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Tax - October, 2014

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• States, Profs Tell High Court 'Amazon Law' Is A Local Matter
• The Laterals Audit: This Month's Tax Attorney Moves
• NetBank Tells High Court $5.7M Refund Ruling Is A Deviation
• 10th Circ. Unfazed By 9th Circ. Ruling In Ex-CEO's Tax Suit
• Md. Tells Supreme Court To Stay Out Of Its Tax Policies
• NJ Can't Deny Morgan Stanley Interest Deduction, Court Says
• Banker Beats Israeli Account Tax Fraud Charges At Trial
• EU Fights Russian Tariffs, Advances Brazil Tax Row In WTO
• 8 Ballot Measures Attorneys Will Be Watching
• Taxation With Representation: Akin, Cravath, Skadden, Weil
• Partnership 'Hot Asset' Regs To Use Hypothetical Sale Method
• The EU Watchdog — Ready To Bite Multinational Companies?
• Ex-UBS Exec Says U.S. Failed To Establish Tax Fraud Case
• Exec Can't Shake IRS Fine Over $3M In Google Merger Income
• Canadian PM Announces Family Tax Benefits Package
• US Asks 9th Circ. To Rehear Lavish Spending Tax Case
• GOP Lawmakers Want Info On Diplomats' ACA Benefits
• Tax Shelter Funds Ask Court To Approve Loss Deductions
• Tips To Help Prevent Selective Rejection In Sale-Leasebacks
• New UK Law Eyes Tax Shelter Promoter Fines, Suspensions
• Debt Collector Protests $192M IRS Deficiency Notice
• EC Proposes Options For Reformed VAT Regime
• Tax Court: Taxpayers Can't Write Off Withheld RE Gains Tax
• Wyly Bankruptcy Atty Says Case Proceeding 'By The Book'
• Securitas Unit Wins $88M Deduction In Insurance Risk Shift
• Bankrupt DDMG Will Return $18M In Tax Credits To Fla.
• NJ Bill Would Raise Estate Tax Exemption To $1.5M
• 51 Countries Ink OECD Tax Information Exchange Agreement
• Fla. Plaintiffs Want Stay Lifted In Same-Sex Marriage Case
• Bank Leumi, NY Regulators Eye Deal In Tax Evasion Probe
• New Zealand Inks Timeline For Tax Information Exchange
• Chevron Wells Not Exempt From Calif. Tax
• Key Government Witness Wraps Testimony In Weil Case
• Banker Helped Iranian Exiles Hide Cash From IRS, Gov't Says
• SEC Says Freeze On Wyly Assets Should Be Broad
• Federal Agreement Blocks $2.6M NJ Co-Op Tax Assessment
• Dow Urges 5th Circ. To Rehear $1B Tax Shelter Case
• IRS Failed To Issue Anti-Fraud Nos. To Some ID Theft Victims
• NY, NJ Have Worst Business Tax Climates: Policy Group
• OECD Told To Keep Arm's Length Rule In Developing Nations
• The Legal Professions' Curious Under-Use Of 2nd Opinions
• IRS Relaxes Highway Vehicle Use Tax Filing Guidelines
• Atlantic City Says Stay On Revel Casino Would Ruin Budget
• China's New Disclosure Rules And Staying Off The Blacklist
• Star Witness Faces Intense Questioning In UBS Exec's Trial
• Mortgage Deduction For Homeowners Only, Tax Court Rules
• DC Court Axes CPA Group's Tax Preparer Lawsuit
• Wyly Family Says SEC Asset Freeze To Harm 'Innocent' Kids
• IRS Limits Challenges Of Bad Debt Deductions By Banks
• Fla. AG Asks To Keep Same-Sex Marriage Ban In Place
• Death Of The 'Double Irish Dutch Sandwich'? Not So Fast
• 6th Circ. Revives IRS Investigator's Race Bias Suit
• 5th Circ. Denies UT Bid To Rehear $11M Tax Refund Suit
• Hirschler Taps Kaufman & Canoles Partner As Tax Head
