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May 18, 2026

Trump dismisses lawsuit against IRS, court filing shows

U.S. President Donald Trump voluntarily dismissed his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, according to a May 18 court filing. Terms of the dismissal were not immediately available, […]

Jun 16, 2025

SCOTUS: Tax Court couldn’t hear taxpayer’s due process appeal

Supreme Court rules the U.S. Tax Court lacked jurisdiction to hear a taxpayer’s appeal from an adverse decision in a collection due process hearing conducted pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §6330 once the Internal Revenue Service abandoned its efforts to levy against her property.

Trust and estate lawyers are focused on the future of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, whose increased exemptions will roll back to the pre-2017 levels if Congress does not renew its provisions by Dec. 31, 2025. (Associated Press file)
Jan 21, 2025

Trusts and estates lawyers focus on estate tax exemption

By Bennett Loudon For trusts and estates professionals, the big question is what will happen to the estate tax exemption with President Donald J. Trump back in the White House? […]

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sharpened the definition of ‘loss’ in sentencing guidelines in a case arising from false tax returns submitted to the Internal Revenue Service. (Depositphotos.com)
Nov 22, 2024

4th Circuit clarifies meaning of ‘loss’ in sentencing guidelines

Where the District Court determined that “loss,” for purposes of calculating the sentence of a woman convicted of presenting false tax returns to the Internal Revenue Service, encompasses both the […]

A ruling by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part and vacated in part the conviction of a North Carolina man on charges of producing and possessing child sexual abuse material. (Associated Press file)
Nov 5, 2024

4th Circuit: Challenge to government’s filter protocol dismissed

Where a man’s challenge to the search protocol to be used by the government in reviewing material seized by from the man was rejected by the District Court, his appeal was dismissed.

The Biden administration has proposed shifting marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act to the less restrictive Schedule III. (Depositphotos.com)
Jul 2, 2024

What to expect if marijuana rescheduling is approved

The evolving cannabis industry faces uncertainty under the proposed rescheduling of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act, potentially impacting medical-use businesses significantly while adult-use businesses may still navigate federal legal constraints.

A federal first-degree murder charge has been filed against a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina in a 2013 slaying on the Qualla Boundary.
Mar 27, 2024

Charity’s former leader pleads guilty in scam

CHARLOTTE — The former leader of a Gastonia charity has pleaded guilty to stealing thousands of dollars from the nonprofit agency and failing to pay its payroll and other taxes […]

Richard Brasser, 57, and Gregroy Gentner, 52, both of Charlotte, could be sentenced to a five-year term for each count of multiple tax convictions obtained Tuesday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of North Carolina, a news release says.
Mar 14, 2024

Jury convicts businessmen on multiple federal tax charges

CHARLOTTE — Two Charlotte businessmen were convicted Tuesday by a federal jury of failing to account for and pay more than $150,000 in taxes to the Internal Revenue Service over […]

Feb 26, 2024

Businessman pleads guilty to evading $1M-plus in taxes

NEW BERN — Arturo Barcenas Gonzalez, a Cary businessman, awaits sentencing after pleading guilty last week to tax evasion. He faces a maximum of five years in prison, a $250,000 […]

Jan 30, 2024

Ex-contractor sentenced for leaking Trump, others’ tax returns

WASHINGTON — A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service who pleaded guilty to leaking tax information to news outlets about former President Donald Trump and thousands of the country’s […]

Jul 26, 2023

Hunter Biden pleads not guilty to tax counts

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden's son Hunter has pleaded not guilty to two tax crimes after a plea deal with federal prosecutors unraveled during a court hearing in Delaware following the judge's concerns over the agreement. Hunter Biden was charged last month with two misdemeanor tax crimes of failure to pay more than $100,000 in taxes from over $1.5 million in income in both 2017 a[...]

Jul 25, 2023

IRS ending unannounced visits to taxpayers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS says it is ending its decades-old policy of making unannounced home and business visits — in a an effort to keep its workers safe and combat scammers who pose as IRS agents. Effective immediately, the change follows a number of other actions the agency has taken to improve worker safety. The agency in recent years has experienced more threats. In part, those were tied[...]


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