International
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July 15, 2025
UK Tech Co. Can't Deduct Tax Linked To VAT Fraud
HM Revenue & Customs was correct to deny a technology supplier's £1.3 million ($1.7 million) tax refund bid, a U.K. court ruled, holding that the company should have known that the underlying transactions were tied to value-added tax fraud.
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July 15, 2025
Insurers Keen On UK Captive Regime But Fear 'Gold-Plating'
The government has proposed new rules that it hopes will transform the U.K. into a global hub for captive insurance — but experts say that with formal regulation still to come they fear that "the devil will be in the detail."
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July 15, 2025
Ireland Spent €1.4B On R&D Tax Credits In 2023
Ireland's biggest tax expenditure by far is its research and development tax credit, with the country forgoing around €1.4 billion ($1.6 billion) in revenue in 2023 in connection to the credit, the Irish Department of Finance said Tuesday.
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July 15, 2025
PwC Settles Property Biz's £9M Tax Negligence Case
PwC has settled claims that it should pay £8.9 million ($12 million) for causing a property group to be penalized by the U.K. tax authority after the Big Four accountancy firm allegedly miscalculated its tax liabilities and incorrectly priced its properties.
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July 14, 2025
EU Law Doesn't Shield Eaton Records, US Tells 6th Circ.
The European Union's privacy law does not protect Eaton Corp. from having to disclose employee evaluation records in a transfer pricing dispute with the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. government told the Sixth Circuit on Monday.
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July 14, 2025
GOP Lawmakers Back USTR Probe Into Foreign Drug Pricing
Republican members of Congress expressed support Monday for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative's efforts against what the lawmakers referred to as anti-innovation policies abroad that, they said, require U.S. companies to take on the brunt of pharmaceutical research and development.
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July 14, 2025
CFTC Must Pay $3M In Atty Fees As Sanctions In Forex Case
A New Jersey federal judge ordered the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday to pay back over $3.1 million in attorney fees to a foreign exchange company after dismissing the regulator's case for bad-faith sanctionable behavior.
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July 14, 2025
US Defends Seeking Man's Info From Apple In Swiss Tax Probe
The U.S. government urged a California federal court to enforce an IRS summons on Apple Inc. to produce records linked to the account of a dual Swiss-Italian citizen, arguing the summons is valid under the U.S.-Switzerland tax treaty.
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July 14, 2025
30% US Tariffs Would Prohibit Trade, EU Commissioner Says
President Donald Trump's weekend threat to impose a 30% tariff on goods imported from the European Union would "practically prohibit" trade, the EU's trade commissioner warned Monday.
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July 14, 2025
Ex-Aussie Tax Employees Sentenced In Large Fraud Probe
A former Australian Taxation Office employee and a former contractor with the tax authority were among the latest people sentenced as part of an investigation into a large-scale goods and services tax fraud scheme, the office said.
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July 11, 2025
Gov't Wants Fla. Man's Assets Repatriated To Pay Tax Debt
A Floridian who owes the federal government nearly $28 million, plus penalties and interest, must repatriate funds held in two Bahamian trusts kept in his name and that of his children, the government told a Florida federal court.
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July 11, 2025
The Tax Angle: Church Politics, Budget Talk, Disaster Relief
From a look at the IRS' statement relaxing a 71-year-old ban on political endorsements by churches to talk of a second budget reconciliation bill this year and the passage of disaster tax relief legislation, here's a peek into a reporter's notebook on a few developing tax stories.
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July 11, 2025
US Seeks To Toss DOGE Taxpayer Data-Sharing Suit
Unions and advocacy organizations trying to block the White House's Department of Government Efficiency from sharing taxpayer data across agencies have not shown they've suffered the sort of injuries that would allow them to sue the federal government, the U.S. government told a D.C. federal court.
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July 11, 2025
EU Court Rules Against Croatia Excise Duty On False Invoices
The Croatian government cannot charge excise duties on a woodworker's falsified petroleum invoices that claimed tax deductions, a European Union court ruled, holding that this attempt to combat tax abuse flouts EU law.
