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April 06, 2025
Senate Passes Amended Budget With Permanent Tax Cuts
The Senate sent back to the House an amended budget bill that would permanently extend the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and allow for up to $1.5 trillion in other tax cuts, setting the stage for negotiations on the bill between the two chambers.
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April 04, 2025
Limited Corp. Disclosure Regs May Spark Legal Challenges
The U.S. Treasury Department's newly narrowed information disclosure regulations, which cover less than 1% of the 33 million small businesses operating in the U.S., likely lay the groundwork for legal challenges contending that the guidance flouts underlying corporate transparency legislation.
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April 04, 2025
Bulgarian Tax Authorities Violated EU VAT 麻豆传媒, ECJ Rules
Bulgarian tax authorities violated European Union value-added tax law by removing a construction company from the nation's VAT registry for nonpayment of taxes without conducting a thorough investigation into whether it should be stricken, the European Court of Justice ruled.
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April 04, 2025
Ireland Seeks Feedback On R&D Tax Credit Regime
Ireland's Ministry of Finance is looking for input on the country's research and development tax credit system, asking for comments on whether it's still operating effectively and how it could be improved.
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April 04, 2025
The Tax Angle: Dueling Economic Outlooks For TCJA Renewal
From a look at opposite economic projections for renewing the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act during the Senate debate on the Republicans' fiscal 2026 budget resolution, here's a peek into a reporter's notebook on a few of the week's developing tax stories.
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April 04, 2025
Norway Proposes New Digital, Crypto Tax Disclosures
Digital services platforms and certain crypto-asset platforms doing business in Norway would be required to submit information on their users to聽the country's tax administration under a proposal from the Ministry of Finance on Friday.
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April 04, 2025
China Issues Tariffs, WTO Challenge To Hit Back At Trump
Chinese officials began honing their response to the Trump administration's expansive new tariffs on Friday, setting up retaliatory duties and announcing plans for a challenge at the World Trade Organization.
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April 04, 2025
Taxation With Representation: Ropes & Gray, Paul Hastings
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Siemens AG acquires Dotmatics from Insight Partners, LPL Financial acquires Commonwealth Financial Network, Brookfield Asset Management takes a majority stake in Angel Oak Cos., and TowneBank acquires Old Point Financial Corp.
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April 04, 2025
Denmark's 拢56M Cum-Ex Fraud Case Struck Out On Appeal
Denmark's roughly 拢56 million ($72 million) tax refund fraud claim against an English brokerage was struck out Friday after a London appeals court ruled that an issue "fundamental" to the case had been decided in earlier proceedings.
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April 03, 2025
EU Top Court Backs 鈧4.2M Tax Levy Against Game Developer
Lithuanian tax authorities did not err when disallowing a video games company's tax deductions for dividends it received from a subsidiary, resulting in a charge of 鈧4.2 million ($4.6 million) in taxes, interest and penalties, the European Union's top court said Thursday.
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April 03, 2025
DOGE Cuts Overlook Long-Standing Bids To Improve IRS
As President Donald Trump moves to downsize the federal government, the new administration may be missing an opportunity to evaluate long-standing proposals that aim to make the Internal Revenue Service run more efficiently, such as major technology upgrades and improving the dispute resolution process.
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April 03, 2025
Taiwan's Executive Calls US Tariffs 'Totally Unreasonable'
Taiwan's executive branch said Thursday that the new U.S. tariffs of 32% on all goods from the island are "totally unreasonable," questioning the "scientific basis" of the U.S. government's methodology.
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April 03, 2025
Senate Passes Long-Shot Bill To End Trump's Canada Tariffs
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday evening passed a resolution to eliminate the national emergency President Donald Trump declared to impose 25% tariffs on Canadian imports, but the measure is likely to stall in the House and certain to be vetoed.
