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  • April 24, 2025

    Think Tank Says Tariffs Hit Lower-Income Workers Hardest

    President Donald Trump's tariffs currently being collected disproportionately harm lower- and middle-income earners in the U.S., according to an updated study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

  • April 24, 2025

    Cyprus Reaches Double-Tax Agreement With Cura莽ao

    Cyprus and Cura莽ao have reached an agreement on a treaty to prevent double taxation that will take effect once it is approved by both countries' legislatures, Cyprus' Ministry of Finance said Thursday.

  • April 24, 2025

    NY Tribunal Says Spouse Who Worked In UK Owes State Tax

    A man who worked in London during an unofficial separation from his New York-based spouse qualified as a New York resident for income tax purposes, the state's Tax Appeals Tribunal said in an opinion released Thursday.

  • April 24, 2025

    HMRC Seeks Comments On Carbon Import Tax Legislation

    HM Revenue & Customs asked for public comments Thursday on the draft legislation for the U.K.'s levy on carbon-intensive imports, which is set to come into force in 2027.

  • April 24, 2025

    UK To Address Chinese Dumping As It Seeks US Trade Deal

    The U.K. government announced plans Wednesday to mitigate the risk of cheap goods from China being dumped into British markets while it pursues a trade deal with the U.S. to cancel incoming tariffs.

  • April 23, 2025

    NY, 11 Other States Sue Trump Administration To Block Tariffs

    A dozen states are seeking to block tariffs the Trump administration imposed under the聽International Emergency Economic Powers Act,聽claiming in a lawsuit Wednesday the tariffs illegally constitute unprecedented tax hikes on Americans and violate constitutional separations of powers

  • April 23, 2025

    Russia Seeks Stay In $5B Award Stemming From Loan Dispute

    The Russian Federation asked a D.C. federal court to pause enforcing a $5 billion arbitration award compensating Yukos Capital for Russia's alleged expropriation of loans while litigation plays out in a U.S. Supreme Court case involving the jurisdiction of American courts over international arbitration agreements.聽

  • April 23, 2025

    Spiking Canadian Capital Gains Tax Hike Would Cost CA$17B

    Not following through with proposed adjustments to Canada's capital gains tax inclusion rates would cost the country more than CA$17 billion ($12.2 billion) in projected taxes through the 2029-2030 tax year, the country's parliamentary budget officer said.

  • April 23, 2025

    Trump Says 145% Tariffs On China Will Fall Significantly

    The U.S.' tariffs on China will end up nowhere near 145%, the current level for most Chinese goods, but they will not go away entirely, President Donald Trump said in the Oval Office.

  • April 23, 2025

    'Bathing Resort' Part Of 鈧20M Seized In Italian VAT Probe

    Italian financial police seized assets Wednesday worth 鈧20 million ($22.6 million), including an "exclusive bathing resort," as part of an investigation into a criminal ring suspected of evading 鈧260 million in value-added taxes on fuel, the European Public Prosecutor's Office said.

  • April 23, 2025

    Eaton Allowed To Redact Employee Docs Before Court Review

    Eaton Corp. may redact information about employees' religion and sexual orientation from performance reviews before the court examines them privately in chambers in the company's transfer pricing dispute, an Ohio federal court ruled in a move the government had warned would flout a Sixth Circuit order.

  • April 23, 2025

    US Tariffs Will Slow Global Economic Growth, IMF Says

    The "abrupt increase" in U.S. tariffs has resulted in countermeasures and uncertainty that will significantly slow global economic growth, according to a report from the International Monetary Fund.

  • April 23, 2025

    Brazilian Cos. Appeal EU Rulings Over Madeira Tax Scheme

    Several Brazilian companies are appealing the European Union's court rulings that tax breaks they received in the Madeira Free Trade Zone are considered illegal state aid provided by Portugal鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧, according to the Official Journal of the EU.

