United States of America v. Eaton Corporation
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November 18, 2024
6th Circ. Pauses IRS Summons For Eaton Worker Docs
The Sixth Circuit said Eaton Corp. doesn't have to comply with an IRS demand to produce performance reviews for its foreign employees until the appellate court decides whether to overturn a decision that the agency's transfer pricing investigation of the multinational power management company outweighed worker privacy concerns.
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August 19, 2024
Eaton Ordered To Give Int'l Employee Records To IRS
Eaton Corp. must disclose employment records for some European workers in its transfer pricing dispute with the U.S. government because public interest in curtailing tax avoidance outweighs the interest in protecting the workers' privacy, an Ohio federal judge ruled Monday.
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July 02, 2024
Eaton Needs To Cough Up Docs In IRS Probe, US Says
The U.S. government urged an Ohio federal judge to order power management multinational Eaton to produce records on certain European employees in response to an IRS investigation, arguing the company's contention the court lacks jurisdiction is "pure sophistry."
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June 14, 2024
Eaton Says Court Improperly Required Int'l Employee Evals
An Ohio federal court should reconsider its decision that multinational power management company Eaton must disclose the personnel records of its foreign employees that were requested by the Internal Revenue Service in a transfer pricing investigation, the company told the court.
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May 16, 2024
Eaton Must Give Up Personnel Docs In Transfer Pricing Probe
Eaton must comply with an Internal Revenue Service summons for the personnel records of its foreign employees in the government's transfer pricing investigation of the multinational power management company, an Ohio federal judge ruled Thursday.
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February 02, 2024
Eaton Asks Court To Agree To Block IRS Summons
Multinational power management company Eaton Corp. urged an Ohio federal court to adopt a magistrate judge's recommendation to allow the company to buck an IRS summons for confidential performance evaluations of its foreign employees, saying the government's objection underplays the documents' sensitivity.
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January 05, 2024
Eaton Corp. Need Not Heed IRS Summons, Judge Advises
Multinational power management company Eaton Corp. shouldn't have to surrender confidential performance evaluations of its foreign employees to the U.S. government as part of a tax investigation into its intellectual property sales and subsequent royalty payments to foreign affiliates, a federal magistrate judge advised.