Law.com Subscribers SAVE 30%

Call 855-808-4530 or email [email protected] to receive your discount on a new subscription.

Features

Implications of NJ BAIT for Law Firms Image

Implications of NJ BAIT for Law Firms

Edward J. Sadowski

NJ Senate Bill 3246 established the "business alternative income tax" (BAIT), an elective business tax regime for pass-through entities. Law firms are left wondering if electing to pay the BAIT is the right choice. This article summarizes how the NJ BAIT works, as well as its pros and cons.

Features

Floor Area Bonuses Allowed for Mixed-Used Properties Under the Philadelphia Zoning Code Image

Floor Area Bonuses Allowed for Mixed-Used Properties Under the Philadelphia Zoning Code

Alan Nochumson & Clementa Amazan

Part Two In a Series In this part of the series on "zoning" bonuses in the city of Philadelphia, we explore Floor Area Bonuses provided under the Mixed Incoming Housing, Green Building, and Underground Accessory Parking & Loading Bonuses.

Features

No 'Fishing' In Trump Tax Return Case Image

No 'Fishing' In Trump Tax Return Case

Steven A. Cash

"Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." Judge Victor Marrero, writing in a decision dismissing the President's civil suit under the Civil Rights Act, neither gives a fish, nor teaches how to fish — rather he explains what fishing is.

Features

Treatment of Straddle Year Federal Taxes in Bankruptcy Cases Image

Treatment of Straddle Year Federal Taxes in Bankruptcy Cases

Andrew C. Kassner & Joseph N. Argentina Jr.

When does a tax liability claim arise in a bankruptcy case? The issue was recently addressed by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware which ruled that federal income taxes for the year in which a debtor files for bankruptcy are entitled to priority treatment as administrative expenses when the end of the taxable year occurred after the bankruptcy petition date.

Features

What Happens to Surplus Funds in Tax Lien Foreclosures? Image

What Happens to Surplus Funds in Tax Lien Foreclosures?

Stewart E. Sterk

When a sale follows a municipality's foreclosure on a tax lien, who is entitled to sale proceeds that exceed the amount of the tax lien?

Features

Update on Corporate Bankruptcy Tax Refund Litigation Image

Update on Corporate Bankruptcy Tax Refund Litigation

Michael L. Cook

The bankruptcy trustee of a bank holding company was not entitled to a consolidated corporate tax refund when a bank subsidiary had incurred losses generating the refund, Tenth Circuit held.

Features

Challenge to Property Tax Rejected Image

Challenge to Property Tax Rejected

Stewart E. Sterk

No one disputes that the property tax system in New York City is byzantine. In Tax Equity Now LLC v. City of New York, the First Department confronted what it viewed as a very different question: is it illegal. The court concluded that it is not, rejecting a variety of claims and leaving any reform to the legislature.

Features

Supreme Court Defers to State Law on Ownership of Tax Refund Image

Supreme Court Defers to State Law on Ownership of Tax Refund

Michael L. Cook

Federal courts should "turn to state law to resolve" a "fight over a tax refund," held a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court in Rodriquez v. FDIC (In re United W Bancorp., Inc.).

Features

Supreme Court Defers to State Law on Ownership of Tax Refund Image

Supreme Court Defers to State Law on Ownership of Tax Refund

Michael L. Cook

High Court Rejects Application of Bob Roberts Rule Federal courts should "turn to state law to resolve" a "fight over a tax refund," held a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court in Rodriquez v. FDIC (In re United W Bancorp., Inc.)

Features

Deciphering the Tax Status of Leased Property Image

Deciphering the Tax Status of Leased Property

Janice G. Inman

Is a property leased to a farming tenant a commercial property or an agricultural property? What about a building leased to a government entity? The distinction can make a difference in the tax laws that apply to the parcel.

Need Help?

  1. Prefer an IP authenticated environment? Request a transition or call 800-756-8993.
  2. Need other assistance? email Customer Service or call 1-877-256-2472.

MOST POPULAR STORIES