  • April 23, 2025

    US Expatriations Doubled In 1st Quarter, IRS Says

    The number of people who expatriated from the U.S. more than doubled during the first quarter of the year compared with the fourth quarter of 2024, the聽Internal Revenue Service聽said Wednesday.

  • April 23, 2025

    Payroll Biz Exec Banned For 8 Years Over 拢2.5M Tax Fraud

    The boss of a defunct payroll company that failed to pay millions of pounds in value-added tax was banned as a director for eight years on Wednesday after a government investigation into the business' significant tax underpayments.

  • April 23, 2025

    Ivory Coast Joins OECD Transparency Pact As 150th Member

    The Ivory Coast formally joined the聽Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's global tax transparency agreement on combating tax avoidance and evasion by multinational corporations Wednesday, becoming the 150th jurisdiction to do so.

  • April 23, 2025

    Gov't Insurance Tax Revenue Rises To 拢8.9B In 12 Months

    The U.K. government earned a record 拢8.9 billion ($11.8 billion) through taxing insurance premiums in the financial year to April, official figures revealed on Wednesday.

  • April 22, 2025

    Montana Farmers Union Asks To Join Tribe's Anti-Tariff Suit

    The Montana Farmers Union wants to be included in a suit filed by members of the Blackfeet Nation challenging President Trump's tariffs on imports from Canada and abroad, arguing that the duties under scrutiny hurt the state's farmers the same way they hurt tribal members.

  • April 22, 2025

    Tax Incentives Make Up Majority Of R&D Support In OECD

    All but four of the 38 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development nations provided tax relief for research and development expenses in 2024, with 55% of all R&D support in those countries coming via tax incentives, the OECD said Tuesday.

  • April 22, 2025

    CPAs Seek Clarity On NJ's Proposed Tax Rule For Dividends

    A CPA organization asked New Jersey's tax agency to clarify whether a provision in the state's proposed corporate tax regulations that involve dividends and deemed dividends is designed to subject certain earnings to state tax when they aren't taxed federally.

  • April 22, 2025

    Japan Responds To US Tariffs With Fuel Price Reductions

    Japan is implementing a flat price reduction on gasoline next month in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's current tariffs, among other planned measures, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday.

  • April 22, 2025

    Billabong Founder Loses Appeal Of AU$50M Tax Bill

    A Federal Court of Australia panel on Tuesday largely upheld a judge's ruling that put the founder of surf brand Billabong on the hook for AU$50 million ($32 million) in taxes stemming from the sale of a startup company.

  • April 22, 2025

    Vance Says US, India Finalized Guidelines For Trade Talks

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. Vice President JD Vance have finalized the terms of reference for trade negotiations aimed at doubling bilateral trade by 2030, Vance said Tuesday.

  • April 22, 2025

    HMRC Tax Investigations Of Large Cos. Drag On, Report Says

    HM Revenue & Customs investigations into the tax arrangements of large businesses take almost four years on average, according to research published by a law firm.

  • April 21, 2025

    Taiwan Installs Tariff Relief Measures For Exporters

    Certain Taiwanese businesses that export goods to the U.S. will have access to lower loan interest rates and waived exporter insurance fees if they can show they are heavily impacted by U.S. tariffs, Taiwan's Ministry of Finance said Monday.

Expert Analysis

  • Lead Like 'Ted Lasso' By Embracing Cognitive Diversity

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    The Apple TV+ series 鈥淭ed Lasso鈥 aptly illustrates how embracing cognitive diversity can be a winning strategy for teams, providing a useful lesson for law firms, which can benefit significantly from fresh, diverse perspectives and collaborative problem-solving, says Paul Manuele at PR Manuele Consulting.

  • Now More Than Ever, 麻豆传媒yers Must Exhibit Professionalism

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    As society becomes increasingly fractured and workplace incivility is on the rise, attorneys must champion professionalism and lead by example, demonstrating how lawyers can respectfully disagree without being disagreeable, says Edward Casmere at Norton Rose.

