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Bilzin Sumberg

Playing Battleship with the IRS: Did They Sink Our Battleship?

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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

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Supreme Court Undermines Taxpayers’ Due Process Rights

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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

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Writing Off A Loan – Simultaneous COD Income and Bad Debt Deduction? Not Necessarily

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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

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The Supreme Court Update - June 12, 2025

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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

Husch Blackwell LLP

U.S. Tax Court Rules That Limited Partners of an Investment Manager Are Subject to Self-Employment Tax

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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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Another Appeal Adds Fuel to the Limited Partner SECA Tax Debate

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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

YA Global Brings its Fight to the Appellate Level

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

Mayer Brown

Procédure fiscale : obligation de motivation de la réponse aux observations du contribuable par l'administration fiscale

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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

Miller Canfield

Tax Court Decision in Little Sandy Coal Co. is Based on an Erroneous Statutory Interpretation and Should Be Reversed in the...

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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

McDermott Will & Emery

Second Circuit Weighs in on Tax Court’s Refund Jurisdiction

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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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The Second Circuit - canons of construction prevail in dizzying case of “black hole” tax refunds

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

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