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What To Know About DOL's Benefits Enforcement Update

The U.S. Department of Labor's employee benefits arm recently issued updated enforcement guidance that highlighted... (more story)

Builders Brace To Fight Tax Fraud 'Should Have Known' Test

Britain's tax agency has begun to wield strengthened enforcement powers to combat tax fraud in the construction in... (more story)

Mich. Unclaimed Property Ruling Could Prolong Disputes

A Michigan Court of Appeals ruling that said the state's issuance of audit determinations creates new obligations ... (more story)

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Senate Bill Seeks To End Carried Interest Tax Break

Fund managers would face annual taxation of carried interest based on imputed compensation, instead of primarily enjoying long-term capital gains rates, under a bill introduced Thursday by Senate Finance Commi... (more story)

IRS Proposes Regs For $2K Gambling Reporting Level

The IRS unveiled proposed regulations Thursday to implement a higher threshold of $2,000 for when gambling businesses must report payouts to the government — including winnings from bingo, keno and slot machin... (more story)

House Spending Panel Proposes $1B IRS Funding Cut

The Internal Revenue Service's funding would be cut by $1 billion for the 2027 fiscal year under legislation released Thursday by the House Appropriations Committee.

CBP's $166B Tariff Refund Portal Needs 4 Safeguards

Before launching its automated web portal to process tariff-refund disbursements on April 20, U.S. Customs and Border Protection should apply the expensive lessons learned from the pandemic-era employee retent... (more story)

Cross-Border Services Taxes Are 'Quasi-Tariffs,' Report Says

The U.S. arguably has a stronger interest in challenging digital services taxes and other "quasi-tariffs" than in pursuing tariffs on physical goods, according a report Wednesday from the Tax Foundation, which... (more story)

Judge Limits Evidence In Revived Deloitte Trade Secret Case

A West Virginia federal judge has narrowed the evidence prosecutors can present at trial in a revived trade secret case against two former Deloitte employees, curtailing use of an internal investigative report... (more story)

Eaton Says Tax Court Can't Disregard Transfer Of $14B Asset

The U.S. Tax Court can't disregard Eaton's transfer of a $14 billion asset overseas because the IRS itself didn't challenge the transaction's validity, the company argued Wednesday in defending the interest ra... (more story)

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NYC Tribunal Says Case's 20-Year Hold Didn't Violate Rights

A New York City tribunal rejected an insurance agent's arguments that his tax case that was stuck on hold for nearly 20 years while he waited for a quorum to hear it should be dismissed for denying him due process.

Minn. Senate Panel Pitched On Hennepin Sales Tax Hike

Minnesota would boost the sales tax in its largest county, with some of the resulting funds dedicated to local healthcare facilities, under legislation before a Senate panel on Wednesday.

Virginia Governor Proposes Delaying Cannabis Retail Sales

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger on Tuesday declined to sign into law legislation that would tax and regulate the sale of adult-use cannabis, sending the bill back to the Legislature with numerous changes, inc... (more story)

Capital One Owes Fla. Tax On Card Interest, Tax Dept. Says

A Florida trial court erred when it ruled that two Capital One entities don't owe the state taxes on credit card interest and interchange fees stemming from transactions involving Florida customers, the state'... (more story)

Maine Adopts High-Earner Tax, Updates Fed. Tax Conformity

Maine will create an income tax surtax on those earning more than $1 million, adopt a pass-through entity tax and credit and conform with some federal tax changes under a supplemental budget signed by the state's governor.

Ore. Decouples From 1st-Year Depreciation Of Biz Property

Oregon will decouple from the federal first-year depreciation of certain business property and from a tax break for small-business stock gains under legislation signed by the governor.

Weil Adds Kirkland, DLA Piper Attys To Private Funds Platform

Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP announced two additions to its private funds platform on Monday, one from Kirkland & Ellis and the other from DLA Piper.

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Defunct Canada Law Firm Can't Get Bad Debt Tax Deduction

A shuttered Canadian law firm can't get a tax break on unpaid client bills, the Tax Court of Canada ruled, holding that the firm didn't make a sufficient effort to chase down payments before claiming a bad debt deduction.

OECD To Address Double-Tax Policy Quirk, Official Says

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is working to iron out a policy quirk that can result in double taxation when it is unclear whether restrictions on interest deductions fall under dome... (more story)

Centrica Loses £5.3M Tax Dispute Over North Sea Gas Field

Centrica's activities in a North Sea natural gas field amount to oil extraction, and therefore the company is liable for corporate tax bills totaling £5.3 million ($7.2 million) under the rules governing energ... (more story)

Canada To Suspend Fuel Taxes Amid War In Iran

Canada will temporarily suspend excise taxes on fuel, a CA$2.4 billion ($1.7 billion) expenditure aimed at combating price spikes linked to the U.S. and Israel's war in Iran, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tu... (more story)

Customs Casts Doubt On Automating Certain Tariff Refunds

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's automated tariff refund system is nearly complete, but thousands of imports may require a more cumbersome manual process that could undermine the agency's other priorities,... (more story)

2nd Circ. Urged To Rethink IRS Win In Foreign Reporting Case

A New York business owner asked the Second Circuit to rethink a panel's decision that held the IRS could automatically assess and administratively collect certain foreign information reporting penalties, argui... (more story)

Fire Alarm Biz Boss Banned Over £327K Tax Dodging

The owner of two fire alarm companies has been banned from running businesses for six years after dodging more than £327,000 ($444,000) in income tax and value-added tax owed to the U.K.'s tax authority, the I... (more story)