A federal district court in Texas issued a preliminary nationwide injunction on December 3, 2024, blocking the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and its associated regulations, which require U.S. business entities to report beneficial ownership information to the Treasury Department.

The injunction was granted by Judge Amos L. Mazzant III of the U.S. District Court for

On September 13, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that taxpayers in Louisiana will have until February 3, 2025 to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make certain payments due to Hurricane Francine. The extension applies to any individual, business, or tax-exempt organization that has a valid extension to file their

The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) published details regarding the second Employee Retention Credit Voluntary Disclosure Program (the “Disclosure Program”) on August 15, 2024. The Disclosure Program will allow employers who previously received payments for their Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) to repay 85% of the credit received.

On June 6, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that life-insurance proceeds required to be used to redeem stock of a deceased shareholder must be included in the value of the company for purposes of determining the deceased shareholder’s gross estate.