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EU Must Walk Tightrope With Carbon Tax Under WTO Rules

Lawmakers behind the European Union's carbon import tax say the policy supports global climate action while remain... (more story)

State & Local Tax Takeaways From July

As activity in most state legislatures wound down in July, action in the courtroom heated up, especially with stat... (more story)

Why Law Firms Still Back LLPs After BlueCrest Tax Ruling

Limited liability partnerships are still the structure of choice for law firms trying to keep pace with a London l... (more story)

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House, Senate Bills Would Block Trump's IRS Immunity Deal

Congress would permanently block President Donald Trump's immunity deal with the Internal Revenue Service under legislation introduced by the top Democratic tax writers in the House and Senate on Thursday.

CIT Judge Confused By Gov't Objection To Tariff Refund Class

A U.S. Court of International Trade judge repeatedly expressed confusion Thursday over the federal government's objection to the certification of a class of importers seeking refunds of President Donald Trump'... (more story)

Jones Day Hires Morgan Lewis Tax Partner In DC

Jones Day has hired a former Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP tax attorney who spent more than 11 years representing multinational businesses, partnerships, and high-net-worth individuals, the firm announced Wednesday.

2 Law Firms Say IRS Wrongly Denied COVID-19 Tax Credits

A pair of law firms are alleging in Georgia federal court that the Internal Revenue Service wrongly denied their claims to employee retention credits, a tax incentive created during the height of the COVID-19 ... (more story)

5 Financial Statement Fraud Red Flags To Spot Post-Sripetch

The U.S. Supreme Court recently held in Sripetch v. U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that disgorgement exists to strip a wrongdoer of unjust enrichment, not merely to compensate victims for what they lo... (more story)

Meta Can't Force Stipulation Of Facts In $16B Tax Court Fight

Meta cannot force the IRS to agree to the truth of "selective quotes" from trial transcripts and other documents from a related case as the company currently fights a $16 billion tax bill, the U.S. Tax Court ruled Thursday.

Texas Man Gets 3½ Years, Must Pay $6M For Fraud Scheme

A Colorado federal judge sentenced a Texas man Wednesday to 3.5 years in prison for his role in the operation and promotion of a multimillion-dollar fraudulent investment fund, ordering nearly $6 million to be... (more story)

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NJ Tax Court Can't Relax Couple's Tax Bill Before Challenge

The New Jersey Tax Court said Thursday that it cannot relax a couple's property tax assessment payments despite being granted legislative authority, because the couple must first challenge the assessment with ... (more story)

Biz Groups Back Energy Co.'s $8M Tax Case To Mich. Justices

Wholesale electricity sales to a regional grid operator should be sourced to the states of their final customers, business groups told the Michigan Supreme Court, backing the company's appeal of an $8 million state tax bill.

JBS To Pay $31M In Pilgrim's Pride Investors' Control Suit

Brazil-based meat giant JBS SA agreed to pay $31 million to shareholders of its subsidiary Pilgrim's Pride Corp. to settle a suit accusing JBS, its affiliates and its Pilgrim's board appointees of unfairly inc... (more story)

NJ Firm Winne Banta Brings On Trusts And Estates Atty Duo

The principals behind a Hackensack, New Jersey-based trust and estates and elder law firm have joined Winne Banta Basralian & Kahn PC as members of the firm bringing expertise in tax efficient family wealth tr... (more story)

NYC Extends Deadline For Pied-À-Terre Tax Exemptions

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has extended the deadline for applying for exemptions from a "pied-à-terre" tax on second NYC homes that the city values at $1 million or more, setting the new deadline as Sept. 18.

Fla. Homestead Exemption Ballot Question Must Be Changed

The Florida attorney general has 10 days to submit a revised title and summary for a ballot question that proposes boosting the state's homestead tax exemption, after a state judge found the current language m... (more story)

25 States Sue Trump Over 3rd Round Of Global Tariffs

California, Arizona and 23 other states sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade on Monday claiming the president is trying for a third time to impose illegal tariffs against near... (more story)

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Africa Wants Majority Voting For Future UN Tax Pact Decisions

The African Group wants simple majority voting for decisions by governments that ratify the proposed United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation, a representative said Thursday.

Taiwan LED Maker To Pay $5.15M In Customs Fraud Deal

Taiwanese-based Everlight Electronics will pay the U.S. government $5.15 million to resolve duty evasion allegations in a dispute brought under the False Claims Act, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District... (more story)

Finance Group Urges Changes To UK Tax Reporting Rules

The U.K.'s Labour government should change its plans for new cross-border tax reporting rules because the draft rules are overly complex for financial firms and the timeline is unrealistic, an industry group warned.

OECD Biz Group Asks For Clearer Transfer Pricing Guidelines

A business advisory group to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has asked for clearer transfer pricing guidelines from the group to determine how intragroup payments should be priced and... (more story)

EU Carbon Tax Fallout Overestimated In India, Group Says

The cost of the European Union's carbon levy for India's steel industry may be lower than previously expected, as researchers have failed to account for the diverse nature of the sector, a climate think tank reported Tuesday.

HMRC Beats Abuse Liability Claim Over Homophobic Emails

A government employee cannot hold HMRC responsible for years of homophobic abuse despite its failure to strengthen safeguards against anonymous emails as a tribunal found that those shortcomings were unrelated... (more story)

Nations Continue Push To Avoid Duplication In UN Tax Treaty

Several countries continued to push for avoiding duplication of other international tax work during Monday's opening of a two-week negotiating session for the draft proposal of the United Nations' framework co... (more story)