February 08, 2019
The U.S. government will pay at least $41.74 million to Union Pacific Railroad Co. in an approximately $75 million tax refund dispute over whether employee stock options are taxable, according to an agreement filed in federal court Friday.
October 23, 2017
The Eighth Circuit on Friday declined to rehear, en banc or by panel, its decision awarding Union Pacific Railroad Co. a $75 million tax refund.
July 01, 2016
A Nebraska federal judge ruled Friday that Union Pacific Railroad Co. is not entitled to a refund of nearly $75 million worth of employer tax payments, finding the government is allowed to levy taxes on various stock options and union member payments to railroad employees.
November 24, 2015
The federal government asked a Nebraska federal judge Monday to reject Union Pacific Railroad Co.'s bid to recover $74.8 million in alleged tax overpayments arising from the exercise of employee stock options and payments to union members, saying the transactions are taxable.
September 15, 2015
Union Pacific Railroad Co. waited too long to seek refunds of certain taxes paid in 1995 and 1996, the U.S. government told a Nebraska federal court Monday, asking that those years be trimmed from the company's suit that seeks more than $74 million in refunds.
August 13, 2014
Union Pacific Railroad Co. sued the U.S. government in Nebraska federal court Tuesday to recover $74.8 million in alleged tax overpayments arising from the exercise of employee stock options and payments made to union members.