The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a tax on cargo ships imposed by the city of Valdez, Alaska, as a violation of the Constitution’s tonnage clause.
The Internal Revenue Service, in a notice posted this week, is proposing that employers assign 25 percent of their employees’ yearly phone expenses as a…
Three former lawyers at the defunct law firm Jenkens & Gilchrist, including the head of its tax practice, have been indicted on charges of scheming to defraud the Internal Revenue…
A federal indictment unsealed today that charges the former chief executive of a major Seattle-based investment fund with conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion also names two attorneys as defendants. All…
A former tax associate at Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has pleaded guilty to federal charges of conspiracy and securities fraud in what officials have described as a $4.8 million…
A Florida accountant is now front-and-center in an ongoing United States probe of perhaps tens of thousands of individuals who may have used secret accounts at the Swiss-based UBS bank…
Former Brown & Wood partner Raymond Ruble was sentenced to six years and six months in prison for his role in a fraudulent tax shelter scheme that also saw the…
If you have kids you are trying to wean off of Playstation, Wii or Xbox, don’t leave this article around for them to read. Because a number of successful attorneys…
After reviewing DVDs of exotic dancers, an administrative law judge has determined that pole dancing is “no small feat”—and it’s also art qualifying for a tax exemption.
In the wake of unprecedented emergency federal spending to deal with the nation’s dismal economy, the Obama administration is now asking financial experts to help figure out how to increase…
A senior member of Congress who was elected in California has reportedly saved $3,853 in 2007 and 2008 taxes by claiming a home in Maryland as his principal residence. And…
Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe says a high tax on bonuses paid to executives by companies receiving bailout funds could likely be structured in a way to avoid constitutional problems.
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