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March 16, 2026
The Georgia Court of Appeals said Monday that nonattorneys can't be allowed to represent unincorporated associations in court, backing a trial court's dismissal of a minister's bid to represent his church in a property tax dispute with his home county.
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March 16, 2026
A Massachusetts home with no heat, furnace or insulation was overvalued by a local assessor, the state tax board said in a decision released Monday.
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March 16, 2026
The Internal Revenue Service violated the Seventh Amendment by imposing civil fraud penalties without a jury first reviewing them, a partnership told the Fifth Circuit, arguing the penalties' common-law roots allow the entity to invoke constitutional protections in its conservation easement tax deduction dispute.
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March 14, 2026
A South Carolina attorney and lobbyist who has billed himself as a fixer for prisoners seeking clemency from President Donald Trump made an appearance in Brooklyn federal court Saturday, following his arrest over accusations that he tried to extort a client for over half a million dollars.
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March 14, 2026
Virginia lawmakers have given final approval to legislation that would tax and regulate the sale of adult-use cannabis, sending the bill to Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger, who is expected to sign it into law and bring to a close a half-decade of legal cannabis limbo for the state.
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March 13, 2026
The Washington State Legislature passed a bill that would walk back estate tax rate increases approved by lawmakers last year for estates with taxable value of at least $1 million.
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March 13, 2026
President Donald Trump's order imposing 10% tariffs on countries worldwide is unlawful because it conflicts with the international payments authority he immediately invoked to justify it, two dozen states argued Friday while asking the U.S. Court of International Trade to strike down or block the regime.
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March 13, 2026
An Alabama partnership will attempt to support its deduction of a nearly $45 million conservation easement donation before the U.S. Tax Court this month by arguing that the Morgan County property could have generated at least that amount as a limestone mine.
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March 13, 2026
An attorney who led an investment partnership whose principals were criminally prosecuted for fraud is not entitled to tax deductions for theft loss related to the fallout, the Sixth Circuit ruled, saying there was no evidence that the principals intentionally fleeced him.
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March 13, 2026
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is investigating 60 economies that it suspects failed to prohibit the importing of goods produced with forced labor under a statute that could lead to new, long-lasting tariffs once the Trump administration's temporary global tariff regime expires in late July.
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March 13, 2026
World Cafe Live, a nonprofit live performance venue in Philadelphia, got a Pennsylvania bankruptcy judge's permission Friday to fund its Chapter 11 proceeding for two weeks after it filed for bankruptcy protection due to a looming closure for unpaid taxes.
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March 13, 2026
The IRS did not erroneously assess interest and penalties against Meta Platforms during 2020, when the company said it was protected under a diaster-relief provision, the agency argued as it urged the U.S. Tax Court to throw out the social media giant's challenge of such an assessment.
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March 13, 2026
Greenberg Traurig LLP has hired a former Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP partner, who joins the Chicago team to continue her practice focused on private wealth services, including advising individuals, families and businesses on estate planning and tax matters.
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March 13, 2026
A Texas chemical manufacturing company is owed a sales and use tax refund on the reusable containers used to ship its products to customers, a state appeals court panel ruled, upholding a trial court order.
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March 13, 2026
In this week's Taxation With Representation, uniform maker Cintas Corp. acquires workwear company UniFirst Corp., Controlled Thermal Resources Holdings Inc. plans to go public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company, and a Shell USA Inc. subsidiary sells Jiffy Lube International Inc. to Monomoy Capital Partners.
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March 13, 2026
The OECD's business stakeholder group on Friday called for "continued refinement" of Pillar Two readiness plans to ensure a smooth application of the 15% global minimum tax on corporate profits.
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March 12, 2026
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is making progress developing a system for importers to claim refunds for the global tariff regime struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, an official told the U.S. Court of International Trade on Thursday.
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March 12, 2026
A partnership's acquisition of data centers and improvements to a damaged building should not have triggered $24 million in additional taxes, it told the U.S. Tax Court in challenging adjustments by the Internal Revenue Service.
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March 12, 2026
The former manager of a Massachusetts temporary employment agency failed to report more than $3.5 million in business revenue, leading to almost $1 million in taxes going unpaid, federal prosecutors said.
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March 12, 2026
The IRS and the parent of Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell agreed that the company's total deductions for domestic production activities during 2013-2015 were $1.6 million — roughly 15% of the $10.7 million the company had claimed as deductions for the three years.
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March 12, 2026
The owner of a broadcasting company whose deal to sell $75 million in assets fell through is headed to settlement negotiations with the federal government over $18 million in taxes related to his father's estate, according to Michigan federal court filings.
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March 12, 2026
New Mexico barred local governments from imposing certain taxes on registered child care homes under a bill signed by the governor.
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March 11, 2026
Costco shoppers are owed back the higher costs they paid as a result of President Donald Trump's global tariffs that the nation's highest court has since declared unlawful, according to a putative consumer class action filed Wednesday in Illinois federal court.
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March 11, 2026
The head of an investment firm who was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison after admitting to tax fraud in connection with a $20 million Ponzi scheme asked the Fourth Circuit to vacate his sentence, saying it was unreasonable and far longer than average.
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March 11, 2026
Two companies are challenging President Donald Trump's revamped global tariff regime, telling the U.S. Court of International Trade that the circumstances required to justify the regime cannot exist.