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  • March 26, 2025

    Ex-UBS North America CEO's $4.9M FBAR Deal Gets OK

    The former North American CEO for Swiss bank UBS will pay a $4.9 million judgment under a deal approved by a Connecticut federal court Wednesday that resolves the U.S. government's suit alleging he willfully neglected to file foreign bank account reports with the IRS for a decade.

  • March 26, 2025

    Australian Budget Includes $11B In Personal Income Tax Cuts

    The Australian Labor Party government released plans to further cut personal income taxes by 17.1 billion Australian dollars ($11 billion) over the next five years as part of cost-of-living relief provisions unveiled ahead of upcoming elections.

  • March 26, 2025

    UK Gov't Targets Tax Dodgers In Austerity Budget

    The U.K.'s Labour government will expand its crackdown on tax avoidance and evasion to raise an extra £1 billion ($1.2 billion) in revenue, while it cuts welfare spending and boosts defense spending, the chancellor announced Wednesday in laying out its budget plans.

  • March 26, 2025

    Germany's Reunification Tax Surcharge Still Valid, Court Says

    Germany's surcharge on income taxes aimed at financing the country's reunification in the 1990s remains a valid exercise of lawmakers' powers, the Federal Constitutional Court said Wednesday in striking down a challenge to the levy's continuing necessity and impact on private property.

  • March 25, 2025

    EU Wants Timeline For Blacklisted US Territories' Data Swaps

    The European Union asked the U.S. to provide a concrete timeline for when it will set up a framework to begin automatic exchanges of information with three territories on the bloc's blacklist for uncooperative tax jurisdictions — the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and American Samoa — according to a letter released Tuesday.

  • March 25, 2025

    German Bankers To Face Cross-Border Tax Fraud Charges

    A German appeals court revived first-of-their-kind charges against five bankers accused of a complex cross-border tax fraud scheme, sending the case back to a trial court, according to local news reports published Tuesday.

  • March 25, 2025

    Carlton Fields Adds Former Tax Law Professor In Atlanta

    Carlton Fields has brought on a former tenured professor at Georgia State University College of Law to its team in Atlanta, strengthening its tax and business transactions practices with an attorney experienced in nonprofit law, tax and business matters, the firm announced Tuesday.

  • March 25, 2025

    Ex-Wife Of UK Activist Barred Over £319K Tax Debt

    A U.K. political figure's former wife who owes about £319,000 ($413,000) in taxes has been disqualified from serving as a director of any business for the next seven years because of her failure to keep detailed financial records of her company, the U.K. Insolvency Service announced.

  • March 25, 2025

    EU Must Strengthen VAT Fraud Measures, Watchdog Says

    The European Union needs to introduce measures to protect its single market from the risk of value-added tax fraud in imports since customs procedures were simplified, according to a report by the bloc's independent audit watchdog.

  • March 24, 2025

    McDermott Hires Skadden Partner To Lead London Tax Office

    McDermott Will & Emery LLP announced Monday that it has chosen a former Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner to serve as the new leader of the firm's U.K. tax office in London.

  • March 24, 2025

    Burden Of Proof Is IRS' For $2.3M Bill, Kyocera Tells Tax Court

    The Internal Revenue Service should bear the burden of proof in making adjustments to an amended return filed by electronics-maker Kyocera, the company argued as it urged the U.S. Tax Court to review an IRS notice saying the company owes $2.3 million for 2018.

  • March 24, 2025

    Caribbean Bank, CEO Accused Of Helping In £415M VAT Fraud

    A Caribbean bank and its former CEO "knowingly" assisted in the commission of a £415 million ($536 million) value-added tax fraud, the creditors of a company allegedly linked to the scam said on the first day of a London trial Monday.

  • March 24, 2025

    TV Star Banned As Co. Director Over Failure To Pay £1M Tax

    A U.K. reality television star has been banned as the director of his media company after it failed to pay more than £1 million ($1.3 million) in taxes, the government's insolvency agency said Monday.

