You Be the Tax Judge: The Verdict on Influencer Celebrity Expenses
The Tax Court weighs in on whether an influencer can deduct celebrity meet-and-greets, event tickets, and other experiences as business expenses.
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You Be the Tax Judge: Can An Influencer Deduct Celebrity Experiences?
Can a social media influencer deduct Grammy tickets, celebrity meet-and-greets, and other experiences as business expenses? You be the Tax Judge.
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Court Blocks IRS-ICE Data Sharing Procedure Over Taxpayer Privacy Rules
A federal appeals court has blocked an IRS procedure for sharing taxpayer information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), finding that the process likely violated federal tax privacy law. The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit does not mean the IRS can never share taxpayer information with ICE—or with another…
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You Be The Tax Judge: Ream v. Treasury, Who Won?
John Ream challenged the federal ban on home distilling. So, who won? Two federal appeals courts considered the question—and reached different answers.
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You Be The Tax Judge: Ream v. Treasury
Can Congress ban home distilling to protect federal tax revenue? You be the Tax Judge in Ream v. Treasury, a real case involving whiskey, taxes, and constitutional power.
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Tax Court Is Changing Where (and How) Taxpayers Go to Trial
Tax Court adds five trial cities, opens all 79 locations to regular cases, and plans to test a new approach to managing cases in 2027.
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When a Circuit Court Rules, Who Has to Follow It?
The Supreme Court’s recent refusal to hear Murrin v. Commissioner left a Third Circuit ruling with serious consequences for taxpayers in place. It also raised a broader question that often comes up when federal courts make news: how far does one circuit court’s ruling actually reach? In Murrin, a tax preparer included false or fraudulent…
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A Primer on How a Case Gets to the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States – sometimes called SCOTUS – has been in the news a lot lately. As a result, one of my most popular questions is: How does a case get to the Supreme Court?
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Anonymous Coinbase Customer Will Challenge IRS
“John Doe 4” has been granted the right to intervene in an ongoing court case between the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Coinbase. That gives the anonymous Coinbase customer the ability to contest the IRS’ efforts to identify and obtain Coinbase customer information.
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Coinbase Customer Responds Anew to IRS Efforts to Identify Bitcoin Users
Today, Coinbase customer and attorney Jeffrey K. Berns, the Managing Partner of Berns Weiss LLP, filed a reply in response to the IRS’ response to his motion to intervene and to quash a John Doe summons served by the IRS on Coinbase.