• IRS Asset Seizure Policy Change Isn't Enough, Atty Says
• Colo. Gov. Asks Supreme Court To Ax Taxpayer Rights Row
• TIGTA Wary Of IRS Computer Testing For Tax Season
• NY-Presbyterian Claims US On Hook In Tax Fraud Dispute
• Use Social Media For Legal Service Only As A Last Resort
• Cravath Prevails As Chiquita OKs $680M Brazilian Bid
• Witness, Defense Clash Over Claims In UBS Tax Fraud Case
• ZeekRewards Founder Indicted In $850M Ponzi Scheme
• US Can Prove Banker Conspired To Cheat IRS, Judge Says
• Dolce, Gabbana Beat Charges Over $1B Tax Evasion Scheme
• Big Tobacco Urges Pa. Court To Cut State's Settlement Share
• Deferred Annuities Won't Violate 401(k) Discrimination Rule
• Agricultural Co-Op Protests $3.4M IRS Deficiency Notice
• OECD Nations' Tax Heads Commit To Base Erosion Plan
• Shire Looks To Sink $1.5B AbbVie Termination Fee Into M&A
• Taxation With Representation: Latham, Vinson, Weil
• Ex-Cadillac Ranch Accountant Hit With 1-Year Prison Term
• Sterling Case Offers Valuable Trustee Incapacity Insight
• Chiquita Investors Vote Down Fyffes Inversion
• An Associate's Perspective On Business Development
• Chiquita Spurns Brazilian Bid Hours Before Fyffes Vote
• Ex-Colleague Says Weil Aware Of UBS' Role In Tax Fraud
• BakerHostetler Avoids DQ From $230M Tax Fraud Case
• Conex Trustee Fails In $2.6M Tax Suit Against Parent Co.
• 'Jersey Shore' Star Remains On Bail In $9M Tax Situation
• Wyly Wife Seeks Ch. 11 Protection In Face Of $101M SEC Debt
• DC Judge Axes Tea Party Group's IRS Discrimination Suit
• SEC Wins Asset Freeze Against Wyly Despite Bankruptcy
• ISS Again Reverses Course, Questions Chiquita-Fyffes Deal
• Facebook Skirts UK Corporate Taxes For A 2nd Year
• Moving Co. Can't Get Highway Tax Exemption, NY Court Says
• IRS Must Better Guard ACA Exchange Info, Watchdog Says
• EU High Court Adviser Backs UK Cross-Border Tax Rules
• IRS Gives Away Billions By Allowing Tax Evasion, Atty Says
• Michigan Senate OKs Film Tax Credit Extension
• IRS Complicates Withholding Agents' Responsibilities
• Brazilian Bidders Again Boost Chiquita Bid As Vote Nears
• Key Witness Takes Stand In Ex-UBS Exec's Tax Fraud Trial
• 'Real Housewives' Star Can't Serve Term In Halfway House
• Mich. Court Keeps Glass Co. On Hook For $4M In Abated Taxes
• 3 Forms S Corporations Must File For Overseas Entities
• Clarion, MRP Unit Scoop Up Pa. Industrial Project
• Schulte Roth Adds Patterson Belknap Trusts And Estates Chair
• Bose McKinney Can't Shake $7.6M Malpractice Suit
• A Month In, Deal Makers Hurt But Not Sunk By Inversion Rules
• IRS Missing Steps When Auditing Partnerships: Report
• Seyfarth Nabs Ex-Hunton & Williams Health, Nonprofit Pros
• The Tax Advantages Of Profits Interests As Equity Awards
• Practitioners Hope Tax Reform Will Improve S Corp Laws
• Palmolive Building Owners Dispute $33.4M Deduction Denial
• Sens. Ask Treasury To Preserve LIFO Accounting Method
• Wyly Says Ch. 11 Should Block SEC Asset Freeze
• Mylan Signals $5.3B Abbott Inversion On Track After Tweaks
• New Jurisdictional Issues When Moving To Quash A Subpoena
• Ex-UBS Adviser Says Weil Was At Meeting On Hiding Accounts
• Ex-CEO of NJ Drug Dispensary Indicted For Tax Evasion