  • March 24, 2025

    FinCEN Exempts US Businesses From Disclosure Rules

    The U.S. Department of the Treasury's financial crimes unit issued interim final rules that exempt domestic businesses from contested reporting regulations, which the department had previously signaled it would narrow to include only foreign companies registered stateside.

  • March 24, 2025

    UK Gov't Considers DST Changes To Prevent US Tariffs

    The Labour government may be considering changes to the digital services tax as part of talks with the U.S. administration to prevent tariffs being imposed on Britain, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves suggested in a TV interview.

  • March 21, 2025

    Court Sours On Tribunal's Sweets Ruling For Marshmallows

    The First-tier Tribunal applied a faulty interpretation of value-added tax law to rule that jumbo-size marshmallows are exempt from VAT, a U.K. Court of Appeal panel said Friday, remanding the £473,000 ($611,000) dispute back to the tribunal.

  • March 21, 2025

    Ex-UBS North America CEO Agrees To $4.9M FBAR Judgment

    The former North American CEO for Swiss bank UBS on Friday agreed to a $4.9 million judgment to end claims that he failed to file timely or accurate foreign bank account reports with the Internal Revenue Service between 2003 and 2013.

  • March 21, 2025

    US-Swiss Agreement Exempts Retirees' Dividends, IRS Says

    U.S. retirement accounts, including trusts, qualified annuity plans and other schemes, are exempt from Swiss taxes on dividends from Swiss companies in which they don't own a controlling interest, according to a U.S.-Switzerland competent authority agreement released Friday by the IRS.

  • March 21, 2025

    Taxation With Representation: Cravath, Paul Weiss, Cooley

    In this week's Taxation With Representation, Google acquires Wiz, QXO Inc. acquires Beacon Roofing Supply, and the Boston Celtics are bought by a group led by private equity firm co-founder William Chisholm.

  • March 21, 2025

    Informal Money Transfers Launder £2B Annually, HMRC Warns

    Criminals in the U.K. are laundering an estimated £2 billion (£2.6 billion) every year via informal money transfer services, HM Revenue and Customs has warned.

  • March 21, 2025

    Spanish Lottery Co. Accused Of Tax Insurance Market Breach

    Spain's competition authority said Friday it is investigating a lottery company on suspicion of suppressing the marketing of tax insurance coverage for lottery winners.

  • March 20, 2025

    Corp. Taxes Should Match Climate Goals, OECD Paper Says

    Countries that want to reduce carbon emissions should design corporate income taxes that align with climate policy objectives, including providing incentives for clean energy investments, according to an OECD working paper released Thursday.

  • March 20, 2025

    Frost Brown Adds Former Houston City Atty To Finance Team

    Frost Brown Todd LLP announced that it has hired an attorney from the ranks of Houston's city government to strengthen its public finance group, adding his expertise in state and local government operations, taxation and economic development.

  • March 20, 2025

    PwC, Deloitte, KPMG Back Coke In $2.7B Dispute In 11th Circ.

    Three major accounting firms have asked the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a U.S. Tax Court decision affirming the IRS' change to Coca-Cola's intercompany pricing, which led to a $2.7 billion tax bill, arguing the agency's conduct was unsupported and unjustified.  

  • March 20, 2025

    90% Of Crypto Sellers Conceal Income, Danish Data Shows

    Danish Tax Agency data shows more than 90% of cryptocurrency sellers don't report that income and that many have shifted to foreign platforms to avoid domestic reporting rules, the EU Tax Observatory said in a working paper, suggesting international coordination is essential to tax crypto effectively.

Expert Analysis

  • How Clients May Use AI To Monitor Attorneys

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    Artificial intelligence tools will increasingly enable clients to monitor and evaluate their counsel’s activities, so attorneys must clearly define the terms of engagement and likewise take advantage of the efficiencies offered by AI, says Ronald Levine at Herrick Feinstein.