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July 11, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Davis Polk, Kirkland, Cassels
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Merck buys U.K. drugmaker Verona Pharma, CoreWeave acquires fellow data center company Core Scientific, Royal Gold acquires Sandstorm Gold and Horizon Copper, and Italian food company Ferrero buys WK Kellogg.
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July 11, 2025
OECD Suggests Netherlands Curb Tax Expenditures
The Netherlands' tax system contains numerous exemptions, allowances and reduced rates that total nearly 16% of the nation's gross domestic product, and it should trim numerous ineffective measures to support more sustainable growth, the OECD said.
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July 11, 2025
German Legislature OKs Corporate Tax Cuts
A package of changes framed as helping boost corporate investment was passed Friday by Germany's upper house of Parliament, including increases in depreciation followed by a gradual reduction of the country's corporate tax rate.
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July 10, 2025
Ninth Person Convicted In €2.3M German VAT Fraud
A German court has convicted the ninth individual linked with a €2.3 million ($2.7 million) value-added tax fraud scheme involving international trade of cars, European Union prosecutors announced Thursday.
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July 10, 2025
Trump Says 50% Copper Tariff Will Begin Aug. 1
President Donald Trump said his new 50% tariff on copper imports will take effect Aug. 1, citing national security concerns.
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July 10, 2025
14 Arrested Over Suspected Phishing-Tied Tax Fraud Scheme
Fourteen people have been arrested as part of an international investigation into a large-scale tax fraud operation that used personal data stolen in phishing attacks, the U.K. tax authority announced on Thursday.
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July 10, 2025
IRS To Rescind Digital Asset Broker Rules
The Internal Revenue Service will revoke final regulations requiring brokers to report their digital asset sales, the agency said Thursday, following through on a congressional measure this year that called for their removal.
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July 10, 2025
Firm Denies Giving Ex-Pandora Chief Negligent Tax Advice
A law firm has denied giving former Pandora boss Peter Andersen negligent tax advice that saddled him and the jeweler with a £3.3 million ($4.5 million) tax bill because of Andersen's pension trust.
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July 10, 2025
EU Prosecutors Detain 8 Individuals In €68M VAT Fraud Probe
European Union prosecutors revealed Thursday that they have detained eight people in Spain for their alleged involvement in a €68 million ($80 million) value-added tax fraud linked to alcohol imported from other member states.
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July 09, 2025
Trump Slaps Brazil With 50% Tariff, Cites Bolsonaro Trial
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Brazilian goods sent to the U.S. can expect a 50% tariff starting in August, saying that the increased levy was in part due to Brazil's charges against its former president, Jair Bolsonaro.
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July 09, 2025
Trump Order On Solar, Wind Credits Puts Industry On Heels
President Donald Trump threw a curveball to the energy industry by ordering the U.S. Department of the Treasury to take a hard line on which projects qualify for solar and wind tax credits under the new budget law, leaving practitioners uncertain about the scope of the restrictions.

Trump Threatens Tariffs On Russia Over Ukraine War
President Donald Trump said Monday that Russia must end its war with Ukraine within the next 50 days or else the U.S. will levy "severe tariffs" on Russian goods entering the U.S.

Trump Declares 35% Canadian Import Tariff Is Coming Aug. 1
President Donald Trump has sent a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney indicating Canadian goods entering the U.S. outside the compliance of a regional trade agreement will face 35% tariffs beginning Aug. 1.

10th Circ. Affirms Sentence In $1B Energy Tax Credit Scheme
A leader of a renewable-energy scheme that illicitly sought $1 billion in tax credits failed to persuade the Tenth Circuit to overturn his conviction by arguing that jurors were biased when his lawyer was identified as having helped Michael Jackson beat child molestation charges.
Featured Stories
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Insurers Keen On UK Captive Regime But Fear 'Gold-Plating'
The government has proposed new rules that it hopes will transform the U.K. into a global hub for captive insurance — but experts say that with formal regulation still to come they fear that "the devil will be in the detail."
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The Tax Angle: Church Politics, Budget Talk, Disaster Relief
From a look at the IRS' statement relaxing a 71-year-old ban on political endorsements by churches to talk of a second budget reconciliation bill this year and the passage of disaster tax relief legislation, here's a peek into a reporter's notebook on a few developing tax stories.
