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AIG Files Lawsuit Against IRS Seeking $30.2M in Tax Interest

American International Group, the insurance giant saved by a massive federal bailout, wants some tax money back — from 1991. AIG is suing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in Federal Claims Court in Washington, D.C. for $30.2 million. It says …

HP Loses Battle with IRS Over Tax Shelter Designed by AIG

Hewlett-Packard Co. on Monday lost a battle with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service for more than $190 million in tax refunds tied to a Dutch tax shelter designed by the derivatives arm of American International Group. The ruling turns a …

IRS Gives Employers Break on Misclassified Employees

The Internal Revenue Service is offering a break to employers who come clean about wrongly classifying workers as independent contractors to avoid paying federal payroll taxes, the agency announced this week. What happens when workers are considered independent contractors? Employers …

AIG Appoints Former IRS Attorney as Deputy Tax Director

American International Group Inc. (AIG) has hired Clarissa Potter, former deputy chief counsel at U.S. Internal Revenue Service and former law professor, as deputy tax director. In this role, Potter will be responsible for AIG’s global tax planning, including continued …

Senate Sends Repeal of Healthcare Law’s 1099 Tax Provision to Obama

In an 87-12 vote, the Senate has passed a repeal of the new IRS 1099 tax reporting provision contained in the major federal healthcare reform law. The bill — H.R.4, the Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011 — …

House Votes to Repeal Healthcare Law’s 1099 Reporting Measure

The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to rescind an unpopular business tax reporting requirement in the year-old healthcare law, but the measure could be delayed by a dispute with Senate Democrats over how to pay for it. The House …

Repeal of Healthcare Law 1099 Tax Requirement Passes House Committee

The House Ways and Means Committee has advanced a bill to repeal a tax reporting provision included in last year’s healthcare reform law. The Senate has already voted to repeal the 1099 form tax provision that would require businesses to …

Senate Votes to Rescind IRS 1099 Healthcare Reporting Measure

The U.S. Senate Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to rescind a measure in last year’s healthcare law that expands business transaction reporting requirements to the Internal Revenue Service. Bowing to pressure from small business groups who say the new reporting requirements will …