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On June 12, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant decision in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Zuch, clarifying the jurisdictional boundaries of the U.S. Tax Court in Collection Due Process (CDP) appeals....more
Taxpayers who made payments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that included underpayment interest and/or failure-to-file/pay penalties that accrued during all or part of the period between January 20, 2020, through July...more
A recent 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upheld a lower court decision that the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) does not violate federal law. The decision stems from Canna Provisions’ lawsuit against the government...more
On February 13, 2025, a Tennessee federal district court handed FedEx Corporation its second win in a refund action involving the application of foreign tax credits to what are known as “offset earnings.”[1] Offset earnings...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of February 10, 2025 – February 14, 2025. TAX-CONTROVERSY-RELATED DEVELOPMENTS - The previous IRS...more
Is a new wave of U.S. expatriate income tax refund applications on the table? The answer to this question hangs in the balance as we await an appeal on the question of whether or not specific Foreign Tax Credits can be...more
Defendant and his co-conspirators firebombed an informant’s house and killed several individuals. Six weeks into their trial on related charges, the Government disclosed that one of the defense attorneys previously worked as...more
Over the years, case law has developed around when a mail delivery method is acceptable to prove that a tax filing was made. The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit’s recent decision in Pond v. United States[1] ...more
In its recent decision in Rodriguez v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., No. 18–1269 (Sup. Ct. Feb. 25, 2020), the Supreme Court held that federal courts may not apply the federal common law “Bob Richards Rule” to determine...more
On February 25, 2020, the United States Supreme Court in Rodriguez v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation struck down a judicial federal common law rule—known as the Bob Richards rule—that is used by courts to allocate tax...more
On February 25, 2020, in Rodriguez v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, No. 18-1269 (U.S. 2020), the U.S. Supreme Court effectively ruled that the so-called “Bob Richards rule” should not be used to determine which...more
On February 25, 2020, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion vacating a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit applying federal common law to determine the allocation of a corporate...more
The United States Supreme Court has picked up the pace this week, already issuing eight regular opinions and four opinions relating to orders as of today. We discuss the tax-related items here. In Rodriguez v. FDIC, the...more
On February 25, 2020, the Supreme Court decided Rodriguez v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, No. 18-1269, overruling a federal common law rule that was used in some circumstances to determine how to distribute the tax...more
When can a Federal Court employ a federal common law rule to make its decision in the case? Justice Gorsuch answer this in Rodriguez v. Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp., U.S., No. 18-1269, 2/25/20. The answer...less often than you...more
There were several notable state tax opinions issued by the South Carolina Administrative Law Court, Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court in the 1st quarter of 2018. A number of tax cases are also pending before the Court of...more