Law and legal issues

Despite the uptick in interest rates, an improved economy may lead to a resurgence of interest in vacation or second homes.

One of the most fascinating things about the field of tax law is the way in which it often compels us to carefully analyze many terms that are used casually in everyday conversation.

Poor record-keeping meant the owner couldn’t document sales of non-marijuana merchandise.

PricewaterhouseCoopers was blamed for negligence in the audit of Colonial BancGroup.

Select falsehoods; buffet of crime; unmerrie melodies; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Securities and Exchange Commission voted Thursday to propose amendments to the rules surrounding its whistleblower program.

The justices reversed an appeals court ruling on what constitutes “money remuneration.”

The Supreme Court’s sales tax decision creates complications for states and businesses alike, experts say.

The SCOTUS' decision Thursday overturned two major previous cases, Quill and National Bellas Hess.

Cars, jewelry and rent; former IRS agent gets 52 months; brothers in crime; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

SCOTUS rules 5-4 to give states greater power to make out-of-state retailers collect online sales taxes.

Good move, Genius; thousands in gold coins; can’t afford to pay; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

President Donald Trump’s personal charity repeatedly and willfully broke state and federal laws by engaging in a decade-long pattern of self-dealing that culminated in illegal coordination with his political campaign, New York alleged in a scathing lawsuit.

The field of tax is usually not regarded as being an outlet for exceptional creativity.

The Tax Court rules that creditors must have hard evidence that an obligation is uncollectable before they deduct it.

The deal to steer some ofthe territory's future sales taxes to a key group of bondholders puts a U.S. oversight board in charge.

PEG nailed; taken for a ride; fifth Canadian fraud conviction; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Walmart Inc. sued its former chief tax officer for violating her employment contract by defecting to online rival Amazon Inc. to become one of its senior tax executives.

Republicans are considering a fix to a provision in their new tax law that they acknowledge could inadvertently penalize victims.

Several business names; politics as usual; fraudulent spins; and other highlights of recent tax cases.