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In prior posts, I discussed the dangers of playingBattleship with the IRS and how taxpayers scored “a hit”. Recently, taxpayers took another turn in the game and scored another hit with the District Court’s recently issued...more
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
If you’ve been around closely held businesses long enough, you know that a transfer of money between a business and its owner, or between two related businesses, is sometimes characterized by the parties as a loan (“related...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued six decisions today: Parrish v. United States, No. 24-275: This case addresses the procedural requirements for filing a notice of appeal after the original deadline to appeal...more
On May 28, 2025, the United States Tax Court held that the limited partners of a limited partnership providing investment management services to various investment funds were not limited partners within the meaning of...more
Denham Capital Management LP (“Denham”), a private equity firm, has appealed the recent U.S. Tax Court decision that declined to revisit its interpretation of the “limited partner exception” under the Self-Employment...more
On April 28, YA Global Investments, LP (“YA Global”) filed an appeal in the 3rd Circuit, contesting the Tax Court’s decision in YA Global Investments, LP v. Commissioner. In YA Global Investments, the court found that YA...more
La Cour administrative d'appel de Paris rappelle à l'administration fiscale son obligation de motivation de la réponse aux observations du contribuable sous peine d'entacher la procédure d'irrégularité (CAA Paris, 13 février...more
The taxpayer in Little Sandy Coal Co. v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2021-15 (Feb. 11, 2021) has appealed an unfavorable United States Tax Court decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. The decision...more
Borenstein v. Commissioner is an interesting opinion involving the intersection of canons of statutory construction and jurisdiction. Recently, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the US Tax Court’s...more
In an important win for taxpayers, a unanimous Second Circuit reversed the Tax Court on a statutory interpretation issue involving the three-year “look-back” period for Tax Court jurisdiction over refunds. Borenstein v....more