• IRS Must Screen Agencies Before Sharing Tax Info: Report
• Astros, Nats Stadium Plan Gets $108M Boost From Fla. County
• Senate Shake-Up Would Breathe New Life Into ACA Battles
• US Asks 5th Circ. To Deny UT Bid To Rehear Tax Refund Suit
• Buchanan Ingersoll, BofA Sued For $219M Virgin Islands Bond
• Canyon Partners Sues LA, Saying It Overpaid Millions In Taxes
• 'Hot Asset' Partnership Regs Imminent, Treasury Official Says
• IRS Historic Tax Credit Guidance Leaves Lingering Questions
• Glass Lewis Urges Chiquita To Forgo Fyffes Inversion
• The Cayman Way Of Identifying, Enforcing Against Assets
• Ex-UBS Clients Describe Tax Schemes In Raoul Weil Trial
• Tax Pros Puzzle Over IRS Economic Substance Guidance
• Sam Wyly Seeks Ch. 11 To Deflect Looming $198M Fine
• Fried Frank Nabs 2 Merger-Focused Partners For Tax Practice
• Accounting Group Warns EEOC About 'Expansion' Of ADEA
• Hook Stock, Financing Structures Pose Traps In Private M&A
• BNSF Appeal Halts Diesel Tax Payment, Judge Says
• ISS Reverses Course On Chiquita's $526M Fyffes Merger
• Q&A With Baker Botts' Joshua Davidson
• 5 Tax Guidance Projects To Watch Out For
• 9th Circ. Lavish Spending Tax Ruling Unlikely To Spread Far
• Shire Loses CFO Following Failed $55B AbbVie Merger
• New Criminal And Tax E-Court Features Coming To NJ In 2015
• Novel Theory In Wyly Case Could Change SEC Disgorgement
• IRS Large Business Exams See Domestic Shift, Tax Pros Say
• Same-Sex Marriage Bans Fall In Alaska, Arizona, Wyoming
• Kan. Court Says Tax Panel Can't Rule On Ethics Violations
• AIG Blasts IRS Economic Substance Claims In $306M Tax Row
• Taxation With Representation: Andrews Kurth, Jones Day
• Ill. Towns Want Expedia To Divulge Details In Hotel Tax Row
• Papa John's Customers Again Seek Cert. In Delivery Tax Suit
• Rules Won't Halt Inversions, So Congress Must: Think Tank
• IRS Wipes Out Secured Debt In Scott Cable Bankruptcy Case
• Chiquita Misleading Investors, Spurned Suitors Say
• What Litigators Can Learn From Novelists
• Ex-UBS Exec Points Blame At Gov't Witness In Tax Trial
• Tax Court Nixes Deductions In Ex-Seyfarth Atty's Scheme
• US Warns EFH About Oncor Auction's Tax Implications
• 'Double Irish' Tax Quash Unlikely To Send Cos. Packing
• Belgium Referred To EU High Court Over Investment Tax
• IRS May Allow $65M In Excess Social Security Credits: Report
• Chiquita Rejects $660M Counterbid To Stick With Inversion
• $55B AbbVie Deal Collapse Boosts Anti-Inversion Campaign
• Miami Hospital Seeks Toss Of FICA Tax Refund Suit
• Wis. Court Strikes Down City's 'Fee In Lieu Of Room Tax'
• 2nd Circ. Vexed By Juror Mischief In Jenkens Tax Fraud Trial
• Calif. Law Firm Challenges $1.9M IRS Deficiency Notice
• Most NYC Airbnb Rentals Are Illegal, State AG Claims
• Tax Lessons From Reality Stars On What Not To Do
• AbbVie Scraps $55B Shire Inversion After Treasury Crackdown
• Ex-UBS Exec Opens Up About Swiss Tax Shelters In Weil Case
• 'Real Housewives' Star Pleads Guilty Over Fake License
• Mayor Of NY Town Pleads Guilty To Tax Return Fraud
• Verizon's Challenge To $3.5B Property Valuation Revived
• 9th Circ. Clears Way For Same-Sex Couples To Marry In Idaho
• $7B Jenkens Tax Fraud Defendant To Plead Case At 2nd Circ.