  • The Pop Culture Docket: Judge D'Emic On Moby Grape

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    The 1968 Moby Grape song "Murder in My Heart for the Judge" tells the tale of a fictional defendant treated with scorn by the judge, illustrating how much the legal system has evolved in the past 50 years, largely due to problem-solving courts and the principles of procedural justice, says Kings County Supreme Court Administrative Judge Matthew D'Emic.

  • Breaking Down High Court's New Code Of Conduct

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    The U.S. Supreme Court recently adopted its first-ever code of conduct, and counsel will need to work closely with clients in navigating its provisions, from gift-giving to recusal bids, say Phillip Gordon and Mateo Forero at Holtzman Vogel.

  • Legal Profession Gender Parity Requires Equal Parental Leave

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    To truly foster equity in the legal profession and to promote attorney retention, workplaces need to better support all parents, regardless of gender — starting by offering equal and robust parental leave to both birthing and non-birthing parents, says Ali Spindler at Irwin Fritchie.

  • A Year-End Look At Florida's Capital Investment Tax Credit

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    Notwithstanding the Walt Disney Co.’s feud with Gov. Ron DeSantis this year, Florida's capital investment tax credit will continue to make the state a favored destination for large corporations, particularly in light of the new federal alternative minimum tax and the Pillar Two top-up tax, says Alan Lederman at Gunster.

  • Understanding Discovery Obligations In Era Of Generative AI

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    Attorneys and businesses must adapt to the unique discovery challenges presented by generative artificial intelligence, such as chatbot content and prompts, while upholding the principles of fairness, transparency and compliance with legal obligations in federal civil litigation, say attorneys at King & Spalding.

  • The Case For Post-Bar Clerk Training Programs At Law Firms

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    In today's competitive legal hiring market, an intentionally designed training program for law school graduates awaiting bar admission can be an effective way of creating a pipeline of qualified candidates, says Brent Daub at Gilson Daub.

  • AI Can Help Lawyers Overcome The Programming Barrier

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    Legal professionals without programming expertise can use generative artificial intelligence to harness the power of automation and other technology solutions to streamline their work, without the steep learning curve traditionally associated with coding, says George Zalepa at Greenberg Traurig.

  • Preparing Law Students For A New, AI-Assisted Legal World

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    As artificial intelligence rapidly transforms the legal landscape, law schools must integrate technology and curricula that address AI’s innate challenges — from ethics to data security — to help students stay ahead of the curve, say Daniel Garrie at Law & Forensics, Ryan Abbott at JAMS and Karen Silverman at Cantellus Group.

  • General Counsel Need Data Literacy To Keep Up With AI

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    With the rise of accessible and powerful generative artificial intelligence solutions, it is imperative for general counsel to understand the use and application of data for myriad important activities, from evaluating the e-discovery process to monitoring compliance analytics and more, says Colin Levy at Malbek.

  • Navigating Discovery Of Generative AI Information

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    As generative artificial intelligence tools become increasingly ubiquitous, companies must make sure to preserve generative AI data when there is reasonable expectation of litigation, and to include transcripts in litigation hold notices, as they may be relevant to discovery requests, say Nick Peterson and Corey Hauser at Wiley.

  • Finding Focus: Strategies For Attorneys With ADHD

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    Given the prevalence of ADHD among attorneys, it is imperative that the legal community gain a better understanding of how ADHD affects well-being, and that resources and strategies exist for attorneys with this disability to manage their symptoms and achieve success, say Casey Dixon at Dixon Life Coaching and Krista Larson at Stinson.

  • Attorneys, Law Schools Must Adapt To New Era Of Evidence

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    Technological advancements mean more direct evidence is being created than ever before, and attorneys as well as law schools must modify their methods to account for new challenges in how this evidence is collected and used to try cases, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.

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