New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Sidney Kess | January 28, 2021
Signed into law on Dec. 27, 2020, the CAA also incorporates various measures to provide certain financial assistance to individuals. In his Tax Tips column, Sidney Kess provides a brief roundup of key changes. Most of the changes are effective after 2020, but some of them affect 2020 income tax returns.
By Jim Turner | January 26, 2021
Sen. Joe Gruters says his proposal simply requires online businesses with no physical presence in Florida to collect sales taxes when customers in Florida make purchases.
By Sharon L. Klein | January 22, 2021
Some say 2020 was the year that didn't happen, but this review of the past year shows that much did indeed take place in the trusts and estates realm, from COVID-19-related developments, such as the tolling of statutes of limitations and tax questions stemming from telecommuting, to legislation on adoption records and third-party reproduction.
By Catherine B. Eberl and Marla Waiss | January 22, 2021
This article examines the applicability of the U.S.-Canada Income Tax Treaty, which carves out an exception permitting deductibility if the U.S. individual has Canadian source income, and, it will discuss options for using a U.S. charity for indirect cross-border philanthropy for individuals who do not have Canadian source income.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | January 22, 2021
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that the Coatesville Area School District should not have been barred from a merits resolution of its appeal of a tax assessment on the bases of res judicata and collateral estoppel.
By John Raymond and Alan Kaufman | January 22, 2021
As more northeast residents, particularly New Yorkers, decide to leave their current residence and seek a new life in sunny Florida, they need to be acutely cognizant of the gorilla glue approach of the state taxing authorities.
By Patrick Smith | January 20, 2021
The new additions, from Munger Tolles & Olson and Ernst & Young, respectively, show the firm has no intention of slowing its lateral hiring pace from 2020.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Jeremy H. Temkin | January 20, 2021
In the past five years judges have become increasingly likely to exercise their discretion under 'Booker' to sentence defendants convicted of tax offenses below the applicable Guidelines. However, as Jeremy H. Temkin notes in his Tax Litigation Issues column, notwithstanding this increased leniency in relation to the Guidelines, defendants sentenced during fiscal 2019 were more likely to receive some period of incarceration (and the period of incarceration imposed was likely to be longer) than tax offenders sentenced before 'Booker' as well as those sentenced five years ago.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Adam Kaufmann | January 12, 2021
The Manhattan District Attorney's investigation has nothing to do with federal law, public acts, or violations involving the political or electoral process. Moreover, as possible charges brought by a sovereign state, they cannot be pardoned by an outgoing President.
By Eric Winwood | January 4, 2021
President-elect Joe Biden's proposed tax plan includes (among other things) changes to the corporate, capital gains, and estate tax, as well as changes in the individual federal income tax rates and Social Security tax regime that will impact the taxation of executive compensation.
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