International

  • August 30, 2024

    Danish Gov't Pledges No Ponzi Analogies At $2.1B Tax Trial

    The Danish tax authority won't compare pension funds, investors and attorneys it has accused of defrauding Denmark in a $2.1 billion tax refund scheme to a Ponzi scheme or infamous perpetrator Bernie Madoff, it said Friday in New York federal court.

  • August 30, 2024

    US Seeks Trade Talks In Dispute Over Canada's Digital Tax

    The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced Friday that it has requested dispute settlement discussions with Canada regarding the country's recently enacted digital services tax, which the USTR claims discriminates against U.S. companies.

  • August 30, 2024

    Whistleblower Seeks 2nd Bid At $690M Claim In DC Circ.

    A whistleblower denied up to $690 million, or 30%, of the $2.3 billion collected in an Internal Revenue Service offshore voluntary disclosure program asked for a D.C. Circuit panel to rehear his case Friday, saying its original opinion included numerous mistakes and misunderstandings.

  • August 30, 2024

    UK's Labour Gov't Urged To Raise Capital Gains Tax

    The Labour government is facing calls to raise the capital gains tax despite financial firms advising investors to sell off their assets or even leave the United Kingdom over the possible tax hike.

  • August 30, 2024

    IRS Corrects Proposed Rules To Address Pillar 2 Losses

    The Internal Revenue Service issued corrections Friday to proposed rules that outline when foreign taxes under the Pillar Two international minimum tax agreement could trigger long-standing U.S. rules that aim to prevent companies from what is known as double-dipping the same economic loss.

  • August 30, 2024

    Taxation With Representation: Kirkland, Paul Weiss, Squire

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Oneok reaches two agreements with energy infrastructure companies worth a total $5.9 billion, McKesson inks a $2.49 billion deal for a cancer center, and First Busey and CrossFirst Bankshares agree to a $917 million merger.

  • August 30, 2024

    Neb. Justices Affirm Nix Of Berkshire Unit's Tax Deduction Bid

    A Nebraska tax deduction for certain dividends doesn't apply to income repatriated under the 2017 federal tax overhaul, the state Supreme Court affirmed Friday in rejecting arguments from a Berkshire Hathaway entity that the state's tax system excluded the foreign earnings from tax.

  • August 29, 2024

    Tax Court Rejects Bid To Change Ruling Post-Chevron

    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent overturning of the Chevron standard of judicial deference to agencies when interpreting statutes does not justify reconsidering a Cayman Islands partnership's tax liability, the U.S. Tax Court ruled.

  • August 29, 2024

    4th Circ. Won't Revive Whistleblower's Credit Suisse Tax Suit

    The Fourth Circuit upheld the dismissal of a former Credit Suisse employee's whistleblower case that alleged the Swiss bank continued to help clients evade taxes after it made a related plea deal with the U.S., saying a 2023 U.S. Supreme Court decision on the False Claims Act could not save the case.

  • August 29, 2024

    Tax Admins Advised To Tailor Structures To Needs Over Time

    Tax administrations must tailor their organization structures to their specific challenges and environments to adapt to modern problems, not just reshuffle organization charts, several international tax groups said Thursday.

  • August 29, 2024

    Day Pitney Lands Former Reuters Tax Counsel In Conn.

    Day Pitney LLP continued its recent growth in its tax practice in Connecticut with the addition of an experienced tax attorney from Thomson Reuters.

  • August 29, 2024

    EU Should Ensure Public Understands Tax Data, Execs Say

    The European Union should specify that its disclosure requirements for corporate tax information don't reflect multinational companies' overall operations, a group representing in-house tax practitioners said in comments published Thursday, saying the public could otherwise misunderstand the data.

  • August 29, 2024

    Brazil Seeks Comments On Transfer Pricing Guidelines

    Brazil is seeking public comments on proposed regulations related to its 2023 adoption of new transfer pricing rules, including the application of the international arm's-length standard, the country's revenue agency said Thursday.

  • August 29, 2024

    UK Reports £300M Rise In Tax Relief To Creative Industries

    Creative industries received £2.2 billion ($2.9 billion) in tax relief from the U.K. in the 2022-23 tax year, an increase of £300 million over the prior year largely driven by more claims from high-end TV and theater productions, HM Revenue & Customs said Thursday.

  • August 29, 2024

    Sky Sports Rugby Pundit Loses Bid To Duck £700K Tax Bill

    Rugby commentator Stuart Barnes has lost his attempt to escape a tax bill of almost £700,000 ($921,000) as a tribunal ruled that he owed the money because a contract between his company and Sky was equivalent to an employer-employee relationship.

  • August 28, 2024

    IRS Declines Watchdog's Ask For Attys In Talks With Big Cos.

    The IRS declined a recommendation by its internal watchdog to require the agency's counsel to attend talks held with large multinational corporations by its appellate division, which agents say thwarts their ability to correctly enforce the economic substance doctrine, according to a report.

  • August 28, 2024

    Feds Looks To Toss Ex-Citizens' Renunciation Fee Challenge

    The federal government asked a D.C. federal judge to throw out a lawsuit brought by former U.S. citizens who want their $2,350 citizenship renunciation fee refunded, arguing during a Wednesday hearing that the United States is immune from the litigation and the plaintiffs can't relitigate claims that they already lost.

  • August 28, 2024

    IRS Corrects Proposed Foreign Currency Accounting Regs

    The Internal Revenue Service issued corrections Wednesday to proposed rules that would adjust the timing for when companies could opt to use what is known as the mark-to-market accounting method for gains or losses that arise from foreign currency transactions.

  • August 28, 2024

    Jury Justified In Dismissing $2.2M FBAR Case, Court Rules

    A financial adviser will not face a new trial after an Arizona federal court ruled there was sufficient evidence for a jury to clear him in January of failing to report foreign bank accounts, sparing him at least $2.2 million in penalties.

