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  • August 12, 2024

    Judge OKs IRS To Review Bank Docs Of Exec In Bitcoin Probe

    The Internal Revenue Service can review the sequestered bank records of a cryptocurrency executive charged in a 2020 bitcoin fraud investigation, a Texas federal judge ruled, finding the agency had properly notified the executive and his company of summonses it had issued to their banks.

  • August 12, 2024

    Transparency Act Snowball Fears A 'Mirage,' Treasury Says

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury is seeking to quell fears that the Corporate Transparency Act's disclosure requirements could set the stage for more invasive government data collection in a brief asking a Michigan federal judge to uphold the law as constitutional.

  • August 12, 2024

    IRS Extends Tax Deadlines For Minn. Storm Victims

    Minnesota taxpayers affected by severe storms and flooding have until February to file tax returns and make payments, the Internal Revenue Service said Monday.

  • August 12, 2024

    2 Experts OK'd For Danish Tax Agency In $2.1B Fraud Case

    Two experts will be allowed to testify in support of a suit by Denmark's tax agency accusing U.S. pension plans of participating in a $2.1 billion tax refund fraud scheme, a New York federal district court said, overruling the pension plans' objections.

  • August 12, 2024

    'Survivor' Winner Is True Owner In Property Dispute, US Says

    The winner of the first "Survivor" television season is the true owner of disputed property that should be sold to pay down his $3.3 million in tax liabilities, the government told a Rhode Island federal court, rejecting claims that his sister is the owner.

  • August 10, 2024

    Kyocera Targets Treasury TCJA Reg, Seeking $7M Tax Refund

    The Treasury Department acted outside its bounds by issuing a regulation changing the effective date of the 2017 tax overhaul, electronics maker Kyocera argued as it urged a South Carolina federal court to void the regulation and approve the company's claim for $7 million tax refund.

  • August 09, 2024

    6th Circ. Partially Revives Crypto IRS Reporting Challenge

    The Sixth Circuit issued a mixed ruling Friday in a suit brought by a group of cryptocurrency users challenging the IRS' pending mandate to report large crypto transactions, reversing the dismissal of the suit's Fourth and First Amendment violation claims but affirming that some of the case's claims are not ripe.

  • August 09, 2024

    Partnership Clarity Expected In First Offshore Profits Rules

    Tax attorneys anticipate answers to several questions about how partnerships should properly track, report and attribute foreign income previously taxed in the U.S. when the first round of long-awaited proposed rules is published.

  • August 09, 2024

    3rd Circ. Kicks $1M Case To Tax Court Over IRS Violation

    The Third Circuit sent a man's protest of a lien seeking over $1 million in unpaid employee payroll taxes back to the U.S. Tax Court on Friday because the IRS violated an automatic stay on the proceedings triggered by a bankruptcy proceeding.

  • August 09, 2024

    IRS Wrongly Penalizes For Unreported Inheritance, Court Told

    The Internal Revenue Service violated the constitutional rights of a California woman when penalizing her $92,000 for failing to report inheriting $350,000 from a parent who had lived in the U.K., the woman told a federal court.

  • August 09, 2024

    Israel Resident Says She Was Never Notified Of $9M Tax Debt

    The daughter of a dead Brooklyn rabbi was a permanent resident of Israel in the early years of this century and never received IRS notices about $9.2 million in taxes and penalties, she told a New York court Friday in arguing that she doesn't owe the money.

  • August 09, 2024

    IRS Delays Tax Deadlines In 4 States After Hurricane Debby

    Following Hurricane Debby, all South Carolina taxpayers as well as many in Florida, North Carolina and Georgia will now be given until Feb. 3 to file individual and business tax returns and make payments, the Internal Revenue Service said Friday.

  • August 09, 2024

    Pa. Firm Seeks Over $790K In Employee Retention Credit

    The Internal Revenue Service has failed to pay Ostroff Injury Law PC the more than $790,000 it is owed in pandemic-era employee retention credits, the Pennsylvania firm alleges in a federal court complaint, despite satisfying two separate tests the firm says qualify it for the relief.

