By Sanjay Talwani

Hotels in Washington state should not get property tax breaks for COVID-19 because the pandemic was not a natural disaster that allows relief, the assessor of the state's most populous county told a state court.

By David van den Berg

A former construction business' suit against the Internal Revenue Service seeking nearly $4 million in employee retention credit refunds was dismissed by a Florida federal judge Wednesday after the company and the federal government agreed to drop the case.

By Anna Scott Farrell

The IRS brushed aside the requirements of a pandemic relief law by stalling on issuing $2.3 million in worker tax credits to two branches of a historic masonry company, the businesses told an Illinois federal court in a suit seeking refunds.

By Anna Scott Farrell

A road construction company can't sue the Internal Revenue Service for a tax refund for pandemic-era worker credits because its claims stemmed from Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings, the federal government told a Florida federal court.

By Jack McLoone

The IRS has made multiple improvements to address false claims for the COVID-19-era employee retention credit, including updating messaging and beefing up certain tax return filters to identify problematic claims, but there is still room for improvement, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said Wednesday.

By Anna Scott Farrell

A Seattle cannabis company that was administratively dissolved this year is entitled to roughly $1.4 million in tax credits for continuing to pay employees when its business dropped off during the COVID-19 pandemic, the company's receivership estate told a Washington federal court.