In Law360, tax partner and tax controversy group co-founder Kat Gregor discusses the top summer book recommendations for tax attorneys, including “First: Sandra Day O’Connor” by Evan Thomas and “How to Win in a Winner-Take-All World: The Definitive Guide to Adapting and Succeeding in High-Performance Careers” by Neil Irwin. Click here to read the full article.…

IFA New England Breakfast Meeting: Ropes & Gray hosted an IFA Breakfast on May 23, which featured a presentation on the recent Danish beneficial ownership cases by Eric Fort, tax partner at Arendt & Medernach. 12th Annual U.S. and Latin American Tax Practice Trends Conference: Kat Gregor recently spoke on a panel of leading experts on “Hidden Wealth”: The Global Campaign for Tax Transparency –the Latin Response” on June 13 in Miami, Florida. Topics…

In a recent Law360 article, tax partner and tax controversy group co-founder Kat Gregor, tax controversy counsel Elizabeth Smith and tax associate Stefan Herlitz analyze the costly risks that loom if retailers collect too much sales tax including private class action lawsuits seeking refunds of over-collected sales tax. The authors explain that the trend of consumer sales tax class action suits will grow with the proliferation of states’ Wayfair sales tax collection regulations, and retailers’ struggling…

Tax partner and tax controversy group co-founder Kat Gregor recently spoke on a panel of leading experts on “Hidden Wealth”: The Global Campaign for Tax Transparency –the Latin Response” at the 12th Annual U.S. and Latin America Tax Practice Trends Conference on June 13th in Miami, Florida. Topics included the Common Reporting System (CRS); Golden Passports; Economic Substance Requirements for Shell Companies; Beneficial Ownership Disclosure; Tax Haven Black Lists; and the OECD Global Forum on…

On June 7, 2019, the Ninth Circuit re-issued a decision in Altera v. Commissioner, upholding an IRS Regulation that had been previously struck down by the Tax Court.  (This follows a decision in the same case that had previously been released by the Ninth Circuit on July 24, 2018, only to be precipitously withdrawn on August 7, 2018, as previously reported by Ropes & Gray with respect to the July 2018 and August 2018 decisions).…

Kat Gregor was recently quoted in a Law360 article, “Foreign FATCA Criticism Unlikely To Spur Changes, which discussed how the U.S. Department of the Treasury is unlikely to change reporting requirements of the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act in response to European complaints. Her remarks were also published in POLITICO Pro’s “Morning Tax” roundup. Kat explained that it would be out of character for the U.S. Treasury to roll back FATCA reporting requirements,…

Kat Gregor, tax partner and co-founder of the tax controversy group, was recently appointed to both Law360’s Tax and Tax Authority Federal Editorial Advisory Boards. The purpose of these boards, according to the announcement, is “to get feedback on Law360’s coverage and gain insight from experts in the field on how best to shape future coverage.” To learn more about Kat and the other elected board members, please click here and here.…