June 20, 2024 June 20, 2024 Today, seven of the nine justices on the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a tax on offshore corporate profits that was one of the few significant revenue-raisers in the Trump tax law. If the Court had agreed with the plaintiffs in the case — as well as … Read more
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to the constitutionality of taxation on foreign income in a case backed by business and anti-regulatory interests who said the provision was similar to a “wealth tax.” The 7-2 decision by Justice Brett Kavanaugh upheld the mandatory repatriation tax, siding with the Biden administration to uphold the provision of the 2017 … Read more
(June 21): The US Supreme Court upheld a 2017 tax on American-owned businesses’ foreign profits, rejecting an appeal that could have saved companies hundreds of billions of dollars.Voting 7-2, the justices said Congress has the constitutional power to tax people and companies on their share of undistributed corporate income, at least when it comes to … Read more
Key Takeaways The Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the so-called mandatory repatriation tax (MRT) in a narrow ruling, stating that the MRT taxes realized income and attributes that corporate income to shareholders. A team of BakerHostetler attorneys, led by Partners Andrew Grossman and Jeffrey Paravano, represented Charles and Kathleen Moore at the U.S. Supreme … Read more
An exterior view of the Supreme Court on June 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesIn a closely watched case, the Supreme Court on Thursday denied a challenge to a federal tax on certain foreign investments — but left questions about whether a wealth tax is constitutional.The case, Moore v. United States, focused … Read more
OPINION ANALYSIS By Amy Howe on Jun 20, 2024 at 1:58 pm The court issued four opinions on Thursday. (Katie Barlow) The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a provision of a 2017 corporate tax reform law, known as the mandatory repatriation tax, that taxes the undistributed profits from U.S. shares of foreign corporations in which … Read more
NBC — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that business executives and shareholder representatives should “be 100% behind” him or face termination.“Business Executives and Shareholder Representatives should be 100% behind Donald Trump! Anybody that’s not should be FIRED for incompetence!,” the former president wrote in a post on his social media website, Truth Social.His … Read more
Cyprus remains a prime destination for investors eyeing lucrative deals in the real estate sector, as the island offers a variety of investment opportunities for both local and foreign investors, according to a leading real estate company. The biggest opportunity at the moment is on the south east coast, in Larnaca, as the government moves … Read more
Hometown Life Staff | Hometownlife.comDETROIT — A Northville man is facing more than a dozen tax-related federal charges for failing to accurately report income and collect various taxes for a Detroit-based company he operated.Ali Kassem Kain, of Northville, who operated a transportation business that arranged for automobiles to be shipped abroad, appeared in court Wednesday … Read more
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on June 14: 1777: The Second Continental Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States, a symbol that would go on to represent the nation worldwide and become an iconic emblem. 1801: Martha Washington hosts the first Quadrille Ball … Read more