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Energy Cash-Grant Case Casts Light On Investment Tax Credit
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims' long-awaited decision on a California wind farm's valuation for a now-defunct cash grant program offers insight into an issue on which the IRS has issued little guidance: how to value clean energy projects financed by the investment tax credit.
Pa. District Owed Refund For Improper Water Fees, Court Told
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority has continued to improperly collect stormwater fees even after a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision found the fees to be illegal taxes, the city's public school district said in a complaint filed Monday, arguing it is entitled to a $1.9 million refund.
CIT Judge Changes IEEPA Test Case But Retains Schedule
The U.S. Court of International Trade has selected a new underlying case as the one to test the federal government's updates on its system for refunding duties charged under President Donald Trump's struck-down global tariff regime, though it otherwise kept in place certain reporting and hearing deadlines.
Energy Cash-Grant Case Casts Light On Investment Tax Credit
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims' long-awaited decision on a California wind farm's valuation for a now-defunct cash grant program offers insight into an issue on which the IRS has issued little guidance: how to value clean energy projects financed by the investment tax credit.
Pa. District Owed Refund For Improper Water Fees, Court Told
The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority has continued to improperly collect stormwater fees even after a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision found the fees to be illegal taxes, the city's public school district said in a complaint filed Monday, arguing it is entitled to a $1.9 million refund.
CIT Judge Changes IEEPA Test Case But Retains Schedule
The U.S. Court of International Trade has selected a new underlying case as the one to test the federal government's updates on its system for refunding duties charged under President Donald Trump's struck-down global tariff regime, though it otherwise kept in place certain reporting and hearing deadlines.
Federal More
President Donald Trump Monday unveiled plans for 50% tariffs on a slew of Canadian products, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motor vehicles, pointing to "discriminatory treatment of U.S. comm... (more story)
The Trump administration on Monday urged the D.C. Circuit to closely evaluate a Russian court's determination that an underlying arbitration agreement is invalid as it weighs whether to enforce a nearly $5 bil... (more story)
A Virginia federal judge should dismiss a suit challenging the U.S. Department of Justice's $1.8 billion settlement fund that was to be included in a deal to close President Donald Trump's tax leak suit, the f... (more story)
Microsoft Corp. stands to make an "unjustified windfall profit" through refunds of President Donald Trump's now-invalidated global tariff regime, according to a proposed consumer class action removed to Washin... (more story)
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 retain... (more story)
The U.S. Department of the Interior is asking the Seventh Circuit to reject a Wisconsin village's appeal that seeks to undo the agency's decision to place 500 acres into trust for the Oneida Nation, arguing th... (more story)
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. proposed a rule Monday on monetary penalties for failures to provide information on single-employer and multiemployer benefit plans that clarifies how plan sponsors can lower... (more story)
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California Can't Move SunPower Tax Fight Out Of Ch. 11
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Monday rejected a request by the state of California to transfer its tax audit dispute with solar panel company SunPower to a state administrative forum, keeping the matter in th... (more story)
Conn. Justices Bar Town From Killing Errant Forest Tax Break
A Connecticut municipal assessor did not have the authority to terminate a property tax break for forest use that was erroneously granted, the state Supreme Court said Friday, suggesting that state lawmakers c... (more story)
Wash. Income Tax Challenge Qualifies For Ballot
A Washington state initiative that would bar taxation of individual income and, in turn, repeal a recently approved high-earner tax has received enough signatures to appear on the November 2026 ballot, the sec... (more story)
Taxation With Representation: Freshfields, Slaughter And May
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Uber Technologies Inc. buys food delivery company Delivery Hero SE, engineering group ABB Ltd. acquires flow technology company Rotork PLC, and Eli Lilly and Co. bu... (more story)
Skill Games, Grinch Bots: A Midyear Pa. Legislation Review
Two major rulings from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have left it up to the Legislature to address "skill games" and second-degree murder sentences, while other pending bills would tackle a long-standing chal... (more story)
Tax Filers Seek Class Cert. In Google Privacy Suit
Online tax return filers who alleged Google's tracking tool effectively eavesdropped on their confidential tax information asked a California federal judge to certify several classes in their suit against the search giant.