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Trump Order On Solar, Wind Credits Puts Industry On Heels
President Donald Trump threw a curveball to the energy industry by ordering the U.S. Department of the Treasury to take a hard line on which projects qualify for solar and wind tax credits under the new budget law, leaving practitioners uncertain about the scope of the restrictions.
Expert Analysis
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4 Former Justices Would Likely Frown On Litigation Funding
As courts increasingly confront cases involving hidden litigation finance contracts, the jurisprudence of four former U.S. Supreme Court justices establishes a constitutional framework that risks erosion by undisclosed financial interests, says Roland Eisenhuth at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association.
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How Attys Can Use AI To Surface Narratives In E-Discovery
E-discovery has reached a turning point where document review is no longer just about procedural tasks like identifying relevance and redacting privilege — rather, generative artificial intelligence tools now allow attorneys to draw connections, extract meaning and tell a coherent story, says Rose Jones at Hilgers Graben.
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AbbVie Frees Taxpayers From M&A Capital Loss Limitations
The U.S. Tax Court’s June 17 opinion in AbbVie v. Commissioner, finding that a $1.6 billion break fee was an ordinary and necessary business expense, marks a pivotal rejection of the Internal Revenue Service’s position on the tax treatment of termination fees related to failed mergers or acquisitions, say attorneys at Holland & Knight.
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ABA Opinion Makes It A Bit Easier To Drop A 'Hot Potato'
The American Bar Association's recent ethics opinion clarifies when attorneys may terminate clients without good cause, though courts may still disqualify a lawyer who drops a client like a hot potato, so sending a closeout letter is always a best practice, say attorneys at Thompson Hine.
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Can Companies Add Tariffs Back To Earnings Calculations?
With the recent and continually evolving tariffs announced by the Trump administration, John Ryan at King & Spalding takes a detailed look at whether those new tariffs can be added back in calculating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization — an important question that may greatly affect a company's compliance with its financial covenants.
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A Look At DOJ's Dropped Case Against Early Crypto Operator
The prosecution of an early crypto exchange operator over alleged unlicensed money transmission was recently dropped in Indiana federal court, showcasing that the U.S. Justice Department may be limiting the types of enforcement cases it will bring against digital asset firms, say attorneys at Greenberg Traurig.
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8 Ways Lawyers Can Protect The Rule Of Law In Their Work
Whether they are concerned with judicial independence, regulatory predictability or client confidence, lawyers can take specific meaningful actions on their own when traditional structures are too slow or too compromised to respond, says Angeli Patel at the Berkeley Center of Law and Business.
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Law School's Missed Lessons: Communicating With Clients
Law school curricula often overlook client communication procedures, and those who actively teach this crucial facet of the practice can create exceptional client satisfaction and success, says Patrick Hanson at Wiggam Law.
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Navigating Antitrust Risks When Responding To Tariffs
Companies should assess competitive perils, implement compliance safeguards and document independent decision-making as they consider their responses to recent tariff pressures, say attorneys at White & Case.
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Key Points From HMRC's Tax Reform Proposals
Although HM Revenue & Customs’ recent proposals for reform of U.K. transfer pricing and permanent establishment rules align with the latest international consensus, certain amendments may lead to future controversy, say lawyers at Skadden.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From US Rep. To Boutique Firm
My transition from serving as a member of Congress to becoming a partner at a boutique firm has been remarkably smooth, in part because I never stopped exercising my legal muscles, maintained relationships with my former colleagues and set the right tone at the outset, says Mondaire Jones at Friedman Kaplan.
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IRS Should Work With Industry On Microcaptive Regs
The IRS should engage with microcaptive insurance owners to develop better regulations on these arrangements or risk the emergence of common law guidance as taxpayers with legitimate programs seek relief in the federal courts, says Dustin Carlson at SRA 831(b) Admin.
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What To Note As UK Adopts OECD Crypto Disclosure Rules
With the U.K.’s recent announcement that it will adopt the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's crypto-asset reporting framework, users and providers will benefit from understanding the context surrounding the decision and the framework's intended goal of clamping down on tax evasion, say lawyers at Brown Rudnick.