India Tax Dispute Plays Out at International Court
Businesses are watching India closely as the Modi government cuts taxes and takes other steps to woo investors into the enormous market. One place to watch is the Hague, where a longstanding dispute b...
3 Okt 20198min
What Are Micro-Captive Insurers?
Micro-captive insurance companies play a useful role for relatively small businesses that need to insure risks they can't buy coverage for elsewhere. The businesses self-insure, setting up companies t...
26 Sep 201910min
Weed Shops Have a Cash Problem. Can States Make It Easier?
Wads of cash. That’s how owners of recreational marijuana businesses haul in their taxes, because big banks are reluctant to work with the industry while marijuana is still illegal under federal law. ...
19 Sep 201918min
OECD’s Saint-Amans Talks Up Global Tax Deal Prospects
“Relax a bit,” Pascal Saint-Amans advised countries that may fear losing a lot of revenue under a new global approach being developed to tax cross-border business—especially digital business. The OECD...
11 Sep 201913min
How Apple’s Hometown Tax Deal Grew to $70 Million
Many states and cities offer tax breaks and other incentives to lure businesses and jobs—often raising questions about the actual benefit of the expensive measures. California communities have a uniqu...
29 Aug 201916min
Buffalo Wings and Opinions: Judge Holmes Talks Tax
U.S. Tax Court Judge Mark Holmes is one of those judges who can make a person glad to be reading a legal opinion. His judgments are often marked by wit, clarity, and pointed references to literature t...
22 Aug 201926min
Tax Extenders, Corrections on Capitol Hill’s Fall Menu
Some complicated tax issues face Congress when lawmakers return after Labor Day. Extenders—those expired or about-to-expire temporary tax breaks for specific groups—remain in play big-time in both Hou...
15 Aug 201917min
$100M Donation Case Opens Window on Donor-Advised Funds
The National Philanthropic Trust calls donor-advised funds the most popular method of charitable giving—nearly a half-million accounts hold $110 billion in assets. Now a court fight between a wealthy ...
8 Aug 201919min
