By Zak Kostro

A mortgage lender that said it had to suspend operations during the pandemic can't claim $5 million in refunds for worker tax credits, a California federal magistrate judge said, finding the lender failed to show that its sales operations were partially suspended due to a government order.

By Kat Lucero

An accounting professional association is entitled to nearly $810,000 in employee retention tax credits for keeping workers on payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic, the group told a New Jersey federal court, arguing the IRS incorrectly denied its refund claim.

By Zak Kostro

A U.S. Court of Federal Claims judge allowed a California-based health and life insurance services company to amend its complaint to address questions about whether it qualified as an eligible employer to claim a $50,000 employee retention tax credit refund.

By Zak Kostro

A staffing and recruiting company asked a Texas federal court for an employee retention tax credit refund of nearly $570,000, which the company said it timely claimed but remains unpaid by the IRS.

By Zak Kostro

The Internal Revenue Service owes a water transfer services company nearly $351,000 in employee retention tax credit refunds, the business told a Pennsylvania federal court, saying the agency improperly retained the overpayments to offset a supposed civil penalty against the company.

By Kat Lucero

A Mississippi federal judge allowed an economic development nonprofit to continue challenging the IRS' denial of more than $1 million in employee retention tax credits, while dismissing its request for a declaratory judgment that the employer is entitled to the incentives.