The IRS's ERC voluntary disclosure program has drawn concern from tax attorneys due to uncertainty around entering into the program and still being subjected to criminal prosecution.

The Tax Court can be an unusually cruel place when it comes to deadlines. This is what a recent taxpayer found out in a Tax Court decision that denied their challenge of an over $4.6 Million...

On August 20, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the Northern District of Texas issued her much anticipated order which officially set aside the FTC's Final Rule Banning Non-Competes, which we first brought to your attention on January 9, 2023 when she temporarily blocked the Ban as to the parties who filed that lawsuit.

President Trump's recent executive order imposing tariffs on US imports of steel and aluminum led to many questions of the full scope of materials subject to the 25% import tariff.

As 2025 rolls forward, momentum is gaining quickly as the Gray Reed Construction Team and I are experiencing a large influx of construction contracts to review...

On June 20, 2024, the Supreme Court issued a narrow ruling upholding the constitutionality of the transition tax in Moore v. United States. The Court did not address issues related to pass-through taxation...

In an attempt to slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), the county judge has issued a shelter-in-place order that prohibits all public gatherings.

For the last year, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has been working on proposed rule changes related to overtime exemptions.

For the second time, a Texas federal court has struck down a Department of Labor (DOL) rule that sought to expand the scope of overtime eligibility.

One of the hottest issues from 2016 was whether an E&P debtor can reject, under section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code, an above-market midstream contract.

Driving through Oklahoma recently and watching Tiger King of late, Ernest "Big Daddy" Bux was intrigued that they are apparently 5,000 to 15,000 tigers in the United States and only 3,500

There are many ways in which your company can win a dispute short of a judgment.

Before the pandemic, Ernest Bux's niece Chit Bux signed a lease with Iona Mall in an upscale strip shopping center

With the holiday season officially upon us, the Dollars and Sense team wants to make sure you maximize your giving and gifting! For so many businesses, and business owners, this time of year also means employer festivities...

In a bench opinion dated September 27, 2024, the Tax Court sustained a Notice of Federal Tax Lien but not the proposed levy against Daugerdas, a convicted tax shelter promoter in home confinement in Illinois.

The IRS has been understaffed for many years, and this has led to a decline in the number of audits conducted.

This month we continue talking about reaching litigation "wins" through early communication and objectivity.

In the summer of 2022, the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of the American Association of Professional Landmen approved the first ever Model Form Participation Agreement...

After a company has been sued, its immediate next steps should be twofold: consult its lawyer and notify its insurance carrier.

Two gentlemen stand back-to-back in the morning mist, pistols at their sides. A dispute over honor has brought them here.