New York Law Journal | In Brief
By Andrew Denney | January 19, 2018
A whistleblower has filed a suit accusing her former employer, a late Westchester County pathologist, of evading New York income and estate taxes in what is believed to be the state's first unsealed qui tam estate tax case.
By Josefa Velasquez | January 18, 2018
PhRMA, the powerful Washington-based advocacy group that represents pharmaceutical companies, blasted a proposal by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to levy a 2-cents-per-milligram surtax on opioid prescription medication sold in the state to help fund measures against the drug epidemic.
By Josefa Velasquez | January 17, 2018
The New York State Department of Tax and Finance issued a report Wednesday afternoon on possible ways to overhaul the state's tax structure. One of the proposals in the report would keep the state's current income tax and levy a payroll tax on employers based on each employee's tax withholdings.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Jeremy H. Temkin | January 17, 2018
Tax Litigation Issues columnist Jeremy H. Temkin writes: The government's current crackdown on undisclosed offshore accounts is approaching its second decade, and the results have been impressive.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Tanvir H. Rahman | January 17, 2018
Tanvir H. Rahman writes: A lesser known amendment buried in the newly-revised federal tax code related to tax deductions businesses may take could very well have devastating, unintended consequences on victims of workplace sexual harassment and abuse.
By Meredith Hobbs | January 12, 2018
Possibilities include becoming a C-corp, creating a holding company to license your firm's name, and turning associates into minipartners. But the best bet may be doing nothing.
By Marcia Coyle | January 12, 2018
A victory for the state could open a potential multibillion-dollar source of revenue for the states.
By Christina Jonathan and Terence E. Smolev | January 12, 2018
Christina Jonathan and Terence E. Smolev write: There is an old English saying, usually attributed to Benjamin Franklin, that "nothing in our lives is certain except death and taxes." Many wealthy individuals, politicians and corporations attempt to dodge one of these life certainties. However, if in attempting to avoid one of these certainties, violations are committed, the consequences are severe and will not be pardoned, not even in death.
By Sharon L. Klein | January 12, 2018
Sharon L. Klein writes: From new legislation, to important proposals, to instructive case law, 2017 saw some significant developments, lessons and reminders.
By Cheryl Miller | January 12, 2018
"If absolute immunity is not granted to the taxpayer, there will be a full claim of Fifth Amendment privilege," lawyers for the dispensary said in court papers in Colorado this week.
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