International
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September 12, 2025
Sweden Seeks To Widen Relief To Biz Tax Liability For CEOs
Sweden's finance ministry has proposed expanding exemptions to rules making company representatives like CEOs personally liable for their businesses' tax bills, including a two-month grace period, according to a news release.
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September 12, 2025
Swiss Gov't Approves Info Sharing For Global Minimum Tax
The Swiss government adopted an international framework Friday aimed at facilitating exchange of information between tax authorities pursuant to the 15% global minimum tax, which enables companies to submit returns to a single jurisdiction, according to a news release.
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September 12, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Felesky Flynn, Gibson, Kirkland
In this week's Taxation With Representation, copper mining companies Anglo American and Teck Resources plan to merge, EchoStar agrees to sell spectrum licenses to SpaceX, and Diversified Energy acquires fellow energy operator Canvas.
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September 12, 2025
Customs Duties 2nd Largest US Revenue Source In August
Customs duties, including tariffs, were the second-largest contributor to federal revenues in August, raising $30 billion, the U.S. Treasury Department said in a monthly statement.
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September 12, 2025
French Court Rejects Challenge To Digital Services Tax
France's digital services tax is consistent with the country's constitution, the country's Constitutional Council said Friday in a decision that rejected arguments put forward by several companies concerning the effects of its design.
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September 12, 2025
Another Investor Settles In $2.1B Danish Tax Fraud Case
A U.S. investor and two of his alleged pension plans have settled claims by Denmark's tax agency accusing them of participating in a $2.1 billion scheme that fraudulently claimed refunds on tax withheld from stock dividends, with a New York federal court dismissing the allegations.
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September 12, 2025
Troutman Adds Robinson Bradshaw Benefits Pro
Troutman Pepper Locke LLP has grown its tax and benefits practice group in North Carolina with the addition of a Robinson Bradshaw & Hinson PA attorney.
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September 11, 2025
Declining Corp. Tax Rate Trend Shows Reversal, OECD Finds
A downward trend in corporate income tax rates among OECD members and other jurisdictions that lasted for decades showed further signs of reversing last year, yet countries continued a long-standing practice of narrowing their corporate tax bases, the organization said Thursday in a report.
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September 11, 2025
US Pushing False Claims About UK Digital Tax, Group Says
Opponents of the U.K.'s digital services tax in the U.S. government and the U.S. technology industry have advanced a variety of false claims on which companies are liable for the levy, U.K.-based advocacy group TaxWatch said in a report Thursday.
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September 11, 2025
ABA Tax Chair Seeks To Maintain Section's Ties With IRS
The new chair of the American Bar Association's Section of Taxation steps in during a rocky period for the profession amid departures of federal tax employees and clashes between the Trump administration and the ABA. Here, she outlines her priorities for the section, from boosting engagement with members to reinforcing ties with the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service.
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September 11, 2025
Montana Tribe Members Ask To Join Justices' Tariff Suit Review
Members of the Blackfeet Nation have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to join its review of cases challenging President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs, telling the justices that their arguments' inclusion in the matter is essential to support tribal rights under federal law.
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September 10, 2025
The Tax Angle: New Extenders, Housing Credits
From a look at the new tax extenders included in the Republican Party's budget reconciliation law and the law's expanded housing tax credit, here's a peek into a reporter's notebook on a few developing tax stories.
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September 10, 2025
EU Votes To Exempt Most Importers From Carbon Border Tax
The European Parliament voted Wednesday against applying the bloc's carbon border adjustment mechanism to importers that bring in 50 metric tons or less of applicable goods, saying this represents a minimal amount of carbon dioxide emissions covered by the tax.
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September 10, 2025
Schenck Price Adds Int'l Tax Pro In NJ From Solo Shop
Schenck Price Smith & King LLP expanded its international tax group this week with the addition of an expert in tax planning for both inbound and outbound companies, institutional investors and investment funds.
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September 10, 2025
Kirkland Adds Fintech Regulatory Partner From McDermott
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has enhanced its fintech regulatory compliance capabilities in New York with the addition of an experienced corporate partner who joins the firm from McDermott Will & Schulte.
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September 09, 2025
Trump's Latest Tariff EO Offers Some Relief, But No Certainty
President Donald Trump's latest tariff executive order essentially creates an exclusion process for many goods not readily available in the U.S. if the exporter countries enter trade agreements with the U.S., a strategic shift cautiously welcomed by importers even as they still seek certainty for their supply chains.
