Yearly Archives: 2018
San Diego Airport Fights Fees in Hertz Suit Against City’s Port District
Law360 (August 5, 2018) — Hertz Corp. and Enterprise RentACar Co. filed a complaint June 8 in the state Superior Court, challenging the $3.50 per rental car transaction fee imposed by the Port of San Diego in April to raise funds for a parking lot. Because the rental car lots are on airport property, the […]
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IRS Pick to Face Tough Questions on Agency’s Direction
The Hill, (June 28, 2018): The nomination of Chuck Rettig, a Beverly Hills, Calif., tax lawyer, comes at a critical moment for the IRS, which is tasked with implementing the new Republican tax law and needs to quickly modernize its technology. Tax lawyers who know Rettig say his background will be valuable because he understands […]
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California’s Tax System Overhaul Creates More Questions Than Answers for Businesses
Forbes, Los Angeles (April 18, 2018): In a little over 72 hours in June 2017, Governor Jerry Brown and legislative leaders used the state budget process to radically transform California’s tax system, which had been in place for roughly the past 87 years. To me, that seems a bit like a physician performing open heart […]
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New IRS Chief Charles Rettig May Help Reform Embattled Agency
Mardiros “Marty” Dakessian of Dakessian Law Ltd. in Los Angeles told Law360 he has known Rettig since around 2000 and that Rettig has the ability to “bring people together” in addition to having demonstrated integrity while representing taxpayers and playing a leadership role in multiple bar associations. Whatever Rettig’s priorities will be, whether they end up […]
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