Newsletter
| December 24, 2009
Focus on Tax Controversy and Litigation (Volume II, Issue 10)
In this issue:
- Dewey & LeBoeuf Holds Fifth Annual Year‑End Tax Conference and Celebration
- New Trend: Government Requesting Jury Trials in Tax Cases
- DOJ Seeking Identities of Stanford Group’s US Investors
- Global Crackdown on Tax Evasion
- Details of Criteria Used to Identify Individuals to Be Turned Over to the US Government in UBS Litigation; United States Looking to Conduct Joint Audits with Treaty Partners
- IRS Commissioner Shulman Speaks on the Role of Corporate Boards of Directors with Respect to Overseeing Tax Risk
- IRS Explains Strategy to Improve Withholding Tax Compliance
- Lawmakers Seek to Modify Tax Shelter Penalties Created in 2004
- District Court Finds Partnership Contribution Constituted a Disguised Sale but Statute of Limitations Barred Assessment
- Current Status of Docketed Foreign Tax Credit Cases
- General Electric Capital Canada, Inc. v. The Queen
- District Court Grants Government’s Motion to Dismiss in Refund Case
- Fifth Circuit Affirms Decision Upholding the Disallowance of a “Midco” Tax Shelter Transaction
- IRS Coordinates Its Position Regarding Six-Year Statute of Limitations Regulations
- Overview of the Treasury Department’s 2009-2010 Priority Guidance Plan
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