  • August 09, 2024

    IRS Direct File To Be Offered In Connecticut Next Year

    The Internal Revenue Service's free electronic tax filing program known as Direct File will be available in Connecticut for the 2025 tax filing season, the agency and the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced Friday.

  • August 09, 2024

    7 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Committees To Meet In September

    Seven Taxpayer Advocacy Panel committees will meet in September to discuss possible improvements to customer services, the Internal Revenue Service said Friday.

  • August 09, 2024

    IRS Updates Digital Asset Form For Custodial Brokers

    The Internal Revenue Service released a revised draft form Friday for brokers to report their digital asset sales, which reflects the treatment of custodial industry participants in final regulations and the transitional relief for filers that fail to report the transactions.

  • August 09, 2024

    Weekly Internal Revenue Bulletin

    The Internal Revenue Service's weekly bulletin, issued Friday, included final regulations that clarify potential situations that could trigger an anti-abuse rule that covers transactions involving foreign corporations.

  • August 09, 2024

    What Books Tax Pros Recommend For This Summer

    As practitioners monitor the tax implications of the U.S. presidential election as well as what might come out of the next European Commission, they may want to take a break with a good book. Here, Law360 takes a look at tax specialists' summer reading recommendations.

  • August 09, 2024

    Taxation With Representation: Latham, Freshfields, Wachtell

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Quantum Capital Group agrees to a roughly $3 billion deal for Cogentrix Energy, Apax Partners LLP is acquiring Thoughtworks for roughly $1.75 billion, and Mallinckrodt inks a $925 million deal for Therakos.

  • August 08, 2024

    Cayman Co. Owes Tax On Partners' Income, Tax Court Says

    A Cayman Islands partnership is liable for withholding taxes on the share of about $24.8 million in income from its U.S. operations that was allocated to its foreign partners through special purpose vehicles, the U.S. Tax Court said Thursday.

  • August 08, 2024

    IRS Agents Seek To Join Hunter Biden's Tax Privacy Case

    Accusations of wrongdoing against two Internal Revenue Service whistleblowers who said the government downplayed tax fraud allegations against Hunter Biden give the pair standing to intervene in Biden's privacy case against the U.S. government, the men told a federal court. 

  • August 08, 2024

    Feds Seek 2 Years For Accountant In $8M Payroll Tax Scheme

    A New Jersey moving company's head accountant should serve a two-year sentence for being the "nerve center" of a nearly $8 million payroll tax scheme, prosecutors told a New York federal judge in a bid to deny the man's request for a noncustodial sentence.

  • August 08, 2024

    IRS Targeting Up To $5B In Employee Retention Credit Claims

    The Internal Revenue Service in recent weeks sent 28,000 rejection letters to businesses to target high-risk employee retention tax credits that could prevent up to $5 billion in improper credit claims, Commissioner Daniel Werfel said Thursday.

  • August 08, 2024

    5th Circ. Asked To Back Dell Worker's Penalty For Tax Protest

    The Fifth Circuit should uphold a U.S. Tax Court ruling that found a Texas man was required to pay income taxes on nearly $300,000 worth of wages he earned from Dell and a penalty for advancing frivolous arguments, the government said Thursday.

  • August 08, 2024

    Nixon Peabody Hires Community Development Counsel In DC

    When Steven Feenstra, the newest member of Nixon Peabody LLP's the community development finance practice, visited a client's office some 25 years ago, the photos of the community housing projects the client had helped develop made a lasting impression on him, he told Law360 Pulse in an interview Thursday.

Expert Analysis

  • Substantiation Is Key When Gifting Crypto To Charity

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    A recent Internal Revenue Service memorandum makes clear that the agency will require substantiation when gifting cryptocurrency to charity, even for relatively small amounts, so donors need to be aware of the important differences between crypto and typical cash donations, says Sheryl Morrison at Lathrop GPM.

