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In Moore v. United States, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the mandatory repatriation tax (MRT), saving a significant portion of the current tax code for now. The question in front of the Court was whether...more
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court has overruled the Chevron doctrine, fundamentally altering the landscape of administrative law and significantly impacting federal tax administration. Six justices, with Chief Justice...more
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
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 20, 2024, ruled 7-2 that Section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code, as revised by the law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, is constitutional. The issue presented to the Court in Moore v....more
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
On June 20, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a 7-2 opinion in Moore v. United States, 602 U.S. __ (2024), ruling in favor of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)....more
Defendant and his co-conspirators firebombed an informant’s house and killed several individuals. Six weeks into their trial on related charges, the Government disclosed that one of the defense attorneys previously worked as...more
On March 1, 2024 a United States District Court in Alabama held in National Small Business United dba National Small Business Association v. Yellen (NSBA Case) that the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) is unconstitutional. ...more
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
In this article, we discuss some basic considerations for preparing a protective refund claim. These considerations are particularly relevant for taxpayers whose statutes of limitations for refund claims are expiring soon and...more
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
The U.S. tax system developed in response to colonial opposition to taxation without representation. As such, Article I of the Constitution provides that Congress may not impose a “direct tax” unless the tax is “apportioned”...more
The U.S. Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”) has decided to hear a case (Moore v. U.S., No. 22-800 ) where individual taxpayers owned shares in a controlled foreign corporation (“CFC”) and were subject to the so-called “transition tax”...more
This week, the Ninth Circuit explores whether Twitter’s conflict with the Texas AG’s office over content moderation was ripe for review and when taxpayers may deduct mortgage interest payments after a short sale. ...more
Multiple federal tax cases continue to make their way to the U.S. Supreme Court, and it has certainly been interesting to monitor changes and updates to the Court’s docket. I previously wrote a blog on the oral arguments held...more
On August 3, 2021, the Centers for Disease and Control issued an Order that temporarily halts evictions on the basis of failure to pay rent and is in effect through October 3, 2021. At its core, the Order was promulgated to...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following four decisions: BP p.l.c. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, No. 19-1189: Congress has commanded that generally, an order remanding a case back to...more
On Tuesday, a U.S. federal tax court began hearing arguments regarding Facebook’s 2010 tax bill. The IRS valued Facebook at $13.8 billion, while Facebook reported only $6.5 billion. The final tally could potentially cost...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) brought sweeping changes to the U.S. international tax system. Along with those changes came substantial taxpayer uncertainty as to how the TCJA’s rules apply to their unique circumstances....more
I recently wrote about the Tax Court decision in Northern California Small Business Assistants Inc. v. Commissioner, which addressed whether Section 280E’s denial of tax deductions to marijuana businesses violates the Eighth...more
Health and Welfare Plan Update - It is 9:00 p.m., do you know where your health plan data is? As IT systems continue to expand, and data is accessed, moved and stored in many new and different ways, the Office for Civil...more
Dear Littler: My company recently hired a new employee who is giving our human resources department some pushback on submitting his W-4. The HR manager says the employee mentioned something about not being subject to income...more
As we closed the door on 2018, we were met by two surprising decisions—one from a panel of the Second Circuit addressing employer stock drop litigation, and one from a federal district court in Texas declaring the entire...more
New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that the state of New York, joined by the states of Connecticut, New Jersey and Maryland, have instituted a lawsuit against the...more
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, on November 28, 2017, ordered the international digital currency broker, Coinbase, Inc., to produce to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) the records of...more