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October 16, 2025
LA Developers Charged In Homeless Housing Fund Fraud

A pair of real estate developers have been charged in separate fraud cases alleging that they misused millions of dollars meant to build and operate affordable housing for people experiencing homelessness, the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Central District of California announced Thursday.
October 16, 2025
IRS Agents Lose Defamation Suit Against Hunter Biden's Atty

An attorney who defended Hunter Biden against criminal tax charges was only expressing his legal opinion when he accused Internal Revenue Service agents of illegally disclosing his client's private tax information, a D.C. federal judge ruled in dismissing the agents' complaint for defamation.
October 16, 2025
Ga. Tax Worker Seeks Interest On Chrisley Slander Award

A Georgia Department of Revenue employee who was awarded $755,000 in her slander case against former reality star and convicted fraudster Todd Chrisley asked a federal judge to grant her post-judgment interest, which she said was mandatory but not spelled out in her judgment.
October 16, 2025
Mass. Seasonal Community Leaders Plug Real Estate Tax Bills

Massachusetts locations designated as seasonal communities would have new revenue options, including a local-option real estate transfer tax, to fund affordable housing efforts under legislation pitched by local leaders to a legislative panel.
October 16, 2025
Justices Urged To Hear Mich. Tax Foreclosure Case

A property owner has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on her case alleging a Michigan county improperly kept the excess proceeds of her tax-foreclosed home sale, arguing the justices should settle a conflict among circuits and calling the state's process to claim such proceeds too restrictive.
October 16, 2025
Mass. Board Reduces Condo Value For Its Street Proximity

A Massachusetts condominium unit with a desirable view was overvalued by a local assessor, a state panel said, agreeing with the owner that its location close to a street was a detriment to its value.
October 16, 2025
Mass. Tax Board Reduces Condo's Fair Cash Value

A Massachusetts condominium's value should be lowered because the trust that owns the property proved that the property was less updated and smaller compared with similar properties, the state tax board ruled.
October 16, 2025
Firm's Case Against GILTI Regs Can Proceed, DC Judge Says

An Israeli law firm's suit alleging that U.S. Department of the Treasury regulations regarding overseas income create disproportionate burdens for small entities may continue, a D.C. federal judge said, though dismissing a parallel claim brought by an individual attorney.
October 15, 2025
Goldstein Can't Dismiss 2016 Tax Charges As Time-Barred

A Maryland federal judge denied SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein's motion to dismiss four of the 22 federal tax charges brought against him in January, ruling that his defense that the counts stemming from the 2016 tax year should be time-barred will have to be raised at trial.
October 15, 2025
11th Circ. Denies Veteran's Appeal Of Bias Suit Dismissal

The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday affirmed a district court's ruling against a veteran who said he faced disability discrimination, retaliation and a hostile work environment at the IRS after the agency failed to accommodate his request to work from the office during the COVID-19 pandemic.
October 15, 2025
Tax Court Says Easement Fraud Penalties Don't Require Jury

The U.S. Tax Court refused to throw out civil fraud penalties faced by a partnership accused of overvaluing a conservation easement tax deduction, rejecting the partnership's reliance on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that limited federal agencies' authority to impose certain penalties without a jury trial.
October 15, 2025
Sabre Says British Airways Must Reimburse For UK Digital Tax

Flight booking giant Sabre sued British Airways over a digital tax bill it says it was required to pay the U.K. on the airline's behalf, claiming the airline was contractually obligated to reimburse Sabre for the expense but has refused.
October 15, 2025
NYC Hotel Must Hand Over Tax Credits In Bankruptcy

The owners of a boutique hotel in Brooklyn and its management company must return pandemic-era refundable tax credits that they received as the hotel filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a New York bankruptcy judge ruled, saying they had unfairly pocketed the money at the bankruptcy estate's expense.
October 14, 2025
Relief Concerns Grow As Sectoral Tariff Actions Build

Importers' hopes for relief from industrywide tariffs are lagging alongside the trade deals President Donald Trump is trying to broker for some goods, while the administration's accelerated rollout of sectoral levies is also stoking concerns the government may be hamstringing its onshoring goals.
October 14, 2025
Buy.com Founder's $16M Tax Bill Untimely, 10th Circ. Told

The founder of now-defunct Buy.com is challenging a nearly $16 million tax bill before the Tenth Circuit, arguing that the Internal Revenue Service failed to obtain valid consent to extend the statute of limitations for assessing the levy.
October 14, 2025
Six Pension Plans Settle In $2.1B Danish Tax Fraud Case

Six pension plans have settled claims by Denmark's tax agency accusing them of participating in a $2.1 billion scheme that fraudulently claimed refunds on tax withheld from stock dividends, with a New York federal court dismissing the allegations Tuesday.
October 14, 2025
Boston Says Celebrity Chef Moved Money To Skirt Tax Bills