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April 03, 2025
Japan To Subsidize Biz Affected By Trump's Tariffs, PM Says
Japan's government is planning to subsidize businesses affected by the U.S. placing a 24% tariff on all goods imported from the country and to relax requirements for government loans, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday.
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April 03, 2025
EU Authorities Arrest 3 In 鈧50M VAT Fraud Investigation
Authorities have arrested three people for their alleged ties to a聽鈧50 million ($55 million) value-added tax fraud scheme involving the trade of electronic goods, the European Public Prosecutor's Office said Thursday, tying this fraud to a larger聽鈧195 million scheme that is still under investigation.
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April 03, 2025
South Korea To Support Industries Hit By US Tariffs
Acting South Korean President Han Duck-soo called Thursday for support to industries like automobiles and others affected by the "global tariff war" that he said was kicked off by the U.S. when it placed a 25% tariff on the country, according to local media.
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April 03, 2025
Group Seeks To Block Swedish Tax Agency From Selling Data
The Swedish Tax Agency has flouted the country's Supreme Court by continuing to sell taxpayers' personal information to data brokers, an Austrian nonprofit organization told an administrative court in a petition seeking to block the practice.
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April 03, 2025
UK Gov't Preparing List Of US Goods For Tariffs
The U.K. government revealed a list of U.S. goods it might target with tariffs in response to the tariffs on British goods announced by the Trump administration, according to a statement Thursday.
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April 02, 2025
Attys Call Ending DOJ Tax Division 'Epic Failure' In Efficiency
The U.S. Department of Justice's plan to dissolve its Tax Division would jeopardize effective tax enforcement nationwide, a slew of聽tax聽controversy lawyers told the DOJ Wednesday, saying such a move would defeat President Donald Trump's stated聽overarching goal to improve government efficiency.
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April 02, 2025
Trump Unveils New Tariffs On Dozens Of Countries
President Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on major trading partners Wednesday, including a 10% rate on all goods entering the U.S. to take effect later this week, in a "declaration of economic independence" he says will jump-start domestic industry and production.
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April 02, 2025
6th Circ. Orders Private Review Of Docs In Eaton Tax Case
The Sixth Circuit granted a request by multinational power company Eaton Corp. to order a lower court to review in chambers sensitive performance evaluations in its transfer pricing case challenging an Internal Revenue Service summons for its European employee records.
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April 02, 2025
Ireland's Net Green Tax Revenue Totals 鈧128M, Report Says
Ireland's tax system is climate-positive, with the country's budget for 2025 projected to collect 鈧128 million ($139 million) more from tax policies designed to help the environment than from policies that reward climate-negative activities, the Department of Finance said in a report.
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April 02, 2025
Israel's Carbon Tax Doesn't Go Far Enough, OECD Says
Israel's carbon tax, which went into effect at the start of the year, applies too low a rate to natural gas, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Wednesday, calling on the country to bring its carbon prices in line with OECD standards.
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April 02, 2025
Control Of Kyocera's $7M Refund Suit Handed To Tax Court
The U.S. Tax Court holds jurisdiction over Kyocera's case for an approximately $7 million refund after it challenged an overlapping IRS assessment in the specialized tribunal, a South Carolina federal court ruled, agreeing with the company and the U.S. Department of Justice.
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April 02, 2025
South Korea, Andorra Tax Treaty Enters Into Force
A treaty to prevent double taxation on income and investments between South Korea and Andorra has entered into force, the South Korean Ministry of Finance announced, following approval of the agreement by the countries' legislatures.
Expert Analysis
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Think Like A 麻豆传媒yer: Forget Everything You Know About IRAC
The mode of legal reasoning most students learn in law school, often called 鈥淚ssue, Rule, Application, Conclusion,鈥 or IRAC, erroneously frames analysis as a separate, discrete step, resulting in disorganized briefs and untold obfuscation 鈥 but the fix is pretty simple, says Luke Andrews at Poole Huffman.
