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Digital Services Tax Could Strain US-EU Trade, Irish PM Says
Ireland's prime minister warned that a European Union-wide digital services tax could undermine the EU-U.S. trade agreement, meaning lawmakers must tread carefully when considering such a tax to fund the next long-term EU budget.
Netflix Settles Its Streaming Tax Fight With Colorado
Netflix and the Colorado Department of Revenue reached a settlement over the company's challenge to the state's sales tax on streaming services that the state Supreme Court was set to consider, a department director announced Tuesday.
Pa. Panel Narrows Test For Tax Exemption On Charities' Land
A Pennsylvania appeals court panel held Tuesday that the Salvation Army was wrongly denied a real estate tax exemption for an outdoor retreat by the organization, saying that the entire property was operated in keeping with the group's charitable mission.
Digital Services Tax Could Strain US-EU Trade, Irish PM Says
Ireland's prime minister warned that a European Union-wide digital services tax could undermine the EU-U.S. trade agreement, meaning lawmakers must tread carefully when considering such a tax to fund the next long-term EU budget.
Netflix Settles Its Streaming Tax Fight With Colorado
Netflix and the Colorado Department of Revenue reached a settlement over the company's challenge to the state's sales tax on streaming services that the state Supreme Court was set to consider, a department director announced Tuesday.
Pa. Panel Narrows Test For Tax Exemption On Charities' Land
A Pennsylvania appeals court panel held Tuesday that the Salvation Army was wrongly denied a real estate tax exemption for an outdoor retreat by the organization, saying that the entire property was operated in keeping with the group's charitable mission.
Federal More
The owner of a chemical processing company was sentenced to 10 months in prison for failing to pay federal taxes, according to court filings, after his company pled guilty in the same case to polluting a North Carolina river.
Bressler Amery & Ross PC announced Wednesday that the firm has added three attorneys in Alabama, Florida and New Jersey to bolster its capabilities in commercial litigation, insurance defense, tax, trusts and estates.
The Internal Revenue Service appropriately denied a whistleblower award to an individual alleging that retail giant Target underpaid taxes by not following transfer pricing regulations, the U.S. government tol... (more story)
A Seattle restaurant owner pled guilty to willfully failing to pay more than $1.4 million in unemployment, Social Security and Medicare taxes, some of it withheld from his employees' paychecks, according to fe... (more story)
The committee vote for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's bid to take the permanent role is slated for Thursday, but Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is still not on board.
New Mountain Capital-backed Grant Thornton Advisors said Wednesday it has agreed to acquire CBIZ Inc. in a deal worth $5 billion, including debt, that would create a top-five U.S. provider of professional, tax... (more story)
A watchdog organization asked a D.C. federal court to order the government to disclose communications relating to the settlement between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service over leaks of hi... (more story)
State & Local More
Property's $108M Valuation Unfounded, Minn. Justices Told
The Minnesota Tax Court's $108 million valuation of a Minneapolis office building is not backed by the evidence, the building owner told the Minnesota Supreme Court, asserting that the local assessor's apprais... (more story)
States' Patchwork Digital Taxes Spur MTC Guide Plan
States are trying so many ways to tax digital media and online products that the Multistate Tax Commission will plan to create a briefing book explaining what the taxes are, how states have implemented them an... (more story)
MTC Group Nears Model Act On State Partnership Taxes
The Multistate Tax Commission group working on uniform rules for the state taxation of partnerships said Tuesday that it is preparing a combined draft model act that focuses on investment partnerships, guarant... (more story)
Wash. AG's Income Tax Repeal Ballot Language Challenged
Political action committee Let's Go Washington on Monday launched a legal challenge to the Evergreen State attorney general's wording of a November ballot measure that would repeal a recently passed 9.9% tax o... (more story)
Judges On AI: Examining Administrative, Organizational Uses
U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas examines how artificial intelligence could transform a court's ability to deal with administrative work and organize materials when preparing ... (more story)
Ala. Court Upholds Denial Of Film Production Tax Breaks
The denial of Alabama tax incentives claimed by a film production was not subject to judicial review under the state's law on administrative procedures, a state appeals court said Friday, affirming the actions... (more story)
Forced Labor Tariffs Are Another Illegal Global Regime, Cos. Say
