Tax

  • May 06, 2026

    IRS Gets Protest Of Wedding Gift Penalties Narrowed

    A Chinese citizen seeking a refund of penalties imposed by the IRS over a failure to report wedding gifts she received from abroad cannot argue the agency must collect the penalties through a civil action, a California federal court said, partially dismissing her suit.

  • May 06, 2026

    Insurers Ask To Ignore Simplified Foreign Currency Rules

    The insurance industry should be allowed to ignore regulations from 2024 covering how corporations determine taxable income with respect to affiliates that conduct business in a foreign currency, the American Council of Life Insurers told the U.S. Treasury in a letter released Wednesday.

  • May 06, 2026

    Okla. House OKs Valuation Method Change For Some Rentals

    Oklahoma would allow certain rental housing to be valued using a cost approach instead of an income approach under a bill passed in the state House of Representatives.

  • May 06, 2026

    Mass. Justices Push For An End To AG-Auditor Deadlock

    Massachusetts' top court on Wednesday seemed to agree that an ongoing dispute between the state attorney general and auditor over a voter-backed audit of the legislature needs to come to an end, even as justices dinged both sides for the stalemate.

  • May 06, 2026

    Extend Immediate Expensing For Plastic Recycling, IRS Told

    Advanced plastic recycling should be eligible for a new tax perk allowing full expensing of a qualified production property's costs, a chemical trade association said in a letter, released Wednesday, recommending the industry-specific change for the IRS' upcoming proposed regulations.

  • May 05, 2026

    Miner Looks To DQ Dorsey Under The 'Hot Potato' Doctrine

    A uranium mining company is looking to disqualify Dorsey & Whitney LLP as counsel for potential intervenors in a lawsuit in Colorado federal court over an arbitration initiated by another mining company based on a mineral assets purchase, saying Dorsey can't drop it like a "hot potato."

  • May 05, 2026

    Tax Shelter Trial Defendants Claim Promoter Misled Them

    More than a dozen lawyers and defendants packed a Colorado federal courtroom Tuesday to mark the first day of testimony in the trial against four individuals accused of using their businesses to help promote and sell abusive trust tax shelters.

  • May 05, 2026

    Ending Carried Interest Tax Break May Net $88B, Report Says

    Ending the carried interest tax break could raise far more than previously estimated, nearly $88 billion in a decade, based on a new methodology put forward in a report by the Yale Budget Lab.

  • May 05, 2026

    Wash. Justices Say Millionaire Tax Shielded From Referendum

    Washington's recently passed tax on income over $1 million cannot be subject to a voter referendum, the state Supreme Court ruled, finding that the tax falls under a referendum exception because of its deemed necessity.

  • May 05, 2026

    IRS Beats Suit Claiming Secret Rule Targeted Stock Plan

    A transportation company cannot pursue its claims that the IRS adopted a secret rule that targeted its stock ownership plan, a Wisconsin federal judge ruled, throwing out the company's suit.

  • May 05, 2026

    Tribunal Hands Referee Co. Win In £584K Tax Status Case

    An English soccer referee body won its decadelong dispute with the U.K.'s tax authority after a London tribunal ruled that referees' match-day engagements were contracts for services rather than employment, meaning the group isn't liable for the referees' taxes.

  • May 05, 2026

    Wis. Village Urges 7th Circ. To Void Oneida Tribal Trust Order

    A Wisconsin village is asking the Seventh Circuit to undo a U.S. Department of the Interior decision to place 500 acres of properties into trust for the Oneida Nation, arguing that a district court ignored evidence of bias and shielded the transactional record from meaningful scrutiny.

  • May 05, 2026

    Latin America Leans On Taxing Goods, Services, OECD Says

    Latin America and the Caribbean continue to rely far more on taxing goods and services compared to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, while tax revenue as a share of economic growth was largely stagnant in 2024 absent Cuba's outsized gains, the organization said Tuesday in a report.

