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On June 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States reshaped the federal tax landscape when it overturned the long-standing Chevron doctrine in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, No. 22-451. The Chevron doctrine, a...more
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the IRS was confronted with a proliferation of corporate transactions that it viewed as aggressive tax shelters. Relying on the authority Congress delegated through Section 6011(a), the IRS...more
In holding that that Treas. Reg. § 1.170A-14(g)(6)(ii) (Proceeds Regulation) is procedurally invalid under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), the U.S. Tax Court abandoned its precedent in Oakbrook Land Holdings, LLC v....more
Less than a month after the heavily followed Green Valley Investors, LLC, et al., decision, the IRS issued proposed regulations to identify certain syndicated conservation easement transactions as listed transactions – this...more
The Tax Court’s decision setting aside IRS Notice 2017-10 for ignoring the APA’s notice and comment requirements has serious implications for other notices identifying listed transactions. Key Points: ..Notice 2017-10...more
Tax Litigation: The Week of November 7th, 2022, through November 11th, 2022 Fields v. Comm’r, T.C. Summary Opinion 2022-22 | November 10, 2022 | Panuthos, Special Trial J. | Dkt. No. 2925-20S (IRS Automated Underreporter,...more
On November 9, 2022, in a 15-2 decision, the Tax Court held that the IRS improperly issued Notice 2017-10 in Green Valley Investors, LLC, et al. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 159 T.C. No. 5. The Notice designated...more
As the IRS and the Department of Justice continue to focus enforcement efforts on conservation easements, the Supreme Court has been asked to settle a dispute regarding the validity of the “protected in perpetuity”...more
Two recent federal district court decisions evaluated whether the process historically utilized by the Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) to issue guidance satisfied the requirements of the...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently denied a taxpayer’s request for a rehearing en banc in Oakbrook Land Holdings, LLC v. Commissioner, No. 20-2117, leaving a highly contested conservation easement...more
For some time, the IRS has "listed" certain transactions as suspect. Based on a recent Sixth Circuit decision, a taxpayer against whom the IRS proposes a penalty for failure to report participation in a listed transaction may...more
We previously posted about the US Supreme Court’s opinion in CIC Servs., LLC v. IRS, which allowed a pre-enforcement challenge to the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) “reportable transaction” regime. In that post, we noted...more
Good tax attorneys will do whatever it ethically takes to win on behalf of their clients. Often, this means the attorney must not only have a good understanding of the substantive provisions at play, but also relevant...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Chief Counsel is the chief legal advisor to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue on all matters pertaining to the interpretation, administration and enforcement of the Internal Revenue Laws....more
The 2020 year was . . . well, interesting. So, too, were the Tax Court decisions for the year. In this Insight, Freeman Law takes a closer look at the top 10 Tax Court cases of 2020. As a reminder, Freeman Law...more
The Ninth Circuit has repeated itself in reversing a unanimous Tax Court holding on the validity of the Treasury’s regulations under Section 482. Our International Tax Group examines the reconstituted panel’s significant...more
On July 24, 2018, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Altera Corporation v. Commissioner overturned a unanimous decision by the Tax Court invalidating Treas. Reg. § 1.482-7A(d)(2), which provides that a...more
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the Tax Court in Altera Corp. in the latest chapter of the dispute over the validity of cost-sharing regulations. The decision, issued on July 24, revives certain regulatory...more
The US District Court for the Northern District of California on May 14 rejected Facebook’s argument that taxpayers have a right to be referred to the IRS Office of Appeals after a case has been brought in US Tax Court. The...more
In late January, the Tax Court handed another loss to Gerd Topsnik (Topsnik v. Comm’r, Jan. 20, 2016). Topsnik last encountered the Tax Court in a 2014 case, in which he unsuccessfully argued that “informally” abandoning his...more
Regulatory Developments Under § 367 Affecting Transfers of Appreciated Property to Foreign Corporations - Introduction: On September 14, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue...more
Our 26th President Theodore Roosevelt famously contributed to the American canon the following: “No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it.” The notion that...more
In Altera, the U.S. Tax Court invalidated regulations under Section 482 requiring participants in qualified cost-sharing agreements to include stock-based compensation costs in the cost pool to comply with the arm’s-length...more
The Stunning Altera Case - Employee stock options are an important part of compensation—both as income to the executives and as a deduction for the employer. But when stock options are used by multinational companies,...more
On July 27, 2015, the U.S. Tax Court, in Altera Corp. and Subsidiaries v. Commissioner, 145 T.C. No. 3, invalidated a 2003 amendment to Treas. Reg. §1.482-7(d)(2) (2003 Amendment) that required controlled participants in a...more