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Taxes: An American Obsession?

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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

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The Supreme Court’s Non-Opinion On The “Realization” of Income – A Lost Opportunity?

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In less than four months, the citizens of the United States will be electing their next President to a four-year term. They will also be deciding which of the two major political parties will “control” the Senate, the House,...more

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[Podcast] Implications of Supreme Court’s Tax Decision in Moore v. United States

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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

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Doing less with Moore: Supreme Court upholds section 965 transition tax in Moore v. United States

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

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Supreme Court Upholds Mandatory Repatriation Tax but Suggests Wealth Taxes a Step Too Far

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The U.S. Supreme Court today upheld the constitutionality of the so-called “mandatory repatriation tax” in a narrow ruling, stating that the MRT taxes realized income — income earned by the offshore corporation — and...more

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Unrealized Income Under Scrutiny: Will SCOTUS Unleash Chaos on the US Tax Code?

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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Eager for Moore?

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

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Moore questions: Impressions from oral argument

On December 5, 2023, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Moore v. United States, addressing the constitutionality of the section 965 transition tax, which was enacted in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Section 965...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Moore Bark Than Bite? Supreme Court Weighs In

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

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Supreme Court to Decide: No Realization Means No Moore Income Tax?

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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

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Will the Supreme Court Invalidate One or More Sections of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act?

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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

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The US Supreme Court to Rule on the TCJA Transition Tax: Is the Realization Requirement Soon to Be No Moore?

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On June 26, the US Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of Moore v. United States, a development that reverberated throughout the world of tax. The Moore case deals with the constitutionality of the transition tax under...more

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