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September 09, 2025
IRS Ordered To Notify Court Of ICE Info-Sharing Requests
A D.C. federal judge in a series of orders Friday and Tuesday said the IRS must notify the court within 24 hours of receiving a request from immigration authorities for taxpayer information and hand over administrative records while the court considers a request to stop the intergovernmental data sharing.
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September 09, 2025
SC Panel Weighs Whether Tractor Supply Shifted Income
A South Carolina appellate panel wrestled Tuesday with whether the state Department of Revenue exceeded authority when it imposed an alternative apportionment method on Tractor Supply Co. after asserting that the company and two affiliates had inappropriately shifted income to reduce its state corporate tax liability.
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September 09, 2025
Tariffs Will Push 875K Americans Into Poverty, Yale Says
President Donald Trump's tariffs are expected to push up to 875,000 people into poverty this year based on the U.S. Census Bureau's system of measurement, Yale University researchers reported Tuesday, noting that the total is equivalent to 0.3% of the population.
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September 09, 2025
Lobbyist Calls On IRS To Ax Microcaptive Tax Abuse Rule
The U.S. Treasury Department should rescind an Internal Revenue Service rule aimed at cracking down on tax abuse with microcaptive insurance arrangements because it exceeds the agency's authority, a registered lobbyist from Barnes & Thornburg LLP said in a letter released Tuesday.
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September 09, 2025
Justices Grant Fast-Track Review For Trump Tariff Suit
The U.S. Supreme Court will fast-track its consideration of the government's appeal of a Federal Circuit ruling that President Donald Trump's tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act are unlawful, according to a Tuesday order.
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September 09, 2025
Woman Says IRS Error Is Endangering Her Passport, Finances
A Puerto Rico taxpayer is facing financial uncertainty and possible travel limitations after an unresolved IRS clerical error falsely assessed her employer's tax liabilities against her, she said in a suit filed in federal court in San Juan.
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September 09, 2025
Court Urged To Deny Bid To Block Captive Reporting Rules
A Texas federal court should deny an injunction to a Texas plastics company seeking to stop the IRS from flagging microcaptive insurance plans as potentially abusive tax avoidance schemes, the U.S. argued, saying the public could lose millions of tax dollars on illegitimate transactions.
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September 09, 2025
States Urge Justices To Quickly Rule Against Trump's Tariffs
The U.S. Supreme Court should quickly consider the appeal of the Federal Circuit's ruling that President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs are unlawful and affirm that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act doesn't provide the authority to impose duties, the states challenging the measures told the justices this week.
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September 08, 2025
Former Skadden Atty Moves Tax Practice To Simpson Thacher
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has deepened its transactional resources in the New York office with the recent addition of an attorney who moved his practice from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP after 15 years.
BEPS At 10: The Global Tax Revamp That's Still Unfolding
The OECD's project against base erosion and profit shifting didn't upend the international tax landscape overnight, but a decade later, the project's fingerprints have emerged on major policies that materially changed corporate behavior, including the 2017 U.S. tax overhaul.
Prudential Must Pay VAT On Investment Firm's Success Fees
Britain's highest court ruled Thursday that payments of £9.3 million ($12.5 million) made by Prudential to an investment firm are taxable under value-added tax regulations because the liability was incurred when they were not part of the same group for tax purposes.
Chemical Co. Challenges $7.7M Tax Bill Over Foreign Credits
Multinational chemical manufacturer Huntsman is challenging a $7.7 million tax liability in the U.S. Tax Court, alleging that the IRS erred by not applying its Dutch holding company's deficit to its deemed paid foreign tax credits.
BEPS At 10: The Global Tax Revamp That's Still Unfolding
The OECD's project against base erosion and profit shifting didn't upend the international tax landscape overnight, but a decade later, the project's fingerprints have emerged on major policies that materially changed corporate behavior, including the 2017 U.S. tax overhaul.
Prudential Must Pay VAT On Investment Firm's Success Fees
Britain's highest court ruled Thursday that payments of £9.3 million ($12.5 million) made by Prudential to an investment firm are taxable under value-added tax regulations because the liability was incurred when they were not part of the same group for tax purposes.
Chemical Co. Challenges $7.7M Tax Bill Over Foreign Credits
Multinational chemical manufacturer Huntsman is challenging a $7.7 million tax liability in the U.S. Tax Court, alleging that the IRS erred by not applying its Dutch holding company's deficit to its deemed paid foreign tax credits.
Featured Stories
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BEPS At 10: The Global Tax Revamp That's Still Unfolding
The OECD's project against base erosion and profit shifting didn't upend the international tax landscape overnight, but a decade later, the project's fingerprints have emerged on major policies that materially changed corporate behavior, including the 2017 U.S. tax overhaul.