  • May 05, 2026

    IRS To Implement Digital Signatures In Penalty Approvals

    The Internal Revenue Service agreed to require supervisors to use digital signatures to approve tax penalties as a way to prevent improper backdating and other edits to the approval documents, the agency watchdog said in a report released Tuesday.

  • May 05, 2026

    EU States Agree To Share Data To Combat VAT Fraud

    European Union member states agreed Tuesday to give anti-fraud bodies more direct access to value-added tax data to better combat VAT-related crime. 

  • May 04, 2026

    Fla. Cites Petty Defense Of Social Media Law, Groups Say

    Tech groups urged a Florida federal court to deny an attempt to end a lawsuit challenging a state law that punishes social media websites for banning accounts of political candidates' based on viewpoint, calling officials' defense of the legislation "borderline frivolous."

  • May 04, 2026

    Mass. Justices Hint Tax Cut Measure Summary Is Confusing

    Massachusetts' highest court on Monday was critical of the summary for a ballot proposal to reduce the state income tax during a trio of oral arguments on voter initiatives, including separate measures to repeal recreational marijuana legalization and to eliminate one-party primary elections.

  • May 04, 2026

    Minn. Valuation Tampering Claim Knocked Down By Tax Court

    A Minnesota attorney's claim that a county assessor tampered with a witness in a valuation dispute was rejected by the state's tax court, which called the accusation "scurrilous" and found the attorney willfully failed to timely disclose key information.

  • May 04, 2026

    Ex-IRS Agent Accused Of Stealing $12M From Fuel Co.

    A former Internal Revenue Service agent was arrested for allegations that he embezzled more than $12 million in his role as a chief financial officer of a New Jersey fuel company, the New Jersey U.S. Attorney's Office said.

  • May 04, 2026

    Tax Court Slashes $30M Deductions For Georgia Easements

    The U.S. Tax Court slashed two partnerships' charitable tax deductions worth a combined $30 million for a pair of conservation easement donations, ruling Monday that the easements' outsize valuation was an attempt to make "too many fast nickels."

  • May 04, 2026

    Minn. Belarusian Org. Appealed Valuation Late, Court Says

    A Minnesota organization advocating for Belarusian Americans was late to appeal a property tax valuation despite correspondence making its representative aware of the deadline, the state tax court said.

  • May 04, 2026

    Managers Of Embattled Easement Say RICO Suit Lacks Details

    Investment fund managers behind a conservation easement donation whose charitable tax deduction was embroiled in litigation asked a Georgia federal court to toss a racketeering suit against them by a pair of investors, arguing the fraud claims do not match the allegations.

  • May 04, 2026

    Canada Pledges $1.1B For Companies Hit By US Tariffs

    Canada will provide CA$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion) in financing to companies impacted by U.S. tariffs, especially those on steel, aluminum and copper, the Canadian government said Monday, the latest in a string of support measures.

  • May 01, 2026

    Tax Shelter Defendant Says Discovery Errors Allow Dismissal

    A man charged with promoting abusive and illegal tax shelters for decades asked a Colorado federal judge just days before trial to throw out the indictment against him, contending the government withheld material exculpatory evidence for more than a year.

  • May 01, 2026

    Australia Moves To Update Global Minimum Tax Laws

    Australia has introduced draft amendments to align its 15% global minimum tax rules with guidance issued by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Department of the Treasury said Friday.

Expert Analysis

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    Nature Photography Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Nature photography reminds me to focus on what is in front of me and to slow down to achieve success, and, in embracing the value of viewing situations through different lenses, offers skills transferable to the practice of law, says Brian Willett at Saul Ewing.

  • What 2025 Transpo And Logistics Legal Trends Mean For 2026

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    2025 was challenging for the transportation and logistics sector, with emergent trends including dramatic federal policy shifts, developments in tort risk, and a host of mergers and acquisitions — but a review of these themes offers a useful playbook for where the industry is headed in 2026, says Jonathan Todd at Benesch.

