/tax-authority/federal?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Tax Authority Federal Copyright 2025 À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. en-US Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:10:14 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2396573?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2396573 A Texas homeowners association doesn't qualify for an exemption from federal income tax available to social welfare nonprofit organizations, the U.S. Tax Court said Monday. Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:08:46 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2396335?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2396335 The U.S. Commerce Department cannot use a German steelmaker's likely sales prices as a proxy for the cost of producing nonprime steel plates, but the company acted too late to argue for categorizing some plates separately as it challenges Commerce's antidumping investigation, the Federal Circuit said Monday. Mon, 06 Oct 2025 18:07:33 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2396524?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2396524 An Internal Revenue Service criminal investigations executive who founded the division's cyber crimes sections will temporarily take on an elevated role overseeing all agency enforcement operations, the IRS announced Monday. Mon, 06 Oct 2025 17:51:47 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2396570?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2396570 The U.S. Tax Court rejected on Monday an information technology company's bid to skirt a $45 million penalty related to the IRS' denial of its $651 million capital loss deduction, saying the agency did not violate the Administrative Procedure Act in asserting the fine. Mon, 06 Oct 2025 16:30:38 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2392558?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2392558 In the wake of a recent cyberattack on federal courts' Case Management/Electronic Case Files system, civil litigants should consider seeking enhanced protections for sensitive materials filed under seal to mitigate the risk of unauthorized exposure, say attorneys at Redgrave. Mon, 06 Oct 2025 15:31:03 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2396219?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2396219 The current administrator of the Social Security Administration is adding a new role as the Internal Revenue Service's first chief executive officer, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced Monday. Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:30:58 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2396321?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2396321 The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up a case Monday in which a U.S. Tax Court judge found that a certified public accountant's claims that his wages weren't taxable were meritless and "unbecoming" of a professional accountant. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:48:28 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2393373?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2393373 When the online publishing platform Typepad launched more than two decades ago, it became a hub for a then-growing community of law professors and legal bloggers. Its closure this week marked the end of an era that has found some bloggers looking for new homes or opting to call it quits. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:58:47 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395853?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395853 The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up a case contending that a deceased homeowner's estate was denied its constitutionally owed compensation when a Michigan county sold a tax-foreclosed property at a fraction of its fair market value. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:48:01 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395780?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395780 D.C. Circuit judges seemed split Friday over whether an information-sharing agreement between immigration authorities and the IRS complies with taxpayer privacy protections, with one judge noting during oral arguments that the government immigration arm requesting the tax information appears unauthorized to make the requests. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 15:42:31 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395912?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395912 A trial is needed to determine whether Hobby Lobby's owners themselves were responsible for missing important information that led the IRS to reject their nearly $85 million charitable deduction tied to artifact donations, the U.S. Tax Court ruled. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:35:37 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395923?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395923 Michael McDonald, who retired from EY last month, spent most of his career at the U.S. Treasury Department, working on rules governing how related companies should calculate the value of intangible assets transferred between them, then later contributed to the massive rewrite of international tax rules by the OECD in 2015. McDonald reflected on both projects in an interview with À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:04:56 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395902?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395902 In this week's Taxation With Representation, video game maker Electronic Arts agrees to be acquired by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners; online mortgage giant Rocket closes its acquisition of rival Mr. Cooper Group; and Berkshire Hathaway acquires international energy company Occidental's chemical business. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:21:04 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395586?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395586 The full Eighth Circuit will not review a split panel decision ruling that taxpayers could challenge a Minnesota school district's paid leave policy that allows teachers to take paid time off to work for their union. Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:18:20 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395740?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395740 The Internal Revenue Service's weekly bulletin, issued Friday, included 39 additions to the list of chemical substances subject to the Superfund excise taxes assessed to importers. Thu, 02 Oct 2025 20:29:04 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395011?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395011 The partial owner of a now-defunct marijuana company in Boulder, Colorado, has been accused in a state court lawsuit of conning investors out of more than $1.7 million by claiming they were buying into a grow and dispensary operation while actually pocketing "some or all" of the money. Thu, 02 Oct 2025 18:30:29 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395493?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395493 The U.S. Department of Justice must still submit court-ordered information in a lawsuit challenging the Internal Revenue Service's sharing of tax data with immigration authorities by Oct. 24, a D.C. federal judge ruled, despite the federal government shutdown that began Wednesday. Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:50:48 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395211?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395211 Staffing losses at the Internal Revenue Service could cause tax refund delays and allow $360 million in fraudulent returns to go unchecked this coming tax season, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration warned Thursday. Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:38:11 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395243?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395243 A Manhattan federal judge sentenced former Yoga to the People co-owner Michael Anderson to two years in prison Thursday, after the onetime yoga studio executive admitted failing to file tax returns for eight years as he earned some $3 million. Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:33:30 +0000 /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395022?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /tax-authority/federal/articles/2395022 The U.S. Tax Court correctly slashed a partnership's $17 million tax deduction for donating a conservation easement, the government told the Eleventh Circuit, urging it to uphold a ruling that accused the group of trying to "fleece the public" by claiming the land was ripe for mining.