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SALT litigation reporter for @Tax based in eastern NC. Winner of the Rule-izter Prize☝️. Tweets my own etc. Sailing adventures on Insta: PirateShipPelican 🏴‍☠️

New Bern, NC
Joined December 2012
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UT-Austin is behind on $160,000 in property taxes, penalties, and interest for the UT Club restaurant inside the Longhorns' football stadium, Travis County says in a new lawsuit. The county wants the restaurant sold to cover the bill. #txlege news.bloombergtax.com/daily-…
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FWIW, the brand-new 15th Court of Appeals (on which Justice @ScottKingField sits) already has more cases on its argument calendar than the vast majority of the other 14 intermediate appellate courts.
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JetBlue Airways and the Florida Department of Revenue both want a lawsuit over how to decide much of a commercial airline’s income is taxable in the state decided without trial. btaxgo.com/8ih0Cfh
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EXCLUSIVE: Louisiana confidentially settled a major tax lawsuit against ConocoPhillips, but declined to reveal whether the oil giant paid any of the $700M in back taxes and penalties initially sought. See my story in @bloombergtax news.bloombergtax.com/daily-…
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Oregon created a framework for taxing the first program legalizing psilocybin-assisted therapy. Magic mushrooms are a federally controlled substance, but a dozen states are drafting plans to decriminalize psychedelics. See my deep dive in @bloombergtax news.bloombergtax.com/daily-…
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Federal limits on how states may use $195 billion in Covid-19 pandemic aid didn’t survive scrutiny from the Fifth Circuit, the sixth appeals court to consider similar challenges. btaxgo.com/IpStFPv
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NEW: Voting 7-2, the US Supreme Court upheld a 2017 tax on American-owned businesses’ foreign profits, rejecting an appeal that could have saved companies hundreds of billions of dollars. Read the full opinion here: btaxgo.com/eetz0KK
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SUPREME COURT: Moore v. United States. Kavanaugh. 7-2. Gorsuch and Thomas dissent. Mandatory repatriation tax does not exceed Congress’s constitutional authority. supremecourt.gov/opinions/23…
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A Judge Easterbrook opinion on the appropriate typefaces to use in briefs? Yes, please! (Spoiler alert: don't use Bernhard Modern...) media.ca7.uscourts.gov/cgi-b…
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California Supreme Court justices appeared troubled Wednesday by the scope of a measure on the November ballot that would make it harder to enact state and local taxes and fees, but were hesitant to remove it from the ballot before voters have their say. news.bloombergtax.com/daily-…
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"When I solve the game on the first try, I'm elated. I’m basically bouncing off the walls. But on those days when I don't solve it… well, let's just say those are dark days." mcsweeneys.net/articles/an-o…
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From the never-stronger @tax state tax news team, including @PerryECooper and plus @rapoportmike—looking for the ramifications, as always.
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Thirty-eight states and Puerto Rico offer film tax credits intending to create jobs and support filmmakers. But these breaks have also subsidized commercials for major consumer product companies, like McDonald’s, involving millions of dollars. My story: news.bloombergtax.com/daily-…
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