The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently denied a taxpayer’s request for a rehearing en banc in Oakbrook Land Holdings, LLC v. Commissioner, No. 20-2117, leaving a highly contested conservation easement...more
Debates have raged in recent years over the future of Chevron deference, particularly given the change in the makeup and views of the Supreme Court of the United States. We have written extensively on Chevron deference in the...more
The fallout from taxpayer challenges to the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) “reportable transaction” regime continues. On March 21, 2022, the district court in CIC Servs., LLC v. IRS ruled in favor of the taxpayer, vacating...more
We previously posted about the US Supreme Court’s opinion in CIC Servs., LLC v. IRS, which allowed a pre-enforcement challenge to the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) “reportable transaction” regime. In that post, we noted...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Chief Counsel is the chief legal advisor to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on all matters pertaining to the interpretation, administration and enforcement of the Internal Revenue Laws....more
1/27/2022
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Appeals ,
Enforcement ,
Government Entities ,
IRS ,
Large Business & International Division (LB&I) ,
Self Employed ,
Small Business ,
Tax Court ,
Tax Exempt Entities ,
Tax Litigation ,
U.S. Treasury
In CIC Services, LLC v. Internal Revenue Service, a unanimous US Supreme Court allowed CIC, a tax advisor, to proceed with a pre-enforcement challenge to the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) “reportable transaction” regime....more
6/1/2021
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Anti-Injunction Act ,
CIC Services LLC v IRS ,
Criminal Liability ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Federal Jurisdiction ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Notice and Comment ,
SCOTUS ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
Tax Penalties
The United States Supreme Court has picked up the pace this week, already issuing eight regular opinions and four opinions relating to orders as of today. We discuss the tax-related items here.
In Rodriguez v. FDIC, the...more
2/27/2020
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Affiliated-Business Arrangements ,
Appeals ,
Bob Richards Rule ,
Consolidated Tax Returns ,
Federal Common Law ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Jurisdiction ,
Kisor v Wilkie ,
Lack of Authority ,
Parent Corporation ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Remand ,
Rodriguez v Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. ,
SCOTUS ,
State Law Claims ,
Tax Allocation Agreements ,
Tax Reform ,
Tax Refunds ,
Unconstitutional Condition ,
Vacated
In a previously unannounced development, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a policy statement on the tax regulatory process on March 5, 2019, announcing significant changes related to regulations and subregulatory...more
Regulatory Developments Under § 367 Affecting Transfers of Appreciated Property to Foreign Corporations -
Introduction:
On September 14, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue...more
10/5/2015
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Amended Regulation ,
BEPS ,
Clawbacks ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Cost-Sharing ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Goodwill ,
Intangible Property ,
IRC Section 367 ,
IRS ,
Partnerships ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Section 482 ,
Stock-Based Compensation ,
Tax Court ,
Tax Reform ,
Transfer Pricing ,
Transfers ,
U.S. Treasury
In Altera, the U.S. Tax Court invalidated regulations under Section 482 requiring participants in qualified cost-sharing agreements to include stock-based compensation costs in the cost pool to comply with the arm’s-length...more
In This Issue:
A Decade of Lessons Learned from State Tax False Claims Act Cases; Second Circuit Reaffirms Taxpayer’s Use of Protective Refund Claims; and Challenging Regulations After Mayo and Home...more
12/5/2013
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
IRS ,
Mayo Foundation for Medical Ed ,
SCOTUS ,
Standard of Review ,
State Taxes ,
Tax Refunds ,
Transfer Pricing ,
Treble Damages ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Whistleblowers