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17 Jun 2019, 5:35 am by Staci Zaretsky
[The Hill] * The Justice Department claims that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin didn’t break the law when he refused to turn over President Trump’s tax returns to Congress because he was just protecting their confidentiality. [read post]
17 Jun 2019, 12:05 am by Paul Caron
Saturday: This Week's Ten Most Popular TaxProf Blog Posts IRS Tax Crime Enforcement Unit Relying More On Analytics WSJ: The Long Road To The Student Debt Crisis Department of Justice Backs Treasury Secretary Mnuchin's Refusal To Release Trump's Tax Returns To Congress Sunday: D.C. [read post]
16 Jun 2019, 10:44 am by Sabrina I. Pacifici
American Oversight – Trump’s Tax Returns: “According to the Treasury Department, Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s refusal to comply with a House committee’s request for the president’s tax returns is based on a Justice Department legal analysis — even though the IRS issued a memorandum concluding that such documents must be produced unless there is a claim of executive privilege. [read post]
15 Jun 2019, 12:21 am by Paul Caron
§ 6103 protecting confidentiality of tax returns prohibited the Department of the Treasury from complying with a request by the... [read post]
13 Jun 2019, 9:15 pm by Alana Bevan
Department of the Treasury issued a final rule eliminating a loophole in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 that would have allowed taxpayers to circumvent the Act’s $10,000 cap on state and local tax deductions by claiming the taxes as charitable contributions. [read post]
11 Jun 2019, 8:40 am by Kia Rahnama
Meanwhile, the House Oversight and Reform Committee is also set to vote to hold Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt with regards to a separate matter involving request of information on the administration's census policy. [read post]
6 Jun 2019, 9:05 pm by Alana Bevan
Treasury Department Secretary Steven Mnuchin emphasized that the restrictions will “help to keep U.S. dollars out of the hands of Cuban military, intelligence, and security services. [read post]
6 Jun 2019, 8:21 am by Tarek Maalouf
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) released new restrictions on non-family travel to Cuba Tuesday. [read post]
6 Jun 2019, 7:09 am by John Jascob
Tarbert’s taking of the helm at the CFTC continues a post-Dodd-Frank Act trend of presidents selecting a chairman with prior experience at the Treasury Department. [read post]
5 Jun 2019, 11:41 am by Rachel Brown, Preston Lim
” In response, the U.S. trade representative and the Treasury Department issued a joint statement on June 3 accusing China of “misrepresenting the nature and history of trade negotiations” in the document and insisting that Chinese negotiators had backtracked on “previously agreed-upon provisions” of the trade deal. [read post]
5 Jun 2019, 6:00 am by Hilary Hurd, Nathaniel Sobel
Pompeo, backed by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, reportedly harbored concerns that denying waivers would lead to a spike in global oil prices—but he faced pressure from National Security Adviser John Bolton and his own ambassadors to deny their extension. [read post]
4 Jun 2019, 12:53 pm
 My brief reflections, some initial reporting and relevant official statements from the Departments of State, Treasury and Commerce follow. [read post]
3 Jun 2019, 9:14 am by Patrick McDonnell
Tibor Nagy, assistant secretary of state for african affairs, who will offer keynote remarks on the Trump administration’s new Africa Strategy. [read post]
29 May 2019, 6:00 am by Kevin Kaufman
The Department of the Treasury currently cannot connect opportunity zone data—such as the number of QOFs and amounts invested by QOFs and qualifying opportunity zone businesses—to specific census tracts. [read post]
29 May 2019, 5:54 am
In December of last year, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker previewed that OFAC would be issuing this guidance on the “hallmarks of an effective compliance program,” marking a new effort by Treasury to more clearly and comprehensively communicate its compliance expectations. [read post]
25 May 2019, 10:13 am by Quinta Jurecic
District Court for the Northern District of California has denied in part and granted in part a motion for a preliminary injunction against the government's construction of a border wall using funds reprogrammed by the Defense Department, enjoining the secretaries of defense, treasury and homeland security from taking action to construct a wall along certain sections of the U.S. [read post]
24 May 2019, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has instead denied the returns by arguing there is no legislative purpose for demanding them. [read post]
23 May 2019, 5:26 pm by Quinta Jurecic
The White House Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2019 May 23, 2019 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY SUBJECT: Agency Cooperation with Attorney General's Review of Intelligence… [read post]
22 May 2019, 3:34 pm by Jonathan Shaub
On May 20, as expected, the White House formally instructed former White House Counsel Don McGahn to refuse to comply with the House judiciary committee subpoena requiring his appearance and testimony. [read post]