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    Law School's Missed Lessons: Practical Problem Solving

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    Issue-spotting skills are well honed in law school, but practicing attorneys must also identify clients’ problems and true goals, and then be able to provide solutions, says Mary Kate Hogan at Quarles & Brady.

  • Opinion

    A Uniform Federal Rule Would Curb Gen AI Missteps In Court

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    To address the patchwork of courts’ standing orders on generative artificial intelligence, curbing abuses and relieving the burden on judges, the federal judiciary should consider amending its civil procedure rules to require litigants to certify they’ve reviewed legal filings for accuracy, say attorneys at Shook Hardy.

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    The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Integrating Practice Groups

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    Enacting unified leadership and consistent client service standards ensures law firm practice groups connect and collaborate around shared goals, turning a law firm merger into a platform for growth rather than a period of disruption, says Brian Catlett at Fennemore Craig.

  • Nonprofits Face Uncertainty Over Political Activity Rules

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    Two federal court decisions suggesting that the Internal Revenue Service's rules for 501(c)(4) organizations' political activity may be too vague to survive constitutional scrutiny leave nonprofit organizations caught between constitutional limits on government regulation of speech and tax limits on their exempt status, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.

  • Opinion

    Supreme Court Term Limits Would Carry Hidden Risk

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    While proposals for limiting the terms of U.S. Supreme Court justices are popular, a steady stream of relatively young, highly marketable ex-justices with unique knowledge and influence entering the marketplace of law and politics could create new problems, say Michael Broyde at Emory University and Hayden Hall at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

  • Series

    Knitting Makes Me A Better Lawyer

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    Stretching my skills as a knitter makes me a better antitrust attorney by challenging me to recalibrate after wrong turns, not rush outcomes, and trust that I can teach myself the skills to tackle new and difficult projects — even when I don’t have a pattern to work from, says Kara Kuritz at V&E.

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    The Biz Court Digest: Welcome To Miami

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    After nearly 20 years in operation, the Miami Complex Business Litigation Division is a pioneer upon which other jurisdictions in the state have been modeled, adopting many innovations to keep its cases running more efficiently and staffing experienced judges who are accustomed to hearing business disputes, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • AI Evidence Rule Tweaks Encourage Judicial Guardrails

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    Recent additions to a committee note on proposed Rule of Evidence 707 — governing evidence generated by artificial intelligence — seek to mitigate potential dangers that may arise once machine outputs are introduced at trial, encouraging judges to perform critical gatekeeping functions, say attorneys at Lankler Siffert & Wohl.

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    The Law Firm Merger Diaries: Getting The Message Across

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    Communications and brand strategy during a law firm merger represent a crucial thread that runs through every stage of a combination and should include clear messaging, leverage modern marketing tools and embrace the chance to evolve, says Ashley Horne at Womble Bond.

  • Opinion

    Horizontal Stare Decisis Should Not Be Casually Discarded

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    Eliminating the so-called law of the circuit doctrine — as recently proposed by a Fifth Circuit judge, echoing Justice Neil Gorsuch’s concurrence in Loper Bright — would undermine public confidence in the judiciary’s independence and create costly uncertainty for litigants, says Lawrence Bluestone at Genova Burns.

  • 10 Commandments For Agentic AI Tools In The Legal Industry

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    Though agentic artificial intelligence has demonstrated significant promise for optimizing legal work, it presents numerous risks, so specific ethical obligations should be built into the knowledge base of every agentic AI tool used in the legal industry, says Steven Cordero at Akerman LLP.

  • Class Actions At The Circuit Courts: December Lessons

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    In this month's review of class action appeals, Mitchell Engel at Shook Hardy discusses recent rulings and identifies practice tips from cases involving securities, takings, automobile insurance, and wage and hour claims.

  • NY Tax Talk: New ALJs, New Rules, Apportionment, Bundling

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    Attorneys at Eversheds review the top New York tax law developments from last quarter, including appointments to the New York City Tax Appeals Tribunal and the city's proposed rules to clarify income taxation of foreign corporations, and highlight two litigation matters to watch.

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