Private business jet operators sue IRS for $643 million, claiming ticket tax wrongly applied

A story by the Associated Press published yesterday says that a  group of private business jet operators is suing the Internal Revenue Service for $643 million, saying the government wrongly applied a ticket tax meant for commercial passengers only. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Columbus by four Ohio-based subsidiaries of Columbus-based NetJets Inc. says the ticket…

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The real Buffett Rule: Tax cuts for corporate jets

President Obama, Democrats in Congress, and Obama’s billioinaire fundraiser Warren Buffett are talking this week about a tax hike proposal that is mostly about politics, but meanwhile, the IRS just issued guidance on changing tax law in a way that is mostly about increasing profits for corporate-jet owners and Obama’s billionaire fundraiser Warren Buffett, who…

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