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July 02, 2024
Top Federal Tax Cases Of 2024: Midyear Report
In the first half of the year, the U.S. Supreme Court torpedoed the Chevron doctrine of judicial deference to federal agencies and affirmed the denial of a tax refund to a business owner's estate related to a life insurance payout, while the U.S. Tax Court reversed itself regarding a rule for conservation easements. Here, Law360 reviews federal court decisions from the past six months that tax attorneys should know.
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February 13, 2024
Ex-IRS Contractor Appeals 5-Year Sentence For Tax Info Leak
A former IRS contractor sentenced to five years in prison for stealing and leaking former President Donald Trump's tax returns — and those of thousands of other wealthy people — to the media told a D.C. federal court he will appeal his final judgment.
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February 09, 2024
Jordan Calls For Investigation Into DOJ's Deal With IRS Leaker
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan is investigating whether federal prosecutors were politically motivated to allow the former IRS contractor who leaked former President Donald Trump's tax returns to plead guilty to a single count of illegal disclosure, calling the arrangement "a sweetheart deal."
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January 29, 2024
IRS Worker Gets 5 Years For Airing Tax Info On Trump, Others
A former IRS contractor who copped to stealing the tax returns of thousands of wealthy people, including former President Donald Trump, and leaking them to the media will serve five years in prison.
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January 24, 2024
GOP Reps. Urge Max Sentence For IRS Tax Info Leaker
The IRS consultant who stole the tax returns of thousands of wealthy people, including Donald Trump, and leaked them to the media should receive the maximum sentence, House Ways and Means Committee Republicans told a D.C. federal judge in a letter released Wednesday.
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January 18, 2024
IRS Contractor Says 'Moral Belief' Led Him To Leak Tax Info
The IRS contractor who stole the tax returns of thousands of wealthy people, including former President Donald Trump, and leaked them to the media told a D.C. federal court he should serve perhaps less than a year in prison because he acted "out of a deep, moral belief."
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January 17, 2024
Feds Want 5 Years For IRS Contractor Who Leaked Tax Info
The IRS contractor who admitted to stealing the tax returns of thousands of wealthy people, including former President Donald Trump, and leaking them to the media should be sentenced to the maximum five years in prison, federal prosecutors told a D.C. federal court.
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October 12, 2023
IRS Consultant Pleads Guilty To Leaking Tax Info To Media
A consultant for the IRS pled guilty Thursday in a D.C. federal court to stealing the tax return information of former President Donald Trump and thousands of the country's wealthiest people and disclosing it to two news organizations.
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October 04, 2023
IRS To Notify Victims Whose Tax Data Was Leaked
The Internal Revenue Service will notify thousands of the country's wealthiest people that an agency contractor leaked their data to the media, the government told a D.C. federal court Wednesday.
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September 29, 2023
IRS Consultant Charged With Leaking Tax Info To Media
Federal prosecutors alleged Friday that a consultant for the IRS stole the tax return information of a high-ranking government official and thousands of the country's wealthiest people and disclosed it to two news organizations, according to criminal charges filed in a D.C. federal court.