Tax-related court cases

The Internal Revenue Service has decided to limit its probe of Coinbase users to those who engaged in transactions of $20,000 or more, according to a court filing.

Bogus wages; ‘permission’ revoked; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Just because you have years of experience in an activity and have made an occasional profit at it doesn’t mean you have a profit motive, according to the Tax Court. And without a profit motive, you don’t get to deduct losses from the activity.

A surprise ruling in an ERISA case reverses earlier courts.

A repeat offender gambles, then loses; targeting the homeless; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Tax Court has ruled that the owners of the Boston Bruins professional hockey team may deduct the entire cost of away game pregame meals as a de minimis fringe benefit.

Stolen names and SSNs; ‘substantial’ fees in a $1.1 million scheme; Canadian conspiracy; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

The Tax Court rules that a corporation doesn’t qualify as an ‘individual’ when it comes to tax troubles.

Bogus gifts, job expenses; ‘varying fees’ for fraud; Crazy skin game; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

Google should be let off the hook from a 1.12 billion-euro ($1.3 billion) tax recovery order in France even though fiscal authorities in the country are seeking to recoup that amount, according to an adviser at the Paris administrative court.