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Greek philosopher Plutarch is famous for posing the Ship of Theseus Paradox. The mythical hero Theseus, upon sailing back to Athens after an epic battle, replaces, one-by-one, the old, decayed planks of his mighty ship with new and stronger timbers. The thought experiment is whether the ship which has been restored by replacing each and every one of its wooden planks is still the same ship. If not, when did it become a new ship? When half of the planks were replaced? When the last plank was replaced?
In a recently issued appellate court decision, Schneider National Leasing, Inc. v. United ...
The road to obtaining a large tax refund can sometimes feel like the journey of a 1000 miles. In prior postings we have discussed the single step with which the journey typically begins – the refund claim. Today we’ll touch on a final step in the journey – review by the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT).
Introduction to JCT’s Role in Tax Refunds
The JCT is a bicameral committee of the U.S. Congress charged with several responsibilities including the review of large tax refunds. Specifically, in the case of tax refunds in excess of $2,000,000 ($5,000,000 in the case of a C ...