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Rivkin Radler LLP

Activities Contrary to Public Policy – Revoking the Tax Exempt Status of Universities

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It appears that many of the country’s colleges and universities believe they have not already contributed enough to the decline of American education and to the erosion of our society, generally. These institutions of...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

How to Provide Employees $26,250 in Nontaxable Student Loan Repayment Assistance

The Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act, recently passed as part of the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,” has significantly extended the tax exclusions for employer-paid student loan repayment assistance...more

Freeman Law

Are Lawsuit or Settlement Damages Taxable?

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Taxpayers who suffer from physical injuries or physical sickness can generally take advantage of a special provision in the Code that makes such damages non-taxable. See I.R.C. § 104(a)(2). Generally, this can be an easy...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Re-Thinking Fringe Benefits for Your Newly-Remote Workforce? Do You Know Whether They’re Taxable? (The IRS Will…)

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While there has been some improvement in the spread of COVID-19 in the US, the daily count of new cases remains high. As a result, many large employers have extended their remote working policies through the fall, with others...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Tax Court Rules State Corporate Incentives Are NOT Taxable Income Under Federal Law

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Many states and localities give incentives for business to move or transact in their locations. There has always been a question of whether these incentives are taxable income under federal income tax law. Internal Revenue...more

Cozen O'Connor

Recent Supreme Court Decision Will Likely Affect the Taxability of Personal Injury Settlements

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On March 4, 2019, the Supreme Court issued a decision in BNSF Railway Co. v. Loos, which ostensibly was limited to the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA). However, FELA is incorporated by reference in the Jones Act,...more

Littler

Supreme Court Holds "Compensation" for Lost Time is Taxable under the RRTA

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On March 4, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court held in BNSF Railway Co. v. Loos that a railroad’s payment to an employee for work time lost due to an on-the-job injury is taxable compensation under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides BNSF Railway Co. v. Loos

On March 4, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States decided BNSF Railway Co. v. Loos, No. 17-1042, holding that a railroad’s payment to an employee for lost wages due to an on-the-job injury is taxable “compensation”...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Seven Tips for Tribal Governments to Reduce Tribal Member Taxes in 2019

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• With Democrats taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives, tax provisions affecting tribal governments and their members are once again on the table for discussion. • This notice provides an overview of seven...more

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Supreme Court Holds Stock Options Are Not Taxable under the RRTA

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On June 21, 2018, the Supreme Court held in Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States that railroad stock options are not taxable compensation under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act of 1937 (the “RRTA”). This ruling represents...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States

On June 21, 2018, the Supreme Court decided Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States, No. 17-530, holding that a railroad company’s employee stock options are not taxable “compensation” under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act...more

Snell & Wilmer

A Time to Remember that Employer-Provider Data Breach Benefits are not Taxable

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Hardly a week goes by without another announcement of a high-profile data security breach. The list of data breaches impacting high-profile employers and their employees just in 2017 is long...more

Foster Garvey PC

Golly Gee—the U.S. Tax Court Ruled That the Cost of a Taxpayer's Microsoft Xbox 360 and a Nintendo Wii Used by His Children Did...

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In 2015, the U.S. Tax Court issued its ruling in the case of David W. Laudon v. Commissioner, TC Summary Option 2015-54 (2015). The case may not raise or even resolve any novel tax issues, but it reminds us of what is...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Creating Non-Taxed “Previously Taxed Income”: The Ultimate Pre-Immigration Strategy

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According to recent statistics, immigrants and their U.S.-born children now number approximately 84.3 million people, or 27% of the overall U.S. population. The countries from which the largest numbers of these individuals...more

Carlton Fields

Texas Appeals Court Affirms Summary Judgment For Texas Comptroller In Risk Pool Row

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A Texas appeals court affirmed a summary judgment that rejected an attempt by two insurers to recover more than $1.1 million for taxes, penalties, and interest on certain reinsurance agreements. Argonaut Insurance Company and...more

BakerHostetler

Trusts Find Shelter from State Taxes in State Courts

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In two recent cases, taxpayers have successfully challenged state taxation of trust income on the basis that the taxing states had a minimal connection to the trust. In The Kimberly Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust v. North...more

Akerman LLP

IRS Changes Position on Non-Taxable IRA Rollover Contributions

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The U.S. Tax Court recently decided that the one-per-year IRA rollover limitation in 26 U.S.C. § 408(d)(3)(B) applies in the aggregate to all of the taxpayer’s IRA accounts rather than separately to each of a taxpayer’s IRA...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Sutherland SALT Shaker: August 2013 Digest

In this issue: - No Expressions of Goodwill from Arizona Department of Revenue - California Court of Appeal: ITFA Doesn’t Make the CUT - Round We Go: Indiana Denies Taxpayer’s Intercompany “Residual...more

McDermott Will & Emery

For Private Equity Investors, Section 1202 May Be Worth Another Look

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Included in the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA) are provisions that extended some of the more significant benefits of Internal Revenue Code Section 1202, the Code provision that permits eligible noncorporate...more

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