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A Decades-Old Infrastructure Funding Idea Finds New Ground

Some of the biggest states in the U.S. have for years allowed developers to create special districts in which futu... (more story)

Goodwin Real Estate Atty Eyes Tariffs At Capital-Raising Stage

A year after President Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" speech, tariffs are coming up in the context of capital-rai... (more story)

DOJ Fraud Division Set To Shake Up White-Collar Enforcement

President Donald Trump's administration created the U.S. Department of Justice's National Fraud Enforcement Divisi... (more story)

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'Pig Butchering' Crypto Scam Victim Seeks $962K From IRS

An Ohio man told a district court that the Internal Revenue Service wrongly denied his tax deduction claim for a loss of over $800,000 from a cryptocurrency "pig butchering" scheme despite the extensive docume... (more story)

US Trade Rep. Seeks Feedback On ITC's Quartz Tariff Plan

 The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Thursday said it is seeking comments on tariff recommendations made in April by the U.S. International Trade Commission regarding imported quartz surfaces.

Lawmakers Float Allowing Charitable Gifts From 401(k) Plans

A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill that would allow workers to make tax-free charitable donations directly from their employer-sponsored retirement plans, building on a sect... (more story)

Tax Bill Challenge Filing Deadline Is Flexible, 4th Circ. Told

A man who missed the deadline for challenging his tax bill in the U.S. Tax Court urged the Fourth Circuit to revive his suit, saying the statutory cutoff for filing petitions does not have to be strictly follo... (more story)

Trump 1st-Term Tariff Hikes On China Legal, Feds Tell Justices

President Donald Trump's first administration was well within its legal authority to increase tariffs on Chinese goods under a law utilized to address unfair trading practices, and the U.S. Supreme Court doesn... (more story)

Tax Court Won't Rethink Nix Of Russian Scientist's Exemption

The U.S. Tax Court won't rethink its decision that the U.S. Department of Energy's payments to a Russian scientist for his subatomic particle research in Virginia don't fall under a tax exemption for grants in... (more story)

SCOTUSblog Founder Can't Delay Tax Fraud Sentencing

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."

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Hologic Tells NH Justices It's One Org.; State Pushes Back

New Hampshire's revenue department and Hologic sparred before the state's justices over whether a capital loss carryback can offset capital gains in a combined group, even if the loss and gain are generated by... (more story)

Colo. Panel Kills Corp. Decoupling Bill Under Veto Threat

Colorado legislation to decouple the state from four of last year's federal corporate tax changes was stalled by a Senate panel at the request of the bill's sponsor, who suggested that Gov. Jared Polis said he... (more story)

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)

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Barrister Loses Bid To Overturn £15K Fine Tied To Tax Row

A London court has maintained a £15,000 ($20,100) fine imposed on a barrister after he sent a barrage of emails accusing HMRC and a caseworker of colluding to sabotage his tax appeal, backing a disciplinary pa... (more story)

Ex-Deputy PM Rayner Says She's Cleared Of Tax Claims

Britain's tax authority has cleared former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner of claims that she dodged taxes on an £800,000 ($1 million) property, according to an interview published Thursday, just as the La... (more story)

Highest Earners Hardest Hit By Pension Tax Change, IFS Says

The highest earners in the private sector will be hit the hardest by the U.K. government's decision to cap tax-free pension salary sacrifices at £2,000 ($2,700), the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said, with... (more story)

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)

9th Circ. Orders New Tax Fraud Trial Over Juror's Racial Bias

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)

Over 8 Million Imports In Line For Over $35B In Tariff Refunds

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)

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)