Liberty Global v. United States

  1. January 01, 2025

    Top International Tax Cases To Watch In 2025

    Major multinational corporations such as 3M and Coca-Cola will continue to litigate high-stakes international tax cases during 2025, including transfer pricing disputes with billions of dollars on the line and fights against regulations that allegedly exceed the government's authority. Here, Law360 looks at six key international tax cases to follow in the new year.

  2. January 01, 2025

    Top Federal Tax Cases To Watch In 2025

    Over the next year, tax practitioners will be closely monitoring suits that challenge the IRS' use of the economic substance doctrine, take advantage of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark decision curbing federal agencies' regulatory authority and dispute the government's handling of worker retention credits. Here, Law360 looks at key federal tax cases to follow in 2025.

  3. December 11, 2024

    Exxon Tax Ruling Doesn't Help Liberty Global, 10th Circ. Told

    Liberty Global cannot use a recent ruling that allowed Exxon Mobil a tax deduction for interest payments to claim a deduction for dividends that arose from its intragroup shuffling of a Belgian affiliate, the U.S. government told the Tenth Circuit on Wednesday.

  4. December 10, 2024

    Exxon's Tax Win Sets Path For Liberty Global, 10th Circ. Told

    A ruling allowing Exxon Mobil a U.S. tax deduction for interest expenses in its natural gas deal with Qatar confirms that Liberty Global is entitled to a deduction related to its sale of a Belgian affiliate, an attorney for the telecommunications company told the Tenth Circuit.

  5. November 19, 2024

    Liberty Global Tax Break Based On Void Moves, 10th Circ. Told

    The economic substance doctrine is broad and can invalidate telecommunications company Liberty Global's transaction that led to a $2.4 billion deduction because steps taken to maximize the tax break lacked business purpose, a government attorney told the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday.

  6. November 07, 2024

    Varian Not Relevant In Liberty Global Case, US Tells 10th Circ.

    A U.S. Tax Court decision that granted medical device company Varian Medical Systems a deduction for dividends received from foreign subsidiaries does not support Liberty Global's claims to a $110 million tax refund, the federal government told the Tenth Circuit on Thursday.

  7. August 02, 2024

    Liberty Global's $110M Tax Refund Kosher, 10th Circ. Told

    The IRS is trying to block Liberty Global's bid for a $110 million tax refund by improperly using a legal doctrine requiring transactions to have economic substance, the telecommunications giant told the Tenth Circuit, arguing it was allowed to make tax-driven choices in the transactions at issue.

  8. July 18, 2024

    Top International Tax Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2024

    Tax attorneys will be tracking several high-stakes cases in the second half of 2024 that could define the bounds of the IRS' ability to craft regulations or lodge direct challenges aimed at what it sees as the tax avoidance maneuvers of multinational corporations. Here, Law360 looks at key international tax cases to follow during the rest of the year.

  9. July 05, 2024

    Top Federal Tax Cases To Watch In The 2nd Half Of 2024

    In the coming months, the U.S. Treasury and the IRS will defend rules designed to go after what they consider as abusive tax practices, including the economic substance doctrine, the Corporate Transparency Act and the moratorium on employee retention tax credits. Here, Law360 looks at key federal tax cases to watch in the rest of 2024.

  10. June 27, 2024

    IRS Tells 10th Circ. To Deny Liberty Global's $110M Refund Bid

    The U.S. government urged the Tenth Circuit on Thursday to reject telecommunication giant Liberty Global's push for a $110 million tax refund, arguing a lower court correctly deduced that the company's business restructurings were carried out solely to avoid tax.