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IRS Offers Easement Deals With 10% Penalty, No Haggling
Eligible partnerships disputing conservation or historic preservation easement charitable deductions cannot negotiate their tax benefit amounts under the Internal Revenue Service's latest settlement offer, which carries a 10% penalty, the agency announced Wednesday.
Mamdani Pitches New York Budget With Tax On 2nd Homes
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a budget plan Tuesday that seeks to tax high-value second homes in the city, a proposal that will require the approval of state lawmakers, who are locked in protracted talks on their own budget.
Fed. Circ. Pauses Trade Court Ruling Blocking Trump Tariffs
The Federal Circuit halted a permanent injunction issued by the U.S. Court of International Trade that was scheduled to take effect on Tuesday, which would have stopped the collection of duties under President Donald Trump's temporary global tariff from two businesses and the state of Washington.
IRS Offers Easement Deals With 10% Penalty, No Haggling
Eligible partnerships disputing conservation or historic preservation easement charitable deductions cannot negotiate their tax benefit amounts under the Internal Revenue Service's latest settlement offer, which carries a 10% penalty, the agency announced Wednesday.
Mamdani Pitches New York Budget With Tax On 2nd Homes
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a budget plan Tuesday that seeks to tax high-value second homes in the city, a proposal that will require the approval of state lawmakers, who are locked in protracted talks on their own budget.
Fed. Circ. Pauses Trade Court Ruling Blocking Trump Tariffs
The Federal Circuit halted a permanent injunction issued by the U.S. Court of International Trade that was scheduled to take effect on Tuesday, which would have stopped the collection of duties under President Donald Trump's temporary global tariff from two businesses and the state of Washington.
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A Maryland federal judge has rejected SCOTUSblog founder Thomas Goldstein's request to push back sentencing for his tax evasion conviction, finding that Goldstein "has not shown good cause to continue sentencing."
A Georgia partnership is disputing the IRS' assessment of $17.1 million in underpaid tax and $6.8 million penalties for its 2020 tax year, saying the agency wrongly disallowed its $46.2 million deduction for a... (more story)
An Idaho federal court wrongly denied a man of Mexican descent a new trial after discovering a juror had made racially biased comments about people of Mexican ethnicity during deliberations on whether to convi... (more story)
A D.C. federal court should not set a bright-line test for determining whether tax-exempt social welfare organizations are engaging in improper political campaigning, the federal government said during a heari... (more story)
An Alabama partnership defended its deduction of $21 million for land donated to a conservancy in Mobile in 2018, saying it was told by a qualified appraiser that the property's "highest and best use" would ha... (more story)
An insurance broker asked a Pennsylvania federal court to consider new constitutionality arguments against the IRS penalty prepayment requirement to revive its challenge to $6.6 million in captive insurance ta... (more story)
Over 8.3 million imports are pending tariff refunds after clearing the final system processes developed by Customs and Border Protection, accounting for almost $35.5 billion in duty refunds with interest, acco... (more story)
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Judge Won't Toss Boston Property Tax Retaliation Claims
Boston must face a proposed class action accusing the city of inflating the valuations of some properties after owners appealed their tax bills, a state court judge has ruled.
4 Emerging Approaches To AI Protective Order Language
Over the last year, at least five federal district courts have issued or analyzed specific protective order provisions restricting the use of generative artificial intelligence platforms with protected materia... (more story)
Ohio Bank's Tax Break On Data Processing Denied By Board
An Ohio bank is liable for sales tax on financial data processing services it purchased, a state board affirmed, applying the true object test to the transactions as directed by the state Supreme Court.
Minn. Justices Challenge County On Hilton Valuation Appeal
Minnesota's justices quizzed counsel for Hennepin County on Monday on whether its arguments for its preferred method for valuing a Hilton-branded Minneapolis hotel and convention center could be enough to over... (more story)
NC Justices Asked To Clarify Leandro School Funding Opinion
The school boards of several low-wealth North Carolina counties are asking the state Supreme Court to elucidate a recent ruling that invalidated nine years of developments in the public school funding case kno... (more story)
Broadway Shows Freed From NYC Rent Tax On Billboards
Operators of four Broadway musicals don't owe New York City's commercial rent tax on billboard advertisements that they paid third-party entities to run because the operators didn't use the billboards, a city ... (more story)
Heppner Ruling Left AI Privilege Risk For Lawyers Unresolved
While a New York federal judge’s recent ruling in U.S. v. Heppner resolved a privilege question surrounding client-side artificial intelligence use, it did not address how to mitigate the risks that can arise ... (more story)
Boston must face a proposed class action accusing the city of inflating the valuations of some properties after owners appealed their tax bills, a state court judge has ruled.