  • August 28, 2024

    Sysco, IRS Asked To Address Varian's Foreign Dividend Win

    The U.S. Tax Court asked food services giant Sysco and the IRS to address how a tax dispute between them is affected by a recent ruling in a similar case that found medical device company Varian can claim a deduction for foreign dividends.

  • August 28, 2024

    Treasury To Require Reports On All-Cash Real Estate Deals

    Anyone who transfers real estate to a legal entity in an all-cash transaction, including attorneys, will be required starting Dec. 1, 2025, to inform the U.S. Treasury Department about that entity's beneficial owners and their identification numbers under a final rule issued Wednesday. 

  • August 28, 2024

    Greenberg Traurig Builds PE Team With Kirkland Hires

    Greenberg Traurig LLP has brought on two fund formation partners from Kirkland & Ellis LLP to continue its growth into the private equity space, according to an announcement this week by the firm.

  • August 28, 2024

    Taiwan Considering OECD's Global Minimum Tax

    Taiwan is looking to implement the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's 15% global corporate minimum tax on large multinational entities starting in 2026, the country's Ministry of Finance said Wednesday.

  • August 28, 2024

    Ireland May Add Timing Flexibility To Dividend Exemption

    The Irish government floated more timing flexibility for companies seeking to opt into the country's planned tax exemption for foreign-sourced earnings, but it declined to widen the system's geographical scope.

  • August 28, 2024

    Atty Can't Escape Danish Tax Agency's $2.1B Tax Fraud Suit

    An attorney in a $2.1 billion tax fraud case brought by the Danish tax authority cannot argue that a suit filed against him as an individual should be dismissed because it was filed late, a New York federal court ruled.

Expert Analysis

  • Breaking Down High Court's New Code Of Conduct

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    The U.S. Supreme Court recently adopted its first-ever code of conduct, and counsel will need to work closely with clients in navigating its provisions, from gift-giving to recusal bids, say Phillip Gordon and Mateo Forero at Holtzman Vogel.

  • Legal Profession Gender Parity Requires Equal Parental Leave

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    To truly foster equity in the legal profession and to promote attorney retention, workplaces need to better support all parents, regardless of gender — starting by offering equal and robust parental leave to both birthing and non-birthing parents, says Ali Spindler at Irwin Fritchie.

  • A Year-End Look At Florida's Capital Investment Tax Credit

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    Notwithstanding the Walt Disney Co.’s feud with Gov. Ron DeSantis this year, Florida's capital investment tax credit will continue to make the state a favored destination for large corporations, particularly in light of the new federal alternative minimum tax and the Pillar Two top-up tax, says Alan Lederman at Gunster.

  • Understanding Discovery Obligations In Era Of Generative AI

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    Attorneys and businesses must adapt to the unique discovery challenges presented by generative artificial intelligence, such as chatbot content and prompts, while upholding the principles of fairness, transparency and compliance with legal obligations in federal civil litigation, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • The Case For Post-Bar Clerk Training Programs At Law Firms

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    In today's competitive legal hiring market, an intentionally designed training program for law school graduates awaiting bar admission can be an effective way of creating a pipeline of qualified candidates, says Brent Daub at Gilson Daub.

  • AI Can Help Lawyers Overcome The Programming Barrier

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    Legal professionals without programming expertise can use generative artificial intelligence to harness the power of automation and other technology solutions to streamline their work, without the steep learning curve traditionally associated with coding, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Preparing Law Students For A New, AI-Assisted Legal World

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    As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms the legal landscape, law schools must integrate technology and curricula that address AI’s innate challenges — from ethics to data security — to help students stay ahead of the curve, say Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics, Ryan Abbott at JAMS and Karen Silverman at Cantellus Group.

  • General Counsel Need Data Literacy To Keep Up With AI

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    With the rise of accessible and powerful generative artificial intelligence solutions, it is imperative for general counsel to understand the use and application of data for myriad important activities, from evaluating the e-discovery process to monitoring compliance analytics and more, says Colin Levy at Malbek.

  • Navigating Discovery Of Generative AI Information

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    As generative artificial intelligence tools become increasingly ubiquitous, companies must make sure to preserve generative AI data when there is reasonable expectation of litigation, and to include transcripts in litigation hold notices, as they may be relevant to discovery requests, say Nick Peterson and Corey Hauser at Wiley.

  • Finding Focus: Strategies For Attorneys With ADHD

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    Given the prevalence of ADHD among attorneys, it is imperative that the legal community gain a better understanding of how ADHD affects well-being, and that resources and strategies exist for attorneys with this disability to manage their symptoms and achieve success, say Casey Dixon at Dixon Life Coaching and Krista Larson at Stinson.

  • Attorneys, Law Schools Must Adapt To New Era Of Evidence

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    Technological advancements mean more direct evidence is being created than ever before, and attorneys as well as law schools must modify their methods to account for new challenges in how this evidence is collected and used to try cases, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

  • 1st Tax Easement Convictions Will Likely Embolden DOJ, IRS

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    After recent convictions in the first criminal tax fraud trial over allegedly abusive syndicated conservation easements, the IRS and U.S. Department of Justice will likely pursue other promoters for similar alleged conspiracies — though one acquittal may help attorneys better evaluate their clients' exposure, say Bill Curtis and Lauren DeSantis-Then at Polsinelli.

  • Tips For Litigating Against Pro Se Parties In Complex Disputes

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    Litigating against self-represented parties in complex cases can pose unique challenges for attorneys, but for the most part, it requires the same skills that are useful in other cases — from documenting everything to understanding one’s ethical duties, says Bryan Ketroser at Alto Litigation.

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