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Tax Breaks For Offshore Production Could Thwart Tariffs' Goal

President Donald Trump has said that his wide-ranging tariffs will jump-start domestic industry and production, bu... (more story)

State Coffers, Businesses Brace For Tariffs' SALT Impacts

President Donald Trump's new tariffs could impose further pressures on state coffers that were already experiencin... (more story)

Takeaways From Justices' Questioning In Tax Collection Suit

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments this past week in a nearly 11-year-old case that could redefine taxpay... (more story)

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Sheppard Mullin Brings On Kirkland Tax Ace In Houston

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP announced Wednesday that it expanded its tax, employee benefits and trusts and estates practice with a new partner most recently with Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

DOJ Fights Firm's Bid To Halt Tax Collection During Suit

A boutique Connecticut consumer protection law firm cannot block the IRS from collecting 2022 and 2023 payroll taxes while the firm challenges the government's alleged failure to process CARES Act payroll cred... (more story)

Barclay Damon Continues Growth With Morrison Cohen Hire

Barclay Damon LLP is continuing the momentum its headcount growth made in 2024, announcing Tuesday that it has hired an employee benefits attorney from Morrison Cohen LLP in New York City.

Fried Frank Taps Sidley's UK Tax Head

The former head of Sidley Austin LLP's U.K. tax practice has joined Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's London office, where he will advise on U.K. and international tax structuring, the firm announced.

Ex-Treasury Official Joins Baker McKenzie's Tax Practice

Baker McKenzie has hired a former deputy assistant secretary at the Treasury Department to work on international tax matters as a partner in the firm's office in Washington, D.C.

Adapting To Private Practice: From DOJ Enviro To Mid-Law

Practitioners leaving a longtime government role for private practice — as when I departed the U.S. Department of Justice’s environmental enforcement division — should prioritize finding a firm that shares the... (more story)

Bipartisan House Members Pitch Expanded Paid Family Leave

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers unveiled legislation Wednesday that they said would expand access to paid family leave by incentivizing states to establish their own programs and facilitating the exchang... (more story)

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NJ Panel Declines To Revive Tobacco Co.'s Tax Refund Claim

A tobacco company cannot revive its claim for a tax refund, a New Jersey appeals court found, agreeing with the state's tax court that 2020 amendments to a regulation limiting a royalty add-back deduction must... (more story)

MTC Digital Work Group Backs Tax Pact's Bundling Rules

The Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board's model for how to tax products sold in a bundle generally works well and more states should consider it, a Multistate Tax Commission work group studying how to harmon... (more story)

NY Court Upholds PL 86-272 Regulations, Bars Retroactivity

A New York rule allowing state taxation of nonsolicitation business activities over the internet isn't barred by a federal law providing limited protections against state income tax, but the rule cannot apply ... (more story)

MTC Group To Weigh Updating Airline, Broadcaster Tax Rules

A Multistate Tax Commission committee gave the green light Tuesday for a work group to consider ways to revise the intergovernmental agency's decades-old sourcing regulations for airlines and broadcasting comp... (more story)

Hochul, Legislators Agree On Budget With Small-Biz Tax Cuts

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers agreed on a budget plan with payroll mobility tax relief for small businesses and a $1 billion tax cut for middle- and low-income residents, the governor said, despite ... (more story)

Court Urged To Reconsider Jurisdiction In Tribal Tariff Row

Blackfeet Nation members are asking a Montana federal judge to reconsider an order to transfer their challenge against President Donald Trump's tariffs on imports from Canada and abroad to the U.S. Court of In... (more story)

Reds, Bengals Stadiums' Land Tax Upheld By Ohio Board

The land on which the stadiums for the Cincinnati Bengals and Cincinnati Reds reside are subject to property tax, but parking facilities near the sports complexes are tax-exempt because they are used for publi... (more story)

NY Tax Talk: Sourcing, Retroactivity, Information Services

Attorneys at Eversheds Sutherland examine recent decisions by New York’s Tax Appeals Tribunal, Division of Taxation and Court of Appeals on location sourcing of broker-dealer receipts, a case of first impressi... (more story)

Feds Say Tariff Fight Belongs In International Trade Court

The Trump administration wants to litigate a challenge to its tariffs in a federal trade court, not the D.C. district court, arguing that the U.S. Court of International Trade is the only venue with jurisdicti... (more story)

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HMRC Should Use AI To Boost Services, Report Says

​​​​​​HM Revenue & Customs is still not doing enough to improve its services and should prepare to use artificial intelligence to enhance customer service for U.K. taxpayers and increase its productivity, acco... (more story)

Immigration Ruling No Help To Liberty Global, 10th Circ. Told

Liberty Global cannot use a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on interpreting ambiguous law in an immigration case to support the company's interpretation of law in its $248 million foreign tax credit claim, the feder... (more story)

Bessent Says EU Must Kill Digital Taxes For US Trade Deal

The U.S. government wants European countries to repeal digital service taxes before the European Union moves forward with trade negotiations, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday.

South Korea Asks IMF To Aid Global Response To US Tariffs

As President Donald Trump continues to deploy tariffs, South Korea's deputy prime minister said that the International Monetary Fund should lean into its role as a "trusted policy adviser" to help address worl... (more story)

EU Top Court OKs Polish Property Tax Break For Railway

The Polish government may grant a property tax exemption to a private railway owner to make part of the railway available to carriers without breaking European Union law on state aid, the EU's top court ruled Tuesday.

Automakers Get 15% Tariff Offset Under New Trump Order

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday afternoon to provide automakers that produce and sell finished vehicles in the U.S. a 15% offset on future imported parts that face a 25% tariff for the next year.

Board Game Co., 11 Others Say Trump Tariffs Unconstitutional

President Donald Trump's tariffs exceed the constitutional authority of the executive branch, argued 12 American companies, including a manufacturer of tabletop games that are printed in China, urging a federa... (more story)