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2023-2024 Annual Review of the Fifth Circuit’s Judicial Statistics

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Each year, Take the Fifth blog compiles and analyzes key statistics from the opinions issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. While the Fifth Circuit itself compiles and releases statistics on a...more

Holland & Knight LLP

IRS Authority to Assess Certain Foreign Information Return Penalties Restored by D.C. Circuit

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) on May 3, 2024, reversed the U.S. Tax Court (USTC) in Alon Farhy v. Commissioner, No. 23-1179 (D.C. Cir. May 3, 2024) by holding that...more

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In Limited Ruling, Sun Funds Avoid Liability for Portfolio Company Pension Obligations

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First Circuit: Two affiliated funds did not form an implied partnership liable for pension obligations of a portfolio company, but private equity funds can still be subject to controlled group pension liability...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

First Circuit Rules That Private Equity Funds Are Not Responsible For Portfolio Company Withdrawal Liability

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In a long-awaited decision with significant impact for the private equity industry, in Sun Capital Partners III, LP v. New England Teamsters & Trucking Industry Pension Fund, the United States Court of...more

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Recent Sun Capital Decision Reverses Lower Court's Ruling That Funds Are Liable for a Portfolio Company's Withdrawal Liability

The First Circuit, however, disagreed with the lower court. Analyzing the multi-factor test for establishing partnership status under federal tax court precedent and noting the lack of other formal guidance from regulators or...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Second Circuit Weighs in on Tax Court’s Refund Jurisdiction

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Borenstein v. Commissioner is an interesting opinion involving the intersection of canons of statutory construction and jurisdiction. Recently, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed the US Tax Court’s...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The Second Circuit - canons of construction prevail in dizzying case of “black hole” tax refunds

In an important win for taxpayers, a unanimous Second Circuit reversed the Tax Court on a statutory interpretation issue involving the three-year “look-back” period for Tax Court jurisdiction over refunds. Borenstein v....more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Results-disoriented–Ninth Circuit withdraws its Altera decision 

On August 7, 2018, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit withdrew its opinion in Altera Corporation v. Commissioner, just 15 days after the initial release of the opinion. The court in Altera had overturned a Tax...more

A&O Shearman

Altera: Ninth Circuit Reverses US Tax Court and Holds that Treasury Regulation Allocating Stock-Based Compensation Expenses Is...

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On July 24, 2018, in Altera Corp. v. Commissioner, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the validity of a Treasury Department regulation that requires a U.S. taxpayer to allocate a portion...more

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Fun with Roth IRAs: New Sixth Circuit Decision Blesses Aggressive Tax Planning

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A recent decision by the Federal Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals expands the potential for Roth IRAs to be used to protect income from corporate and shareholder level tax....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Recent Court of Appeals Decision Provides Hope for Taxpayers Fighting for Congressionally Sanctioned Tax Benefits"

For the second time in just over a year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the United States Tax Court and affirmed the right of a taxpayer to structure its affairs in a manner that takes into account...more

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Abandonment Losses Back on the Table!

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Several years ago, many taxpayers faced with underwater partnerships would abandon their partnership interests, thereby triggering an ordinary loss. This ordinary loss was often preferred over the capital loss that would be...more

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