President Donald Trump's latest tariff covering most imports to the U.S. is yet another instance of the president attempting to establish an illegal global tariff regime, a pair of companies told the U.S. Cour... (more story)
The Minnesota Tax Court's $108 million valuation of a Minneapolis office building is not backed by the evidence, the building owner told the Minnesota Supreme Court, asserting that the local assessor's apprais... (more story)
States are trying so many ways to tax digital media and online products that the Multistate Tax Commission will plan to create a briefing book explaining what the taxes are, how states have implemented them an... (more story)
The Multistate Tax Commission group working on uniform rules for the state taxation of partnerships said Tuesday that it is preparing a combined draft model act that focuses on investment partnerships, guarant... (more story)
Political action committee Let's Go Washington on Monday launched a legal challenge to the Evergreen State attorney general's wording of a November ballot measure that would repeal a recently passed 9.9% tax o... (more story)
U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas examines how artificial intelligence could transform a court's ability to deal with administrative work and organize materials when preparing ... (more story)
The denial of Alabama tax incentives claimed by a film production was not subject to judicial review under the state's law on administrative procedures, a state appeals court said Friday, affirming the actions... (more story)
President Donald Trump's latest tariff covering most imports to the U.S. is yet another instance of the president attempting to establish an illegal global tariff regime, a pair of companies told the U.S. Cour... (more story)
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Burnham Not Ruling Out Tax Hikes For Social Care Plan
U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham declined Wednesday to rule out tax hikes to recoup the costs of a new national care service to address problems related to social care in Britain.
Trade Unions Urge Burnham Toward Higher Taxes On Banks
U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham should back higher taxes on banks following Barclays Group's financial results, a group of trade unions urged Tuesday.
Tax Court Ruling Doesn't Help Liberty Global, 10th Circ. Told
A recent U.S. Tax Court decision that tossed IRS regulations doesn't help Liberty Global's bid for a $2.4 billion deduction under the same statute, the federal government told the Tenth Circuit, arguing that t... (more story)
Crypto Hedge Fund Manager Gets 3 Years For Tax Evasion
A crypto hedge fund manager who renounced his U.S. citizenship and moved to the Cayman Islands was sentenced to over three years in prison for tax evasion, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District o... (more story)
UK Court Cuts Penalties, Upholds Bans Over Pensions Advice
A U.K. appeals court upheld the Financial Conduct Authority's decision to ban a company director and pensions adviser from the financial services sector but reduced the watchdog's penalty assessment, holding M... (more story)
Tax Evasion Charges Brought In Wrong Court, DC Judge Says
A Washington, D.C., federal judge dismissed charges accusing a man of tax evasion in years he worked overseas, agreeing with him that D.C. court wasn't the proper venue because an essential element of the alle... (more story)
Semiconductor Co. Says IRS Wrongly Nixed $61M Deduction
A Silicon Valley company specializing in semiconductor process control told the U.S. Tax Court that the Internal Revenue Service wrongly denied it a deduction of at least $60.9 million for dividends received f... (more story)
U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham declined Wednesday to rule out tax hikes to recoup the costs of a new national care service to address problems related to social care in Britain.
U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham should back higher taxes on banks following Barclays Group's financial results, a group of trade unions urged Tuesday.
A recent U.S. Tax Court decision that tossed IRS regulations doesn't help Liberty Global's bid for a $2.4 billion deduction under the same statute, the federal government told the Tenth Circuit, arguing that t... (more story)
A crypto hedge fund manager who renounced his U.S. citizenship and moved to the Cayman Islands was sentenced to over three years in prison for tax evasion, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District o... (more story)
A U.K. appeals court upheld the Financial Conduct Authority's decision to ban a company director and pensions adviser from the financial services sector but reduced the watchdog's penalty assessment, holding M... (more story)
A Washington, D.C., federal judge dismissed charges accusing a man of tax evasion in years he worked overseas, agreeing with him that D.C. court wasn't the proper venue because an essential element of the alle... (more story)
A Silicon Valley company specializing in semiconductor process control told the U.S. Tax Court that the Internal Revenue Service wrongly denied it a deduction of at least $60.9 million for dividends received f... (more story)