  • Senate Credit Suisse Report Puts Attention On Banks, Trusts

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    The Senate Finance Committee's recent finding that Credit Suisse violated a plea agreement struck over its role in enabling offshore tax evasion has important ramifications for banks and trusts, including how they onboard, document and report on transactions relevant to U.S. reporting requirements, say Will Barry and Ian Herbert at Miller & Chevalier.

  • Seeking IRS Accountability For Faulty Microcaptive Notice

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    Like the taxpayers in Standard Insurances v. U.S. seeking to expand earlier wins in microcaptive insurance cases that limit IRS use of improperly obtained information, others should consider ways to hold the agency accountable and provide incentive for it to follow the law going forward, says Joshua Smeltzer at Gray Reed.

  • Biden Admin. Proposals Both Encourage And Thwart EV Adoption

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    While the Biden administration has been aggressively focused on promoting electric vehicles from the start, its recently issued guidance on EV tax credits and its restrictive new auto emissions proposal create a sense of implementation whiplash that may frustrate manufacturers and consumers, says Levi McAllister at Morgan Lewis.

  • Heed PCAOB's Warning On Proof-Of-Reserves Reports

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    While directed at investors, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's recent advisory on proof-of-reserves reports is a timely and stark warning to crypto entities, as well as their customers and accounting firms, to tread carefully in their reliance on these reports as proof of financial stability, say Patrick Bryan and Deborah Meshulam at DLA Piper.

  • Cos. Should Heed IRS Warnings About Employee Tax Credit

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    The IRS has recently been cautioning employers claiming the pandemic-related employee retention credit to carefully review all the eligibility requirements and be wary of relying on third-party advisers regarding their qualification for the credit, say Eric Pearson and Timothy Voigtman at Foley & Lardner.

  • Renewable Energy M&A Is Still Strong, Despite Challenges

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    The recent history of renewable energy has included ongoing supply chain issues, legislative challenges and rising interest rates — but mergers and acquisitions in the sector are expected to remain robust this year, fueled by growing demand and Inflation Reduction Act incentives, say consultants at FTI Consulting.

  • Issues And Opportunities In Hydrogen Fuel Cell Development

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    A variety of tax incentives, funding opportunities and state programs have the potential to provide value across the hydrogen fuel cell business chain and alleviate existing hurdles, establishing a stronger business case for the continued development of hydrogen infrastructure, says Pamela Wu at Morgan Lewis.

  • IRS Green Energy Tax Credit Notice Provides Needed Clarity

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    Recent IRS guidance clarifying how the government will determine energy community locations for purposes of bonus clean energy tax credits should help resolve risk allocation disagreements among financing parties and parties to merger and acquisition transactions, say Casey August and Paul Gordon at Morgan Lewis.

  • SVB Collapse Highlights Ch. 11 Issues With Bank Holding Cos.

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    Amid recent banking turmoil, including Silicon Valley Bank's collapse and subsequent Chapter 11 filing of its parent company, distressed debt investors and board members must understand the distinct rules in bank holding company bankruptcies, including Bankruptcy Code provisions granting significant advantages to federal regulatory agencies like the FDIC, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • 9th Circ. Ruling Legitimizes Classwide Injury In Predominance

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    The Ninth Circuit's recent ruling that vacated class certification in Van v. LLR makes clear that the question of injury is highly relevant to the predominance analysis, and underscores the importance of making a persuasive argument that injury is individualized within the class, say attorneys at Skadden.

  • IRS' Cost Method Update Is Favorable For RE Developers

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    The Internal Revenue Service's recent update to its alternative cost method will allow real estate developers to accelerate their cost recovery of improvements in certain circumstances and make it easier for practitioners to satisfy the method's tax compliance requirements, says Benjamin Oklan at Weil.

  • The Key Issues Keeping Transfer Pricing A Top Tax Concern

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    Several challenges preventing a global economic reemergence from the pandemic era are making practitioners reevaluate commonly used transfer pricing models, and embrace new technologies and ways of doing business, say Farnaz Amini and Sophia Castro Jurado at Marcum.

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