The city of Boston is accusing celebrity chef Barbara Lynch of intentionally scheming to avoid paying nearly $1.7 million in property taxes by "siphoning off" corporate assets, asking a judge to pierce the corporate veil and hold her liable for the bill.
October 14, 2025
'Bitcoin Jesus' Paid $50M In Tax Deal, US Says

The U.S. asked a California federal court Tuesday to dismiss its criminal tax case against a cryptocurrency investor known as Bitcoin Jesus, disclosing that he has paid the $50 million he owed for hiding bitcoin from the IRS after renouncing his U.S. citizenship more than a decade ago.
October 14, 2025
High Court Says Blackfeet Members Can't Join Tariff Dispute

The U.S. Supreme Court denied a bid by members of the Blackfeet Nation to join its review of suits challenging the legality of President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs, who had argued that their inclusion in the dispute is crucial to protect Indigenous rights under federal law.
October 14, 2025
Ore. Tax Court Denies Break For Land Claimed As Woodlot

An Oregon landowner could not prove that a portion of a parcel was used as a woodlot that would qualify for a property tax break, the state tax court ruled, noting that the standard for that classification was not clear.
October 14, 2025
Calif. Allows Extended Property Tax Relief After LA Fires

California property owners affected by several fires in Los Angeles County in January will have extended property tax relief under legislation signed by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
October 14, 2025
Miss. Partnership Challenges $89M Nixed Easement Deduction

A Mississippi partnership is entitled to an $89 million tax deduction for donating a conservation easement that protected land that could have been used for mining, despite the IRS' claim that the partnership failed to prove the gift's value, the partnership told the U.S. Tax Court.
October 10, 2025
Colorado Business Owner Gets Prison For $1.5M Tax Fraud

The owner of a Colorado healthcare company who pled guilty to keeping over $1.5 million of her employees' withheld taxes received a one-year prison sentence on Friday.
October 10, 2025
Tax Court Told IRS Miscalculated $21M Bill In Trust Dispute

The Internal Revenue Service made erroneous calculations regarding an Arizona partnership's capital gains and assets related to partnership interests transferred to trusts, the partnership told the U.S. Tax Court as it challenged a $21 million tax bill.
October 10, 2025
No Taxes On $137M Failed Merger Payment, UK Court Rules

A British microchip company doesn't owe taxes on $137 million it received from a U.S. company after a failed merger, a U.K. court ruled, rejecting HM Revenue & Customs's contention that the payment constituted a taxable disposal of assets.

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Companies that develop blockchain systems to digitally record transactions may face difficulties when valuing intangibles tied to the decentralized and highly varied technology, creating novel transfer pricing issues for multinational corporations that create their own blockchain networks.
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The early days of the Biden administration have been relatively quiet on the trade front, but importers have nevertheless found themselves in the throes of a familiar battle: pleading with the government to hold off on tariffs in a heated trade dispute.
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President Joe Biden's sweeping tax changes proposed to pay for trillions in infrastructure spending would significantly alter the way the federal government taxes corporations, leaving states, for the second time in four years, to decide if and how to conform. Here Law360 presents three considerations for states in the president's tax proposals.

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A recent presidential memorandum marks a shift in federal domestic-terrorism enforcement that should prompt nonprofits to enhance diligence related to grantees, vendors and events, and financial institutions to shore up their internal resources for increased suspicious-activity monitoring and reporting obligations, say attorneys at Morgan Lewis.
Trump Tax Law Has Mixed Impacts On Commercial Real Estate

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act brings sweeping changes to the real estate industry — and while the permanency of opportunity zones and bonus depreciation creates predictability for some taxpayers, sunsetting incentives for renewable energy projects will leave others with hard choices, says Jordan Metzger at Cole Schotz.
Protecting Sensitive Court Filings After Recent Cyber Breach

In the wake of a recent cyberattack on federal courts' Case Management/Electronic Case Files system, civil litigants should consider seeking enhanced protections for sensitive materials filed under seal to mitigate the risk of unauthorized exposure, say attorneys at Redgrave.
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Though law firms are free to discipline employees for their online commentary about Charlie Kirk or other social media activity, saying crude or insensitive things on the internet generally doesn’t subject attorneys to professional discipline under the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, says Stacie H. Rosenzweig at Halling & Cayo.
2 Rulings Highlight IRS' Uncertain Civil Fraud Penalty Powers

Conflicting decisions from the U.S. Tax Court and the Northern District of Texas that hinge on whether the IRS can administratively assert civil fraud penalties since the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2024 decision in SEC v. Jarkesy provide both opportunities and potential pitfalls for taxpayers, says Michael Landman at Bird Marella.
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Digital Asset Report Opens Doors For Banks, But Risks Linger

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Changes to the Internal Revenue Code included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will have a range of effects on real estate sponsors, investors and real estate investment trusts — from more compliance flexibility around taxable REIT subsidiary limits to new considerations raised by a key retaliatory tax provision that was left out, say attorneys at DLA Piper.
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As the Trump administration's ambitious tariff effort rolls into its ninth month, and many deals lack the details necessary to provide trade market certainty, attorneys at Adams & Reese examine where things stand.