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FedEx Defeats Government’s Loper Bright Gambit

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On February 13, 2025, a Tennessee federal district court handed FedEx Corporation its second win in a refund action involving the application of foreign tax credits to what are known as “offset earnings.”[1] Offset earnings...more

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Old Days – Memories of Equity Split Dollar in the Post-Loper Bright Era

This article focuses on the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603 U.S. (2024) and how it might apply to Split Dollar life insurance and possibly resurrect one of my favorite life...more

Mayer Brown

Relieved Taxpayers: US Tax Court Reaffirms that IRS Cannot Assess Failure-to-file Penalties

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Every parent remembers when their child learns the meaning of the word “no.” That moment often comes as a shock because, up until that moment, most children are models of obedience and unconditional trust. When children learn...more

DLA Piper

REIT Tax News - October 2024

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Welcome to the October 2024 issue of REIT Tax News. Below, we take a look at five developments to read about in less than five minutes. 1. Loper Bright standard takes hold in Varian Medical case - In the landmark case of...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Can the IRS Obtain a Receiver to Help Collect Taxes Owed?

Q: I have a client who owes money to the IRS. While I know the IRS likely has a tax lien, my understanding was it just waits until a taxpayer’s property is sold and then gets paid out of escrow. Instead, here, the IRS has...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

In Rawat, DC Circuit construes the Code and regulations without deference, providing an example of statutory and regulatory...

On July 23, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Court of Appeals) released a decision in Rawat v. Commissioner (available here). The case considers whether the portion of a non-US...more

Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

IRS Has No Statutory Authority to Assess Penalties for IRS Form 5471

The U.S. Tax Court ruled recently that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service has no statutory authority to assess (or collect) civil penalties under IRC §6038(b) for failure to file or filing late IRS Form 5471, “Information...more

Freeman Law

The FBAR (Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts): Everything You Need to Know

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What is the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR)? Congress enacted the statutory basis for the requirement to report foreign bank and financial accounts in 1970 as part of the “Currency and Foreign...more

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