tax Archive
It is Time To Take Remedial Steps To Improve The Timeliness of Tax Court Dispositions
October 31, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares When a Tax Court opinion or order comes out after a long period of inactivity, we usually note that as part of our discussion of a case but we have not previously written a blog post specifically on the timeliness of Tax Court dispositions. Today we write an editorial post decrying the length
Florida Gas Tax Holiday Ends, Fuel Prices Expected to Spike
October 31, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares As Florida’s gas tax holiday ends, some economists are worried that Floridians could see a spike in fuel prices. Orlando news network WESH 2 reported that the holiday removed a $.25 tax through the month of October, and that the tax is expected be reinstated at midnight on Tuesday, November 1. Governor Ron DeSantis (R) has not indicated
More property tax breaks for veterans? AZ Prop 130 could lead to change.
October 31, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares In 1989, the Arizona Court of Appeals made a change to the State Constitution that has been impacting military veterans ever since. At that time, a property tax rule that allowed veterans with disabilities, people with total and permanent disabilities, widows and widowers to receive exemptions was ruled unconstitutional because it only applied
Trump Petitions Supreme Court to Block Release of His Tax Records
October 31, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Former President Donald Trump has petitioned the United States Supreme Court to block the release of his tax records, a move that was previously unanimously approved by a federal appeals court. On Thursday, the same court declined to revisit its ruling. Now, per NBC News, Trump’s attorneys included the following in the official request for
Controversy abounds as data centers bring tax revenue to Northern VA
October 31, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Northern Virginia is the data center capital of the world – it is three times larger than any other data center epicenter anywhere on Earth. Loudoun County, Ashburn, specifically, and Prince William County are especially major players in the data center industry. While these facilities pay commercial taxes that offer immense benefits to
IRS hires 4,000 customer service reps, plans to hire 1,000 more
October 28, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares The IRS has hired 4,000 new customer service representatives and plans to hire another 1,000 to be trained to field taxpayers’ questions on the phone and provide other services during the 2023 tax season. Many of the new hires will be in place for the start of the upcoming tax season, the IRS
Getting to Appeals
October 28, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Several years ago Les wrote a series of posts, here, here and here, about Facebook’s attempt to use the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TBOR) to get to Appeals. I discussed the Facebook case and others raising TBOR arguments in a law review article here. Les wrote a post in September about proposed regulations
Massachusetts Agrees to Pay New Hampshire $3.5 Over Property Tax Dispute
October 28, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Massachusetts officials have agreed to pay New Hampshire officials $3.5 million to settle a property tax dispute that has been ongoing since 2014. According to Boston ABC affiliate WCVB, the states first entered into an agreement about land near the Merrimack River in 1957. Construction of the 15 flood management facilities in question
Dozens of Capitol Hill Dems. Urge Extended Child Tax Credit
October 28, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares Dozens of House Democrats on Capitol Hill are urging an extended version of the child tax credit (CTC) during Congress’s lame-duck session. A lame-duck session, for those unfamiliar with the term, occurs when Congress is in session after a November election — this year’s occurs on November 8 — and before the beginning
New process provided for anonymous reporting of ERC mills
October 27, 2022
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TweetShareSharePin0 Shares The IRS is providing a new way for CPAs and others to make anonymous reports about third-party vendors who promote improper claims for the employee retention credit (ERC), which was created as part of a larger COVID-19 relief package intended to help employers pull through the pandemic. It is a move that the
