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Commissioner v. Banks, 543 U.S. 426 (2005), together with Commissioner v.Banaitis, was a case decided before the Supreme Court of the United States, dealing with the issue of whether the portion of a money judgment or settlement paid to a taxpayer's attorney under a contingent-fee agreement is income to the taxpayer for federal income tax purposes.
Arrowsmith v. Commissioner, 344 U.S. 6 (1952), is a landmark United States Supreme Court case regarding taxation. The case involves taxpayers who liquidated a corporation in 1937. The taxpayers (properly) reported the income from the liquidation as long-term capital gains, thus obtaining a preferential tax rate. Subsequent to the liquidation in ...
The court further held that the proper approach to the case was to view it as disputed debt or "contested liability." [11] Under the contested liability doctrine, if a taxpayer, in good faith, disputed the amount of debt, a subsequent settlement would be treated as the amount of debt cognizable for tax purposes. [1] "The excess of the original ...
Usually, lawsuits end in a settlement, with an empirical analysis finding that less than 2% of cases end with a trial, 90% of torts settle, and around 50% of other civil cases settle. [6] In American law, settlement agreements are normally private contracts , not court orders, except for consent decrees , which are relatively uncommon in the ...
At the time of the settlement, Fox Corporation had $4.1 billion cash on hand. [60] Deadline Hollywood reported that the payment would be tax-deductible for Fox. [61] The settlement was one of the largest defamation settlements in U.S. history, [60] and is believed to be the largest defamation settlement in U.S. history by a media organization. [62]
New York v. Trump is a civil investigation and lawsuit by the office of the New York Attorney General (AG) alleging that individuals and business entities within The Trump Organization engaged in financial fraud by presenting vastly disparate property values to potential lenders and tax officials, in violation of New York Executive Law § 63(12).
United States v. Davis, 370 U.S. 65 (1962), is a federal income tax case argued before the United States Supreme Court in 1962, holding that a taxpayer recognizes a gain on the transfer of appreciated property in satisfaction of a legal obligation.
Hennepin County, 598 U.S. 631 (2023), was a United States Supreme Court case about government seizure of property for unpaid taxes, when the value of the property seized is greater than the tax debt. A unanimous court held that the surplus value is protected by the Fifth Amendment 's Takings Clause.