On March 31, 2025, the Trump administration initiated a “comprehensive review of federal contracts and grants at Harvard University and its affiliates” by the Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism (Task Force) to ensure that Harvard is “in compliance with federal regulations, including its civil rights responsibilities.” Later that same day, Alan Garber, Harvard’s President, emailed a statement to the Harvard community expressing an intent to engage with the Task Force.

The year 2024 brought a breadth of noteworthy and significant tax decisions impacting both individual and corporate taxpayers. In the first of a recurring series, this article discusses tax cases from 2024 that we found intriguing and relevant to taxpayers.