Law and legal issues

U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden in Washington issued a stay on the tax case Friday — the second in two months — to wait for a full federal appeals court.

Dying to steal; just getting behind; apple and the tree; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Businessman Lev Dermen, 53, was found guilty Monday as part of a scheme to cheat the IRS out of $512 million through a program designed to promote clean fuels.

No kidding; Time’s up; jailbird; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

A congressional hearing highlights the ways the sales tax decision is impacting those least able to bear it.

Sales tax rate changes declined slightly last year, but the trend of more new districts imposing taxes on online transactions continued in 2019.

Papers trail; House of cards; trickle down; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Spook central; short of a grand; a low bar; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Maryland and Nebraska may pioneer digital advertising taxes.

The Supreme Court vacated and remanded Tuesday an appeals court decision that found under federal common law, a tax refund due from a joint tax return generally belongs to the company responsible for the losses that form the basis of the refund, rejecting a nearly half-century-old precedent.

The justices let stand an appeals ruling that precluded a tax refund to movie producers, deferring to an IRS regulation that ended the common-law mailbox rule for refund claims, even though Clarence Thomas reversed his position on an earlier case.

EZ out; Totaled; to the cooler; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

They’re still valuable, but require stricter attention to the rules than ever.

Taxpayers prevailed in only 23 out of 55 (41.8 percent) of the significant tax cases involving state and local taxes in the fourth quarter of 2019, and for the entire year only 83 out of 218 (38.1 percent) of the significant tax cases in 2019, according to a recent analysis.

The state's proposal to tax digital ads has sailed right past controversial to land in the realm of is this really happening?

Failure to disclose a lack of independence or a conflict of interest can open the door for potential liability and litigation for both the accounting firm and its clients.

Numbers game; we have a loser; scrapped; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The court is set to rule whether a parent company or a subsidiary can claim the money.

Here’s what host families need to know about taxes and payroll.

One way for C corporations to reduce taxable income is to utilize an interest charge – domestic international sales corporation (IC-DISC). However, when dealing with C corps, it is imperative the IC-DISC’s ownership structure is correctly established at the onset.