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Amgen To Pay $74M To End Investor Suit Over $10.7B Tax Bill
Pharmaceutical giant Amgen has agreed to pay $74 million to resolve an investor class action alleging it hid a $10.7 billion tax bill from shareholders, according to an agreement filed in New York federal court.
DC Official Pans Proposal For Congressional Tax Control
Federal legislation to require congressional approval of local tax changes in Washington, D.C., would reinsert Congress into the minutiae of the district's affairs, restricting its ability to effectively govern, the chairman of the D.C. Council said.
Burnham Removes Tax On Electric Bills To Ease Living Costs
Electricity bills will be freed from value-added tax to relieve financial pressure on British households and small businesses this winter, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Tuesday.
Amgen To Pay $74M To End Investor Suit Over $10.7B Tax Bill
Pharmaceutical giant Amgen has agreed to pay $74 million to resolve an investor class action alleging it hid a $10.7 billion tax bill from shareholders, according to an agreement filed in New York federal court.
DC Official Pans Proposal For Congressional Tax Control
Federal legislation to require congressional approval of local tax changes in Washington, D.C., would reinsert Congress into the minutiae of the district's affairs, restricting its ability to effectively govern, the chairman of the D.C. Council said.
Burnham Removes Tax On Electric Bills To Ease Living Costs
Electricity bills will be freed from value-added tax to relieve financial pressure on British households and small businesses this winter, Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Tuesday.
Federal More
The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm unveiled a proposal on Wednesday that would provide more opportunities for electronic delivery of employer-provided health plans' mandatory disclosures.
A California federal judge wrongly denied H&R Block's bid to make two filers arbitrate allegations that it unlawfully shared private data with Meta and Google, the tax preparation company told the Ninth Circui... (more story)
The Internal Revenue Service is trying to disallow a partnership donor's $19.1 million charitable deduction for a Georgia conservation easement with limited expert testimony, the partnership told the U.S. Tax ... (more story)
The IRS violated the National Treasury Employees Union's collective bargaining agreement and committed unfair labor practices when it required employees to return to work in person last year, an arbitrator sai... (more story)
A proposed class action looking to force Nintendo to reimburse customers for increased costs that were explicitly tied to President Donald Trump's now struck-down tariff regime should be handled in arbitration... (more story)
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)
State & Local More
Wis. Village Can't Void Tribal Land Trust Order, 7th Circ. Told
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)
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.
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)
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.
International More
UK Lawmakers Call For Tax Cut For Hiring Young Workers
The U.K. government should cut payroll tax for employers that hire workers under 25 since more than 1 million young people are unemployed and outside of education or training, a parliamentary committee says in a report.
HMRC Investigating 13 Cos. For Failure To Prevent Tax Fraud
Britain's tax authority is carrying out 13 investigations into companies over allegations that they failed to prevent the facilitation of tax fraud, with dozens more under review after criticism that the tax a... (more story)
Microsoft Hit With Tariff Refund Suit By Xbox Buyer
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)
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)
The U.K. government should cut payroll tax for employers that hire workers under 25 since more than 1 million young people are unemployed and outside of education or training, a parliamentary committee says in a report.
Britain's tax authority is carrying out 13 investigations into companies over allegations that they failed to prevent the facilitation of tax fraud, with dozens more under review after criticism that the tax a... (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)
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)