Last week the United States celebrated the 249th anniversary of its declaration of independence from Great Britain. In celebration of the occasion, President Trump signed into law the One Big Beautiful Act which, among other...more
A team of BakerHostetler lawyers, led by Partners Andrew Grossman and Jeff Paravano, represented clients Charles and Kathleen Moore at the Supreme Court, arguing that realization is required for federal taxation of income...more
Almost exactly a year after it shook the tax world by granting certiorari, on June 20, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Moore v. United States, No. 22-800. By a vote of 7-2, the Court upheld the constitutionality...more
In December 2023, the Supreme Court considered the fundamental question: “How is income defined?” Moore v. United States centered on the question of taxation of unrealized income. Unrealized income is defined as a gain that...more
On December 5, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Moore v. United States, which is potentially the next landmark tax case on the meaning of income under the Sixteenth Amendment....more
Unless you have been living under a rock—as we tax lawyers are wont to do—you have probably been following Moore v. United States, which we last discussed. On December 5, the tax community stepped into the spotlight...more
Many of you, perhaps most, may have read about a case that will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court during its current term. The case, Moore v. United States, comes out of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Supreme Court...more
A tax case pending in the United States Supreme Court, Moore v. United States, may cause a cataclysmic change in the federal income tax. The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution empowers Congress to impose “taxes...more