Fitzgerald Truck Parts & Sales v. USA

  1. October 31, 2024

    6th Circ. Wary Of Bid To Overturn $500M Win For Truck Co.

    Sixth Circuit judges seemed skeptical Thursday of the government's $500 million bid to overturn a Tennessee jury's decision that a company's refurbished trucks qualified for a safe harbor from excise taxes, saying the government's reading of a tax provision was unclear.

  2. August 05, 2024

    Truck Co. Can't Skirt $500M Excise Tax Bill, US Tells 6th Circ.

    A Tennessee truck company failed to demonstrate its eligibility for a safe harbor that allowed it to escape from over $500 million in excise taxes and penalties over refurbished trucks it sold, the U.S. government told the Sixth Circuit, asking it to reverse a lower-court decision.

  3. July 15, 2024

    Truck Co. Qualifies For $500M Tax Safe Harbor, 6th Circ. Told

    A Tennessee company asked the Sixth Circuit to shield it from more than $500 million in excise tax liabilities, saying a lower court correctly found that its refurbished trucks qualify for the safe harbor from the heavy-truck excise tax.

  4. June 11, 2024

    Trucks Don't Qualify For $400M Tax Exemption, 6th Circ. Told

    A Tennessee company's refurbished trucks do not qualify for the safe harbor from the heavy-truck excise tax and should not be exempt from roughly $400 million in excise taxes, penalties and interest, the U.S. government told the Sixth Circuit.