Ashurst Perkins Adds Tax Pro In LA From Stradling Yocca
Ashurst Perkins Coie announced Thursday that it has bolstered its tax practice with a Los Angeles-based partner who came aboard from Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth PC.
A Delaware bankruptcy judge on Monday rejected a request by the state of California to transfer its tax audit dispute with solar panel company SunPower to a state administrative forum, keeping the matter in th... (more story)
A Connecticut municipal assessor did not have the authority to terminate a property tax break for forest use that was erroneously granted, the state Supreme Court said Friday, suggesting that state lawmakers c... (more story)
A Washington state initiative that would bar taxation of individual income and, in turn, repeal a recently approved high-earner tax has received enough signatures to appear on the November 2026 ballot, the sec... (more story)
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Uber Technologies Inc. buys food delivery company Delivery Hero SE, engineering group ABB Ltd. acquires flow technology company Rotork PLC, and Eli Lilly and Co. bu... (more story)
Two major rulings from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have left it up to the Legislature to address "skill games" and second-degree murder sentences, while other pending bills would tackle a long-standing chal... (more story)
Online tax return filers who alleged Google's tracking tool effectively eavesdropped on their confidential tax information asked a California federal judge to certify several classes in their suit against the search giant.
Ashurst Perkins Coie announced Thursday that it has bolstered its tax practice with a Los Angeles-based partner who came aboard from Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth PC.
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Canada Tax Court Rejects Panama Trust's Residency Claim
A Panamanian trust's deemed residency in Quebec under provincial law doesn't qualify it for an abatement of federal taxes because the trust wasn't a Quebec resident under federal law despite its "sympathetic c... (more story)
EU Urges Tighter Customs Checks Amid Small-Parcel Influx
With low-value imports on the rise, more work is needed to ensure that goods entering the European Union comply with product standards, the European Commission said Monday.
EU Launches Electricity Tax Plan To Spur Clean Fuel Shift
The European Union has unveiled an initiative that will require member states to tax electricity at a lower rate than natural gas to support the bloc's climate goals.
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen Snapchat and Dolby press on with a fresh infringement claim in their ongoing patent battle, The Telegraph face an intellectual property claim by a photo archive, a group of int... (more story)
German Court Convicts Former Banker In €320M Cum-Ex Case
A former banker at an Australian firm was convicted Thursday by a German court of attempting €320 million ($366 million) in tax evasion as part of a cum-ex dividend scandal, a court spokesperson told Law360.
USTR Broadens Exemptions Ahead Of 25% Brazil Tariff
A 25% tariff on Brazilian goods will begin next week with an expanded exemption list following public comments on the action, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced.
Belgian Energy Revenue Cap Is Lawful, EU Court Adviser Says
An adviser to the European Union's top court backed Belgium's application of a bloc-wide mechanism for capping revenue collected by certain energy companies, concluding Thursday that the levy didn't deviate fr... (more story)
A Panamanian trust's deemed residency in Quebec under provincial law doesn't qualify it for an abatement of federal taxes because the trust wasn't a Quebec resident under federal law despite its "sympathetic c... (more story)
With low-value imports on the rise, more work is needed to ensure that goods entering the European Union comply with product standards, the European Commission said Monday.
The European Union has unveiled an initiative that will require member states to tax electricity at a lower rate than natural gas to support the bloc's climate goals.
The past week in London has seen Snapchat and Dolby press on with a fresh infringement claim in their ongoing patent battle, The Telegraph face an intellectual property claim by a photo archive, a group of int... (more story)
A former banker at an Australian firm was convicted Thursday by a German court of attempting €320 million ($366 million) in tax evasion as part of a cum-ex dividend scandal, a court spokesperson told Law360.
A 25% tariff on Brazilian goods will begin next week with an expanded exemption list following public comments on the action, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced.
An adviser to the European Union's top court backed Belgium's application of a bloc-wide mechanism for capping revenue collected by certain energy companies, concluding Thursday that the levy didn't deviate fr... (more story)