On November 3, 2017, the Large Business & International Division (LB&I of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a list of 11 new campaigns, adding to the 13 campaigns that it initially launched in January. Eversheds...more
On Friday, September 29, 2017, the Federal court for the Western District of Texas struck down the temporary anti-inversion regulation issued under Sec. 7874, which has been charged with preventing the planned $160 billion...more
On July 13, 2017, the Tax Court, in Grecian Magnesite, Industrial & Shipping Co., SA v. Commissioner, 149 T.C. 3 (2017), rejected Internal Revenue Service (IRS) arguments that, in order to establish good faith reliance, the...more
According to a recent BNA news report, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has proposed adjustments and penalties to a private fund manager related to its use of management fee waivers and transaction fee offsets. Based on the...more
The Large Business and International (LB&I) Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced its first 13 issue-based campaigns on January 31, 2017. As discussed in a prior Eversheds Sutherland Legal Alert, these...more
On January 31, 2017, the Large Business & International Division of the IRS (LB&I) released the subjects of its first 13 campaigns. Each campaign addresses a specific area that the IRS has identified as a substantial...more
2/3/2017
/ Energy Tax Incentives ,
Examination Priorities ,
Insurance Industry ,
IRS ,
Large Business & International Division (LB&I) ,
MVPD ,
OVDP ,
Real Estate Development ,
Repatriation ,
S-Corporation ,
Structured Financial Products ,
TEFRA
Recently announced changes to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Large Business and International (LB&I) Division’s examination process include a requirement that the audit team issue an Information Document Request (IDR)...more
In a case against Dallas billionaires Sam Wyly and the estate of his late brother, Charles, Judge Shira Scheindlin of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York agreed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange...more
On September 17, the U.S. Tax Court, in Dynamo Holdings LP v. Commissioner, 143 T.C. No. 9 (Sept. 17, 2014), held that a taxpayer could use predictive coding, over the objection of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), to...more
This week the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Subcommittee), in conjunction with the Subcommittee’s hearing on July 22, 2014, released a report on...more
As we look forward to 2014, we take a look back at the top 10 important tax controversy issues making the news in 2013 that may have continuing importance in the future....more
On December 3, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously reversed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and held that (1) a federal district court in a partnership-level proceeding had jurisdiction to determine the...more
12/20/2013
/ Asset Valuations ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
Jurisdiction ,
Material Misstatements ,
Partnerships ,
Penalties ,
SCOTUS ,
Tax Shelters ,
TEFRA ,
Underpayment
On June 4, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota held that certain information contained in tax accrual workpapers must be disclosed by the taxpayer pursuant to an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) summons,...more
On April 10, 2013, President Obama released his proposed Fiscal Year 2014 Budget of the U.S. Government. The budget calls for an increase in funding for the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), which has faced budget cuts in...more
Earlier this year, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana upheld the Internal Revenue Service’s disallowance of $1 billion of deductions claimed by Dow Chemical in relation to two transactions...more
The year 2012 was quite an interesting one for tax controversy. Whereas 2011 brought a win for the Treasury on deference issues in Mayo Foundation for Medical Ed. v. United States, 131 S. Ct. 704 (2011), 2012 was the year...more
1/16/2013
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Dominion Resources ,
FICA Taxes ,
H&M ,
Hewlett-Packard ,
IRS ,
Mayo Foundation for Medical Ed ,
Net Investment Income ,
PepsiCo ,
Quality Stores ,
SCOTUS ,
Severance Pay