On November 2, 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States announced that the case of Whirlpool Financial Corp., et al., Petitioners v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, No. 22-9, has been distributed for consideration at...more
At a recent Tax Executives Institute conference in New York, an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) spokesperson stated that guidance and a new final form will be issued when the IRS and the US Department of the Treasury replace...more
In Mayo Found. for Med. Educ. & Rsch. v. United States, 131 S.Ct. 704 (2011), the Supreme Court of the United States made clear that administrative law rules apply to tax guidance like they do to other federal agency...more
In March 2010, Congress codified the economic substance doctrine in Internal Revenue Code (Code) Section 7701(o). The codification clarified that a conjunctive analysis applies in determining if the doctrine applies. The...more
A substantial amount of our practice over the years has involved representing clients before the US Tax Court. And, we both started our tax careers clerking at the Tax Court and working on dozens of orders and opinions....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
We previously wrote... about decisions made by the District Court of Minnesota and the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in Mayo Clinic v. United States regarding challenges to the validity of certain Treasury...more
The Biden Administration has requested a $1.2 billion increase in funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as part of its proposal for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY 2022) discretionary funding released in a letter from Office of...more
The Federal government has recently taken a series of actions concerning the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). We discuss the tax implications of these decisions...more
On March 13, President Trump issued an emergency declaration that directed Secretary Mnuchin to provide appropriate relief from tax payment deadlines to Americans who have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We...more
On September 28, 2019, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a report titled Initial Compliance Results Warrant a More Data-Driven Approach to Campaign Issue Selection.
As the name of the...more
On March 5, 2019, the US Department of Treasury (Treasury) issued a policy statement on the tax regulatory process. We previously wrote an article for Law360 on the policy statement... In our article, we noted the disclaimer...more
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 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