House Passes Energy Retrofit Bill Using Rebates Instead of Tax Credits

Rebates made available to consumers for energy-efficient modifications to their homes would be exempt from income taxes under legislation the House passed May 6 by a vote of 246-161…

Bipartisan House Vote Sends Bill Changing Cell Phone Taxation to Senate

The House April 14 passed a taxpayer assistance bill (H.R. 4994), sending the Senate a measure that would remove cell phones from listed property under tax code Section 280F, thereby eliminating…

Documents in Tax Dispute Protected by Attorney-Client Privilege, Federal Magistrate Finds

A magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska Feb. 8 ruled in an employment tax case that correspondence between an attorney and a taxpayer that was turned over to the government by a third party