• Spain Ordered To Recoup Tax Breaks For Foreign Acquisitions
• DC Circ. Should Rein In Int'l Reinsurance Tax, Groups Say
• Stinson Leonard Street Adds 5 Tax Pros From Husch Blackwell
• US Should Follow UK Inversion Example, Watchdog Says
• Brazilian Suitors Come Back With $660M Chiquita Counterbid
• Travel Websites Can't Escape Puerto Rico Tax Suit
• Predictive Coding May Be Here To Stay
• AbbVie Backpedals On Landmark Inversion After Rule Tweaks
• Ex-UBS Exec Says He Didn't Know About Tax Evasion Scheme
• NJ Tax Court Won't Revisit $3M Elan Assessment
• BakerHostetler Atty Denies Ethics Accusation In Fraud Case
• GOP Urges DC Circ. To Rehear ACA Origination Clause Suit
• High Court Nixes Minact's Deferred Compensation Tax Appeal
• EU Tax Info Exchange Will Add Interest, Balance Data
• 3-Year Debt Nonpayment Doesn't Trigger IRS Filing Rule
• NJ Senate OKs Tax Incentive Bill With Christie's Tweaks
• 4 Tax Tips For Businesses Expanding Across State Lines
• Life Sciences M&A Keeps Rolling After Inversion Clampdown
• Colliers Int'l Nabs PwC Director To Launch Tax Practice
• Ireland Will Quash Tech-Favored 'Double Irish' Tax Loophole
• Calif. Case Opens Door To Property Transfer Tax Rise
• Information Governance: A Missed Opportunity For Lawyers
• Med Tech Firm Steris Inks 1st Big Inversion Since Crackdown
• Doral Prevails In $229M Puerto Rico Tax Row
• Supreme Court Won't Back Stay On Idaho Gay Marriages
• EFH Sale Plan Would 'Make A Mockery' Of Ch. 11: Creditor
• 8th Circ. Reverses Tax Court On USDA Pay To Nonfarmers
• CPA Group Says IRS Can't Raise New Arguments In Reply
• IRS Can Demand Highland Settlement Info From Barclays
• SEC Calls $187M Wyly Fraud Judgment 'Conservative'
• 9th Circ. Closes More Doors On ACA Challenges
• Taxation With Representation: Fried Frank, Wachtell, Sullivan
• Russia Investigates Ronald McDonald House For Tax Fraud
• Escaping Taxes In Bankruptcy Through S Corporations
• Nixon Peabody Fights Malpractice Suit Over $23M Land Deal
• Couples Urge Supreme Court To Nix Idaho Gay Marriage Stay
• Consolidated Income Taxable At Graduated Rates: Tax Court
• Mexico's Junk Food, Soda Tax Slowing Pepsi's Sales
• NY Trust Co. Challenges $7.9M IRS Deficiency Notice
• IRS Defines Transactions Under Economic Substance Doctrine
• Wells Fargo Backs Quick Win In Tax Fight Over $1.25B Deals
• SEC Wants Wyly Assets Frozen To Safeguard $187M Judgment
• Auxilium Scraps Inversion Plan In Favor Of $2.6B Endo Offer
• Will The Wires REIT Become The Next Midstream MLP?
