Recent Updates
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Hunter Biden is indicted on 9 tax charges in a special counsel investigation
Tax Law 12/07/2023Hunter Biden was indicted on nine tax charges in California as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of President Joe Biden’s son intensifies against the backdrop of the 2024 election.The new charges filed Thursday — ...
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Owner of Maryland Construction Company Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
Tax Law 08/10/2023According to court documents, Jerry Lee Redman of Severn, Maryland, owned Redman Services Inc. (RSI), a paving and construction company. For at least 2015 through 2018, Redman filed corporate income tax returns for RSI that underreported the business...
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Seattle tax on big businesses upheld by state appeals court
Tax Law 06/22/2022An appellate court judge has upheld Seattle’s payroll tax, affirming a decision made in King County Superior Court last year. In an opinion published Tuesday, the Division I Court of Appeals deemed Seattle’s JumpStart tax lawful, The Seat...
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California court invalidates law requiring Trump tax returns
Tax Law 11/21/2019President Donald Trump does not have to disclose his tax returns to appear as a candidate on California’s primary ballot next spring, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday.The law, the first of its kind in the nation and aimed squa...
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Murphy, Norcross tax-break dispute to be heard in court
Tax Law 06/16/2019A dispute over business tax credits between New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and political powerbroker George Norcross is set to play out in a hearing before a Superior Court judge.Attorneys for the Democratic governor and insurance brokerage and hospital...
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Kavanaugh to attend White House event, as elections loom
Tax Law 10/06/2018New Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is returning to the White House for a televised appearance Monday with President Donald Trump less than a month before pivotal congressional elections.Kavanaugh will take part in an entirely ceremonial sweari...
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High Court: Online shoppers can be forced to pay sales tax
Tax Law 06/21/2018The Supreme Court says states can force online shoppers to pay sales tax. The 5-4 ruling Thursday is a win for states, who said they were losing out on billions of dollars annually under two decades-old Supreme Court decisions that impacted online sa...
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Court blocks 'millionaire tax' question from state ballot
Tax Law 06/17/2018Massachusetts' highest court on Monday struck down a proposed "millionaire tax" ballot question, blocking it from going before state voters in November and ending advocates' hopes for generating some $2 billion in additional revenue for education and...
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Supreme Court sides with police over partygoers in wild bash
Tax Law 01/12/2018The Supreme Court sided Monday with police over partygoers in a dispute about arrests at a 2008 bash at a vacant home that had been turned into a makeshift strip club.The high court ruled that police had sufficient reason to make arrests at the rauco...
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Supreme Court to hear sales tax collection case
Tax Law 01/10/2018The Supreme Court agreed Friday to wade into the issue of sales tax collection on internet purchases in a case that could force consumers to pay more for certain purchases and allow states to recoup what they say is billions in lost revenue annually....
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Idaho Supreme Court upholds grocery tax veto
Tax Law 08/07/2017The Idaho Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's contentious veto of legislation repealing the state's 6 percent sales tax on groceries.The high court's decision comes after 30 state lawmakers filed a lawsuit claiming Otter took to...
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Court sides with towns over utilities in tax dispute
Tax Law 07/13/2017Two electric utilities seeking to reduce their property taxes in dozens of towns across New Hampshire lost an appeal Friday to the state Supreme Court.Eversource and the New Hampshire Electric Cooperative sought tax abatements from 64 towns in 2011 a...