United States Wins $38M Foreign Tax Dispute With Altria

( October 13, 2025, 11:04 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia federal judge granted the United States’ motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissed with prejudice tobacco company Altria Group Inc.’s claim that it was improperly taxed roughly $38 million by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service for profits from a foreign entity it indirectly invested in under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) and denied other pending motions as moot, finding that the tax at issue was not arbitrary....