  • Reading Between The Lines Of Justices' Moore Ruling

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's recent Moore v. U.S. decision, that the Internal Revenue Code Section 965 did not violate the 16th Amendment, was narrowly tailored to minimally disrupt existing tax regimes, but the justices' various opinions leave the door open to future tax challenges and provide clues for what the battles may look like, say Caroline Ngo and Le Chen at McDermott.

  • A Midyear Forecast: Tailwinds Expected For Atty Hourly Rates

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    Hourly rates for partners, associates and support staff continued to rise in the first half of this year, and this growth shows no signs of slowing for the rest of 2024 and into next year, driven in part by the return of mergers and acquisitions and the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, says Chuck Chandler at Valeo Partners.

  • States Should Loosen 麻豆传媒 Firm Ownership Restrictions

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    Despite growing buzz, normalized nonlawyer ownership of law firms is a distant prospect, so the legal community should focus first on liberalizing state restrictions on attorney and firm purchases of practices, which would bolster succession planning and improve access to justice, says Michael Di Gennaro at The 麻豆传媒 Practice Exchange.

  • After Chevron: Uniform Tax 麻豆传媒 Interpretation Not Guaranteed

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    The loss of Chevron deference will significantly alter the relationship between the IRS, courts and Congress when it comes to tax law, potentially precipitating more transparent rulemaking, but also provoking greater uncertainty due to variability in judicial interpretation, say Michelle Levin and Carneil Wilson at Dentons.

  • Texas Ethics Opinion Flags Hazards Of Unauthorized Practice

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    The Texas Professional Ethics Committee's recently issued proposed opinion finding that in-house counsel providing legal services to the company's clients constitutes the unauthorized practice of law is a valuable clarification given that a UPL violation 鈥 a misdemeanor in most states 鈥 carries high stakes, say Hilary Gerzhoy and Julienne Pasichow at HWG.

  • How To Clean Up Your Generative AI-Produced Legal Drafts

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    As law firms increasingly rely on generative artificial intelligence tools to produce legal text, attorneys should be on guard for the overuse of cohesive devices in initial drafts, and consider a few editing pointers to clean up AI鈥檚 repetitive and choppy outputs, says Ivy Grey at WordRake.

  • Industry Self-Regulation Will Shine Post-Chevron

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    The U.S. Supreme Court's Loper decision will shape the contours of industry self-regulation in the years to come, providing opportunities for this often-misunderstood practice, says Eric Reicin at BBB National Programs.

  • 3 Ways Agencies Will Keep Making 麻豆传媒 After Chevron

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    The U.S. Supreme Court clearly thinks it has done something big in overturning the Chevron precedent that had given deference to agencies' statutory interpretations, but regulated parties have to consider how agencies retain significant power to shape the law and its meaning, say attorneys at K&L Gates.

  • Atty Well-Being Efforts Ignore Root Causes Of The Problem

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    The legal industry is engaged in a critical conversation about lawyers' mental health, but current attorney well-being programs primarily focus on helping lawyers cope with the stress of excessive workloads, instead of examining whether this work culture is even fundamentally compatible with lawyer well-being, says Jonathan Baum at Avenir Guild.

  • Unpacking The Circuit Split Over A Federal Atty Fee Rule

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    Federal circuit courts that have addressed Rule 41(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are split as to whether attorney fees are included as part of the costs of a previously dismissed action, so practitioners aiming to recover or avoid fees should tailor arguments to the appropriate court, says Joseph Myles and Lionel Lavenue at Finnegan.

  • After A Brief Hiccup, The 'Rocket Docket' Soars Back To No. 1

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    The Eastern District of Virginia鈥檚 precipitous 2022 fall from its storied rocket docket status appears to have been a temporary aberration, as recent statistics reveal that the court is once again back on top as the fastest federal civil trial court in the nation, says Robert Tata at Hunton.

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