On Monday January 17, 2011, three taxpayers filed motions to intervene in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals case of Appleton v. Comm’r, docket # 10-4522. In Appleton, the Government […]
On August 17, 2010, the Tax Court issued a full Tax Court Opinion in the case of Huff v. Comm’r, 135 T.C. 10 (2010) available here. The issue before the […]
Now that the Food Safety Modernization Act has been signed into law, lawmakers face the added challenge of funding the efforts that will make food safety reform a reality. This […]
On January, 7, 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a notice in the Federal Register, informing companies of its efforts to step up enforcement on unapproved cold […]
The USDA recently announced the issuance of its draft guidance regarding the use of the term “organic” in food labeling. The draft guidance specifically addresses two issues in regards to […]
The Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) held its annual meeting on January 7 through January 9, 2011. Among the topics discussed by LERA speakers was the recent “crackdown” on employers who evade payroll taxes by misclassifying or underreporting their workers.
As we previously reported here, tax practitioners at the annual ABA Criminal Tax Institute lobbied for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to extend its voluntary disclosure program, which ended on […]
At its January 12, 2011 Board meeting, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) clarified the scope of coming criteria on when offsetting of financial assets and financial liabilities in the […]
In the National Taxpayer Advocate 2010 Annual Report to Congress, the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) lays out numerous problems with the Internal Revenue Services (IRS) administration of federal income tax. […]
Recently, animal welfare advocates have been calling for the labeling of “humane” food. On December 30, 2010, animal rights groups increased their efforts by updating their petition with the U.S. […]