• SC Court Axes $126M Duke Energy Tax Refund Claim
• Income Tax Credits Must Consider NJ Tax Burden, Court Says
• NJ Man Sentenced To 17 Months In $65M Tax Fraud Scheme
• NYC Comptroller Can Access $2.8B Corporate Tax Data
• Ohio Supreme Court Revives Kohl's $1.6M Property Tax Suit
• 'Mailbox Rule' Not For Tax Rulings, Neb. Appeals Court Says
• BakerHostetler Slams DQ Bid In $230M Tax Case
• IRS Preparer Regs Should Be Blocked, CPA Group Tells Court
• Seyfarth Nabs Ex-Constangy Employment Law Vet In DC
• Idaho Gets High Court To Delay Gay Marriages
• Berger Singerman Adds Real Estate, Finance Ace In Miami
• 5 ACA Issues Employers Should Be Following
• A Primer On 'Bad Faith' In Federal Removal Jurisdiction
• 9th Circ. Rejects Same-Sex Marriage Bans In Idaho, Nevada
• Texas Exec Found Liable For Co.'s $9M Tax Shelter Plan
• Fla. Will Continue Defense Of Same-Sex Marriage Ban
• DC Circ. Urged To Uphold IRS Win On Info-Sharing Regs
• Ex-UBS Exec Says Swiss Reports Belong In Tax Evasion Trial
• IRS Can't Axe Whistleblower Suit Over Erroneous Letter
• OECD Intangibles Transfer Pricing Plan A Wild Card
• EU Probes Amazon, Luxembourg Tax Deal
• Soda Industry Pours Millions Into Calif. Soda Tax Fight
• McGuireWoods Hires REIT Specialist For Atlanta Office
• DC Circ. Told US Tax Power Stops At Foreign Retrocessions
• Medtronic Pushes Tax Court For $581M Refund In IP Dispute
• 'Disparate Impact' Finally Gets Its Due
• ACLU Aims To Lift Stay On Fla. Gay Marriage Ruling
• Same-Sex Marriage Gets Boost After High Court Inaction
• Lawyers Weigh In On High Court's Same-Sex Marriage Silence
• CIT Remands Commerce Mixed-Media Rules In Target Nail Row
• BakerHostetler Atty's Discipline Records Sought In Tax Case
• H&R Block's Attempt To Sell Banking Unit Delayed
• DOJ Asks High Court To Stay Out Of ACA Subsidy Fight
• Supreme Court Passes On Verizon's $50M WorldCom Tax Suit
• High Court Declines To Hear Kansas Gas Tax Dispute
• In-House Insights From KBR General Counsel Andrew Farley
• High Court Won't Hear Same-Sex Marriage Appeals
• Orrick Guns For SF Refund Over Partnership Profits Again
• Fla. Tribe Asks High Court To Review Fla. Fuel Tax Ruling
• Taxation With Representation: Cleary, Skadden, Baker
• Texas High Court To Mull Tax Exemption For Student Housing
• Accountant Pleads Guilty To Hiding Swiss Bank Account
• Tax Cases To Watch As Supreme Court Term Kicks Off
• 'Jersey Shore' Star Gets Tax Case Delay To Film Show
• EU Puts Condition On $500M-Plus Chiquita-Fyffes Inversion
• Wash. Silicon Factory Undervalued By $730M, Tax Board Says
• New Inversion Rules Force Medtronic Into Costlier Financing
• Adopting Contractor-Friendly No-Damage-For-Delay Clauses
• $2.7B Salix Inversion 1st Casualty Of Government Crackdown
• IBM, PwC Lose Protest Of $55M Army Audit Award
• IRS Commissioner Must Face Rejected-Whistleblower Suit
• NJ 'Real Housewives' Stars Land Jail Time For Fraud Charges
• Ore. High Court Ruling To Cost Comcast Hundreds Of Millions
• Wash. High Court OKs Retroactive QTIP Estate Tax Change
• ETP Unit Stuck With Texas Tax Bill On $162M In Stored Gas
• $7B Tax Bill Could Force Energy Future Into Ch. 7
• OECD Warns Of Unintended Effects Of Green Tax Benefits
• Supreme Court To Hear Texas FHA Tax Credit Dispute
• 2nd Circ. Asked To Deny AIG $306M Tax Refund Appeal
• Tax Court Reverses Decision On Law Firm Excise Tax
• Congresswoman Demands Military End Burger King Contracts
• FDIC, JPMorgan Pare Some WaMu Tax Liability Claims
• Ford Isn't Owed $445M In Tax Interest, 6th Circ. Says
• Business Audits Drive Increase In IRS Exam Collections
• IRS Leaking Taxpayer Info In FOIA Responses, Audit Says
• IRS Takes Favorable View Of Short Sales For UBTI Purposes