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How New EU Tax And Transfer Pricing Rules May Affect M&A
Companies involved in mergers and acquisitions may need to adjust fiscal due diligence procedures to ensure they consider potential far-reaching effects of newly implemented transfer pricing measures, such as newly implemented global minimum tax and European Union anti-tax avoidance directives and proposals, says Patrick Tijhuis at BDO.
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How Firms Can Ensure Associate Gender Parity Lasts
Among associates, women now outnumber men for the first time, but progress toward gender equality at the top of the legal profession remains glacially slow, and firms must implement time-tested solutions to ensure associates鈥 gender parity lasts throughout their careers, say Kelly Culhane and Nicole Joseph at Culhane Meadows.
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7 Common Myths About Lateral Partner Moves
As lateral recruiting remains a key factor for law firm growth, partners considering a lateral move should be aware of a few commonly held myths 鈥 some of which contain a kernel of truth, and some of which are flat out wrong, says Dave Maurer at Major Lindsey.
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6 Pointers For Attys To Build Trust, Credibility On Social Media
In an era of information overload, attorneys can use social media strategically 鈥 from making infographics to leveraging targeted advertising 鈥 to cut through the noise and establish a reputation among current and potential clients, says Marly Broudie at SocialEyes Communications.
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US-Chile Tax Treaty May Encourage Cross-Border Investment
Provisions in the recently effective U.S.-Chile bilateral income tax treaty should encourage business between the two countries, as they reduce U.S. withholding tax on investment income for Chilean taxpayers, exempt certain U.S. taxpayers from Chilean capital gains tax, and clarify U.S. foreign tax credit rules, say attorneys at Kramer Levin.
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A Post-Mortem Analysis Of Stroock's Demise
After the dissolution of 147-year-old firm Stroock late last year shook up the legal world, a post-mortem analysis of the data reveals a long list of warning signs preceding the firm鈥檚 collapse 鈥 and provides some insight into how other firms might avoid the same disastrous fate, says Craig Savitzky at Leopard Solutions.
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SG's Office Is Case Study To Help Close Legal Gender Gap
As women continue to be underrepresented in the upper echelons of the legal profession, law firms could learn from the example set by the Office of the Solicitor General, where culture and workplace policies have helped foster greater gender equality, say attorneys at Ocean Tomo.
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Reimagining 麻豆传媒 Firm Culture To Break The Cycle Of Burnout
While attorney burnout remains a perennial issue in the legal profession, shifting post-pandemic expectations mean that law firms must adapt their office cultures to retain talent, say Kevin Henderson and Eric Pacifici at SMB 麻豆传媒 Group.
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Cayman Islands Off AML Risk Lists, Signaling Robust Controls
As a world-leading jurisdiction for securitization special purpose entities, the removal of the Cayman Islands from increased anti-money laundering monitoring lists is a significant milestone that will benefit new and existing financial services customers conducting business in the territory, say lawyers at Walkers Global.
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The Legal Industry Needs A Cybersecurity Paradigm Shift
As law firms face ever-increasing risks of cyberattacks and ransomware incidents, the legal industry must implement robust cybersecurity measures and privacy-centric practices to preserve attorney-client privilege, safeguard client trust and uphold the profession鈥檚 integrity, says Ryan Paterson at Unplugged.
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As Promised, IRS Is Coming For Crypto Tax Evaders
The IRS is fulfilling its promise to crack down on those who have neglected to pay taxes on cryptocurrency earnings, as demonstrated by recently imposed prison sentences, enforcement initiatives and meetings with international counterparts 鈥 suggesting a few key takeaways for taxpayer compliance, say attorneys at BakerHostetler.
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5 Reasons Associates Shouldn't Take A Job Just For Money
As a number of Big麻豆传媒 firms increase salary scales for early-career attorneys, law students and lateral associates considering new job offers should weigh several key factors that may matter more than financial compensation, say Albert Tawil at Lateral Hub and Ruvin Levavi at Power Forward.