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Treasury’s Section 482 Regulation Losses

September 16, 2019 By Jasper L. (Jack) Cummings, Jr.

Do what Treasury said, not what it says it meant. Earlier this month, our Federal Tax Group explains why the circuit court affirmed one Tax Court decision and reversed another in the name of consistency – and why it means regulation preambles are more important than ever. Affirming in Amazon, reversing in Altera Holding the IRS to literal terms of the regulation Similarity to the Supreme Court ruling on the census citizenship question Read the full advisory here. [...]Read more

Filed Under: Federal Tax Advisory Tagged With: Altera, Amazon, census, Chernery, Chevron, IRS, Ninth Curcuit, section 482, State Farm, Tax Court, Treasury

Altera Redux – The Ninth Circuit Once Again Holds in Favor of the IRS

July 31, 2019 By Henry Birnkrant, Stefanie Kavanagh and Ryan Kelly

Last week, our International Tax Group examines the Ninth Circuit repeating itself in reversing a unanimous Tax Court holding on the validity of the Treasury's regulations under Section 482. We examine the reconstituted  panel's significant decisions, which in many ways follow the first panel's conclusions. Altera v. Commissioner, Parts 1, 2, and now, 3 What is the meaning of “commensurate with income”? What does this case say about previous standards under Chevron? Read the full advisory here. [...]Read more

Filed Under: International Tax Advisory, Uncategorized Tagged With: Altera, Chevron, Ninth Circuit, section 482, Tax Court, Treasury, Xilinx

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