Over the last year, at least five federal district courts have issued or analyzed specific protective order provisions restricting the use of generative artificial intelligence platforms with protected materia... (more story)
An Ohio bank is liable for sales tax on financial data processing services it purchased, a state board affirmed, applying the true object test to the transactions as directed by the state Supreme Court.
Minnesota's justices quizzed counsel for Hennepin County on Monday on whether its arguments for its preferred method for valuing a Hilton-branded Minneapolis hotel and convention center could be enough to over... (more story)
The school boards of several low-wealth North Carolina counties are asking the state Supreme Court to elucidate a recent ruling that invalidated nine years of developments in the public school funding case kno... (more story)
Operators of four Broadway musicals don't owe New York City's commercial rent tax on billboard advertisements that they paid third-party entities to run because the operators didn't use the billboards, a city ... (more story)
While a New York federal judge’s recent ruling in U.S. v. Heppner resolved a privilege question surrounding client-side artificial intelligence use, it did not address how to mitigate the risks that can arise ... (more story)
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Suspect Arrested In €18M Electronics VAT Fraud Scheme
European prosecutors said Wednesday that German authorities arrested one suspect and carried out a series of raids in an investigation into an alleged €18 million ($21 million) value-added tax carousel fraud i... (more story)
Shell Wins Australia Tax Fight Over $71.6M In Added Taxes
The Australian Taxation Office wrongly assessed AU$98.9 million ($71.6 million) in additional taxes to a Shell plc subsidiary by denying its entitlement to add a premium to its cost basis for a deemed acquisit... (more story)
Farmers Can't Challenge UK Inheritance Tax Relief Cut Plans
Two Cambridgeshire farmers and a campaign group can't challenge the U.K. government's plans to slash inheritance tax relief for farms on the grounds that there should have been a public consultation before the... (more story)
EU Readies Legal Action Over Weak Tax Reporting Penalties
The European Union's executive branch may take member countries to court for failing to impose adequately high penalties on those that breach the bloc's rules on tax information sharing, an EU official said Tuesday.
Gov't Clarifies Inheritance Tax Rules On Pension Wealth
The government has issued a statement clarifying how it wants pension wealth to be brought into the scope of inheritance tax next year.
Trump Asks Federal Circuit To Pause Trade Court Tariff Ruling
President Donald Trump on Monday asked the Federal Circuit to block the U.S. Court of International Trade's order last week deeming his temporary global 10% tariffs unlawful, arguing the trade court misinterpr... (more story)
Amgen Late To Raise Double-Taxation Claim, Tax Court Told
Biotechnology giant Amgen is making a "futile" attempt to raise a purported double-taxation issue for tax years 2016 through 2018 in a pair of transfer pricing cases before the U.S. Tax Court, the federal gove... (more story)
European prosecutors said Wednesday that German authorities arrested one suspect and carried out a series of raids in an investigation into an alleged €18 million ($21 million) value-added tax carousel fraud i... (more story)
The Australian Taxation Office wrongly assessed AU$98.9 million ($71.6 million) in additional taxes to a Shell plc subsidiary by denying its entitlement to add a premium to its cost basis for a deemed acquisit... (more story)
Two Cambridgeshire farmers and a campaign group can't challenge the U.K. government's plans to slash inheritance tax relief for farms on the grounds that there should have been a public consultation before the... (more story)
The European Union's executive branch may take member countries to court for failing to impose adequately high penalties on those that breach the bloc's rules on tax information sharing, an EU official said Tuesday.
The government has issued a statement clarifying how it wants pension wealth to be brought into the scope of inheritance tax next year.
President Donald Trump on Monday asked the Federal Circuit to block the U.S. Court of International Trade's order last week deeming his temporary global 10% tariffs unlawful, arguing the trade court misinterpr... (more story)
Biotechnology giant Amgen is making a "futile" attempt to raise a purported double-taxation issue for tax years 2016 through 2018 in a pair of transfer pricing cases before the U.S. Tax Court, the federal gove... (more story)