Law and legal issues

Former pro basketball player Kevin Garnett has filed suit against his former accountant for $77 million after he was defrauded by a wealth manager who worked with the CPA.

$3,000 per phony return; scam by the slice; siphoning the UAW; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The ramifications of the Supreme Court sales tax decision go on and on.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently withdrew an important decision following the death of a judge.

Software touch; $3.5 million scam; big woof; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

International sex crimes and tax fraud; boxed in; bad Solutions; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Last week, Medtronic Plc suffered a legal setback in its bid to avoid a $1.4 billion U.S. tax bill — a ruling that may have costly implications for other multinationals battling the Internal Revenue Service over the use of overseas payments to lower their taxes.

The decision legitimizes a voluntary IRS program that allows participants a limited right to represent taxpayers in IRS audits.

Loot for a state campaign; ‘hijacked’ returns; bogus liens; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The decision has implications for small to midsized businesses that must adapt to remain compliant.

Exxon Mobil Corp. must face a lawsuit by investors who blamed a drop in the company’s shares on the disclosure that regulators were scrutinizing its reserve accounting related to climate change.

Nominees down under; 22 years of inaccurate returns; shell games; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision will have far-reaching implications for domestic companies, unless states and policy makers act to reduce the compliance burden.

The death of an appeals court judge is throwing open a high-profile tax case once again.

Facing the loss of a valuable deduction, high-tax states file a lawsuit.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecutors walked the jury in the trial of Paul Manafort through records to back their claim that the former Trump campaign chairman deceived his own financial advisers to hide his foreign accounts and income from U.S. tax authorities.

Parsing the ramifications of the Supreme Court decision

Thousands of victims, millions in refunds; bogus taxpayers in three states; the roof caves in; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Uncertainty remains rife around state sales and use tax nexus.

Businesses are struggling to wrap their heads around the implications of the decision.