Law and legal issues

A federal appeals court has overruled the Tax Court and sided with a taxpayer who overpaid her taxes and later filed for a refund.

Zapped; drug deals; doing the deduction shuffle; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Tax Court has ruled that a whistleblower may challenge an IRS award decision when the whistleblower provides new information in a later supplemental form.

The next steps in the ongoing responses to the Supreme Court’s South Dakota v. Wayfair decision.

Four-time loser; the thieving IRS; addresses and debit cards; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The administration is hardening its legal position toward the Affordable Care Act, arguing now the entire law is unconstitutional.

Faced with a U.S. indictment, the British tech leader had a simple choice: Focus on the criminal trial—with a possible sentence of 20 years in prison—or fight a civil lawsuit first over accounting fraud.

Two firms barred; very differently abled; pain in the neck; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

In a case involving treaty rights versus state taxation, the justices narrowly decided in favor of tribal members.

A looming Swiss Supreme Court ruling could add to the bank's woes.

The company will beef up its sexual-harassment policies to settle a lawsuit alleging founder John Hewitt routinely had sex in his office.

PricewaterhouseCoopers has settled with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for $335 million over its audits of Colonial Bank, which failed in the midst of the financial crisis.

This will hurt a bit; death and taxes; millions in income, decades of not filing; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Tax Court recently ruled against a married couple that tried to garnish the salary of the Secretary of the Treasury to pay their tax bills.

Like-kind exchanges can vary greatly in their complexity. Basic transactions may require little mental horsepower to conduct, but some can be extremely tricky.

Olympus Corp. lost a U.K. lawsuit that tried to block the pension of former head Michael Woodford after he blew the whistle on an alleged $1.7 billion accounting fraud and 13-year cover-up at the firm.

Teemco player; reverse that merger!; ATM gamble doesn’t pay off; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has given the IRS a victory in its quest to charge fees.

In a 7-2 decision, the justices held that a railroad’s payment to an employee for working time lost due to an on-the-job injury is taxable compensation.

The widow of Quadriga Fintech Solutions Corp. founder Gerry Cotten spent C$300,000 ($225,000) to help the shuttered cryptocurrency exchange secure court-approved protection from creditors, keeping clients owed millions at bay. Now she’s looking to be repaid.