the justices said Monday... (more story)
State & Local More
Oil In Cos.' Tanks Is Taxable, County Tells Texas Justices
A Texas county asked the state Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court's ruling that oil stored by two companies wasn't taxable, saying a substantial amount of the oil wasn't bound for foreign markets.
Dunkin' Franchise Prevails In Challenge To NJ Food Tax Rule
The New Jersey Tax Court struck down a state rule that established a formula for taxing sales of prepared food, siding with a Dunkin' Donuts franchise in ruling that the regulation exceeded the scope of the st... (more story)
High Court Won't Wade Into Fight Over CBA Leave Provision
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down a Minnesota teachers union local's bid for review of an Eighth Circuit decision that revived a taxpayer challenge to a collective bargaining agreement's policy lett... (more story)
Comedian Carlos Mencia Charged In Calif. Tax Evasion Case
Comedian Carlos Mencia is facing felony tax evasion charges after California prosecutors say he failed to report $8.7 million in personal and corporate income, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office... (more story)
DOJ's Pot Shift Leaves Key Questions For Cannabis Industry
The Trump administration's recent moves to relax federal restrictions on marijuana through the administrative process will have unclear ramifications for all industry players unless Congress steps in to rewrit... (more story)
Pa. Land Trust's Exemption Must Be Revisited, Court Rules
A Pennsylvania trial court must reconsider the charitable use of land owned by a trust under an analysis provided by the appellate Commonwealth Court and reevaluate whether the land is eligible for a charitabl... (more story)
Va. Budget Deal Sets 2027 Launch For Retail Cannabis
Virginia's governor and lawmakers on Tuesday announced an agreement to tax and regulate the sale of adult-use cannabis with sales beginning in July 2027.
A Texas county asked the state Supreme Court to overturn an appeals court's ruling that oil stored by two companies wasn't taxable, saying a substantial amount of the oil wasn't bound for foreign markets.
The New Jersey Tax Court struck down a state rule that established a formula for taxing sales of prepared food, siding with a Dunkin' Donuts franchise in ruling that the regulation exceeded the scope of the st... (more story)
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down a Minnesota teachers union local's bid for review of an Eighth Circuit decision that revived a taxpayer challenge to a collective bargaining agreement's policy lett... (more story)
Comedian Carlos Mencia is facing felony tax evasion charges after California prosecutors say he failed to report $8.7 million in personal and corporate income, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office... (more story)
The Trump administration's recent moves to relax federal restrictions on marijuana through the administrative process will have unclear ramifications for all industry players unless Congress steps in to rewrit... (more story)
A Pennsylvania trial court must reconsider the charitable use of land owned by a trust under an analysis provided by the appellate Commonwealth Court and reevaluate whether the land is eligible for a charitabl... (more story)
Virginia's governor and lawmakers on Tuesday announced an agreement to tax and regulate the sale of adult-use cannabis with sales beginning in July 2027.
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Irish Payments Show IP Returning To US, Tax Pro Says
Ireland's payments to the U.S. for intellectual property showed a dramatic increase between 2020 and 2026, indicating that IP development returned to the U.S. after the implementation of the 2017 Tax Cuts and ... (more story)
UK Inheritance Tax Revenue Growth Slows
Inheritance tax receipts for April and May reached £1.4 billion ($1.8 billion) in a slight dip in tax revenue compared with the 2025 tax take, despite frozen tax thresholds, according to official data published Friday.
Securitization Cos. Can Duck EU Interest Limits, Adviser Says
Luxembourg correctly exempted securitization companies from the interest limitation rule under the European Union's anti-tax avoidance directive because they are comparable to financial undertakings that are e... (more story)
Medtronic Ruling Supports IRS In Amgen Case, Tax Court Told
The IRS urged the U.S. Tax Court to back the agency's decision to allocate drugmaker Amgen's profits from the company's Puerto Rican subsidiary, arguing that the Eighth Circuit's ruling in Medtronic's case sup... (more story)
Indian Court Sides With US Gem Co. In Transfer Pricing Row
A U.S. gem grading organization didn't have a taxable permanent establishment in India, and the government cannot tax royalties that the company refunded to its Indian counterpart, the Bombay High Court said in a judgment.
Danish Financier Denied Tax Appeal For Missing Deadline
A Danish financier and his company can't appeal a decision over a tax bill of over £866,000 ($1.2 million) despite his claim that they face a 200% tax rate, a London tribunal ruled, saying he had no good reaso... (more story)
Insurance Co.'s $1.35B Tax Fight Sent To Nova Scotia Court
The Tax Court of Canada declined to hear Canadian revenue authorities' bid to include over CA$1.9 billion ($1.35 billion) worth of shares in a life insurance company's taxable capital, holding that jurisdictio... (more story)
Ireland's payments to the U.S. for intellectual property showed a dramatic increase between 2020 and 2026, indicating that IP development returned to the U.S. after the implementation of the 2017 Tax Cuts and ... (more story)
Inheritance tax receipts for April and May reached £1.4 billion ($1.8 billion) in a slight dip in tax revenue compared with the 2025 tax take, despite frozen tax thresholds, according to official data published Friday.
Luxembourg correctly exempted securitization companies from the interest limitation rule under the European Union's anti-tax avoidance directive because they are comparable to financial undertakings that are e... (more story)
The IRS urged the U.S. Tax Court to back the agency's decision to allocate drugmaker Amgen's profits from the company's Puerto Rican subsidiary, arguing that the Eighth Circuit's ruling in Medtronic's case sup... (more story)
A U.S. gem grading organization didn't have a taxable permanent establishment in India, and the government cannot tax royalties that the company refunded to its Indian counterpart, the Bombay High Court said in a judgment.
A Danish financier and his company can't appeal a decision over a tax bill of over £866,000 ($1.2 million) despite his claim that they face a 200% tax rate, a London tribunal ruled, saying he had no good reaso... (more story)
The Tax Court of Canada declined to hear Canadian revenue authorities' bid to include over CA$1.9 billion ($1.35 billion) worth of shares in a life insurance company's taxable capital, holding that jurisdictio... (more story)