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Real Estate Lawyers On The Move

Day Pitney, Michael Best and Tarter Krinsky are among the law firms that have made recent real estate or construction hires.

Push To Juice German Economy Could Jolt Spousal Tax Break

With growth fragile and unemployment high, Germany's coalition government is considering a raft of tax changes int... (more story)

Int'l Tax In April: Progress On Tariff Refunds, New Tax Cuts

U.S. Customs and Border Protection continued to make progress in April on its system for paying back the tariffs t... (more story)

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Amgen Late To Raise Double-Taxation Claim, Tax Court Told

Biotechnology giant Amgen is making a "futile" attempt to raise a purported double-taxation issue for tax years 2016 through 2018 in a pair of transfer pricing cases before the U.S. Tax Court, the federal gove... (more story)

IRS To Automatically Waive Some Tax Penalties

The IRS will begin automatically waiving certain penalties for eligible taxpayers starting with the current filing season, said National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins, announcing a shift from the agency's lon... (more story)

Trump Floats Gas Tax Suspension Amid Rising Fuel Costs

President Donald Trump said Monday that he wants to temporarily pause the 18-cent-per-gallon federal gas tax amid rising fuel prices caused by the war with Iran.

McKesson Says Loper Bright Sinks IRS Cost-Sharing Rules

Pharmaceutical giant McKesson asked a Texas federal court to strike down cost-sharing transfer pricing regulations that underpin the company's $10 million tax refund bid, arguing the U.S. Supreme Court's Loper... (more story)

Heppner Ruling Left AI Privilege Risk For Lawyers Unresolved

While a New York federal judge’s recent ruling in U.S. v. Heppner resolved a privilege question surrounding client-side artificial intelligence use, it did not address how to mitigate the risks that can arise ... (more story)

AI Startup Misclassified 30K Workers, Suit Says

A hiring startup that supplies workers to train artificial intelligence models for OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta has misclassified more than 30,000 workers as independent contractors to avoid paying payroll taxes... (more story)

Agencies Pitch Employers Offering Voluntary Fertility Benefits

Federal agencies overseeing employer-provided health coverage proposed new rules aimed at expanding workers' access to coverage for infertility treatments and related health conditions by letting employers off... (more story)

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Minn. Justices Challenge County On Hilton Valuation Appeal

Minnesota's justices quizzed counsel for Hennepin County on Monday on whether its arguments for its preferred method for valuing a Hilton-branded Minneapolis hotel and convention center could be enough to over... (more story)

NC Justices Asked To Clarify Leandro School Funding Opinion

The school boards of several low-wealth North Carolina counties are asking the state Supreme Court to elucidate a recent ruling that invalidated nine years of developments in the public school funding case kno... (more story)

Broadway Shows Freed From NYC Rent Tax On Billboards

Operators of four Broadway musicals don't owe New York City's commercial rent tax on billboard advertisements that they paid third-party entities to run because the operators didn't use the billboards, a city ... (more story)

Taxation With Representation: Corrs, Kirkland, Linklaters

In this week's Taxation With Representation, gold companies Regis Resources and Vault Minerals combine, Long Lake Management acquires American Express Global Business Travel and Vodafone buys out CK Hutchison ... (more story)

Hochul Says Budget Deal Will Include NYC 2nd-Home Tax

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday that she reached a budget compromise with lawmakers that includes a tax on high-value second homes in New York City and a tax break for tip income, but the state Assemb... (more story)

Stinson Real Estate Finance Atty Joins Reed Smith In DC

Reed Smith LLP has hired a Stinson LLP lawyer who focuses her practice on real estate finance matters, renewable energy tax credit and new market tax credit issues, the firm has announced.

Speed Jigsaw Puzzling Makes Me A Better Lawyer

My passion for speed puzzling — I can complete a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle in under 50 minutes — has sharpened my legal skills in more ways than one, with both disciplines requiring patience, precision and the a... (more story)

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1 In 3 Large UK Companies Faced HMRC VAT Probe

Britain's tax authority investigated one in three large companies on value-added tax matters in financial year 2024-25 as part of efforts to crack down on noncompliance, according to official data.

IRS Scrutiny Of Immigrant Employment Tax Fraud To Continue

Scrutinizing businesses with potential employment tax fraud issues related to undocumented immigrants will remain among the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division's top priorities, a senior d... (more story)

Spinoff Letter Rulings Valuable For IRS Too, Agency Atty Says

The Internal Revenue Service has resumed issuing letter rulings on significant issues in tax-free spinoffs, and an IRS attorney on Saturday encouraged companies to use the program, as it provides the agency wi... (more story)

Admin Cost Of Tax Presence Shouldn't Top Profit, Pros Say

The administrative costs for a company or individual triggering a taxable presence, or permanent establishment, in a jurisdiction shouldn't exceed the profit allocable to the entity, transfer pricing specialists said Friday.

AI's Use In Transfer Pricing Still Evolving, Tax Pros Say

The use of artificial intelligence in transfer pricing is expected to ease compliance and reduce costs for clients, but multiple questions remain about the technology's potential and how it should be applied, ... (more story)

Disbarred Atty Can't Escape Tax Evasion Case, 2nd Circ. Says

A disbarred English attorney who assisted the heirs of an American businessman in evading taxation on their inheritance cannot use an "extraordinary" post-conviction remedy to overturn part of the verdict and ... (more story)

Nike Customers Join Tariff Refund Class Action Trend

A group of Nike customers on Friday joined the growing number of proposed class actions looking to secure legal rights to refunds of costs tied to President Donald Trump's now-invalidated global tariff regime,... (more story)