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ABA Tax Chair Seeks To Maintain Section's Ties With IRS
The new chair of the American Bar Association's Section of Taxation steps in during a rocky period for the profession amid departures of federal tax employees and clashes between the Trump administration and the ABA. Here, she outlines her priorities for the section, from boosting engagement with members to reinforcing ties with the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service.
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The Tax Angle: New Extenders, Housing Credits
From a look at the new tax extenders included in the Republican Party's budget reconciliation law and the law's expanded housing tax credit, here's a peek into a reporter's notebook on a few developing tax stories.
Expert Analysis
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2 Approaches To Atty Ethics Liability For Agentic AI Errors
As lawyers increasingly use autonomous artificial intelligence agents, disciplinary authorities must decide whether attorney responsibility for an AI-caused legal ethics violation is personal or supervisory, and firms must enact strong policies regarding agentic AI use and supervision, says Grace Wynn at HWG.
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Opportunity Zone's Future Corp. Tax Benefits Still Uncertain
Despite recent legislative enhancements to the qualified opportunity fund program, and a new G7 understanding that would exempt U.S.-parented multinationals from the undertaxed profits rule, uncertainties over future tax benefits could dampen investment interest in the program, says Alan Lederman at Gunster.
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How GILTI Reform Affects M&A Golden Parachute Planning
Deal teams should evaluate the effect of a recent seemingly technical change to U.S. international tax law on the golden parachute analysis that often plays a critical part of many corporate transactions to avoid underestimating its impact on an acquirer's worldwide taxable income following a triggering transaction, say attorneys at MoFo.
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Demystifying The Civil Procedure Rules Amendment Process
Every year, an advisory committee receives dozens of proposals to amend the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, most of which are never adopted — but a few pointers can help maximize the likelihood that an amendment will be adopted, says Josh Gardner at DLA Piper.
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Parenting Skills That Can Help Lawyers Thrive Professionally
As kids head back to school, the time is ripe for lawyers who are parents to consider how they can incorporate their parenting skills to build a deep, meaningful and sustainable legal practice, say attorneys at Alston & Bird.
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Trump Tax Law's Most Impactful Energy Changes
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act's deferral of begin-construction deadlines and the phaseout of certain energy tax credits will provide emerging technologies with welcome breathing room, though other changes, like the increased credit rate for sustainable aviation fuel, create challenges for developers, say attorneys at Weil.
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Adapting To Private Practice: From Texas AUSA To BigLaw
As I learned when I transitioned from an assistant U.S. attorney to a BigLaw partner, the move from government to private practice is not without its hurdles, but it offers immense potential for growth and the opportunity to use highly transferable skills developed in public service, says Jeffery Vaden at Bracewell.
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Advice For 1st-Gen Lawyers Entering The Legal Profession
Nikki Hurtado at The Ferraro Law Firm tells her story of being a first-generation lawyer and how others who begin their professional journeys without the benefit of playbooks handed down by relatives can turn this disadvantage into their greatest strength.
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Trump Tax Law's Most Impactful Corp. And Individual Changes
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act built on and reshaped elements of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, including business interest deductions, bonus depreciation and personal income relief, delivering substantial changes to both corporate and individual tax policy, say attorneys at Weil.
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From Clerkship To Law Firm: 5 Transition Tips For Associates
Excerpt from Practical Guidance
Transitioning from a judicial clerkship to an associate position at a law firm may seem daunting, but by using knowledge gained while clerking, being mindful of key differences and taking advantage of professional development opportunities, these attorneys can flourish in private practice, say attorneys at Lowenstein Sandler.
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Trump Tax Law's Most Consequential International Changes
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The international tax provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act may result in higher effective tax rates for some multinational corporations, but others, particularly those operating in low-tax jurisdictions, may benefit from alignment with global anti-profit shifting efforts, say attorneys at Weil.
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Associates Can Earn Credibility By Investing In Relationships
As the class of 2025 prepares to join law firms this fall, new associates must adapt to office dynamics and establish credible reputations — which require quiet, consistent relationship-building skills as much as legal acumen, says Kyle Forges at Bast Amron.
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Lessons From 7th Circ.'s Deleted Chat Sanctions Ruling
The Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Pable v. Chicago Transit Authority, affirming the dismissal of an ex-employee’s retaliation claims, highlights the importance of properly handling the preservation of ephemeral messages and clarifies key sanctions issues, says Philip Favro at Favro Law.