The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), like any self-respecting bureaucracy, sometimes makes mistakes. ...
A Sordid Tale of Donkeys and Horses: Tax Court Style – Part Two
On December 16, 2021, the United States Tax Court issued a memorandum opinion in the case of Skolnic...
A Sordid Tale of Donkeys and Horses: Tax Court Style – Part One
The following tale is the first in a two part series relating to a couple of recent decisions from t...
Tax Questions Every Solo And Small Firm Lawyer Should Be Able To Answer
Appearing in the October of 2021 issue of ALI CLE’s The Practical Lawyer is an article by Kathleen...
IRS Ratchets Up Efforts To Pursue Noncompliant Taxpayers
The United States Department of Treasury (the Treasury) issued “The American Families Plan Tax Com...
IRS Prevails In Pursuing An Alter Ego Assessment
Corporate income taxes are generally the responsibility of the corporation and not the individuals t...
Can You Still Obtain A Lien Release Or Certificate Of Discharge In The Middle Of A Pandemic?
The on-going COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the daily operations for the Internal Re...
Can Cleaners Be Treated As Independent Contractors?
The proper classification of workers is a decision that is critical to the success or failure of man...
Not Exactly Bona Fide: Avoiding The Faulty Loan Trap
It is not uncommon for small businesses to rely on friends and family for loans to assist the busine...
Death Is No Defense When It Comes To FBAR Penalties
People often joke that the only certainties in life are death and taxes. Well, it turns out that, wh...
IRS Expands Operations And Issues Additional Guidance In Response to Ever-Changing Pandemic Environment
On April 24, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued an internal memo advising its employees...
Working With Taxing Authorities During The Coronavirus Pandemic
The recently imposed social distancing measures that are critical and essential to our nation’s ba...
IRS To Increase Focus On Delinquent-Filed Returns
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced, in a recent Information Release and Fact Sheet, that i...
Proving ‘Material Participation’ In Today’s Digital Age
The fight over who meets the definition of a “real estate professional” is not a new one. Fortun...
State Sales Tax and Corporate Income and Franchise Tax After Wayfair
On June 21, 2018, The United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in South Dakota v. Wayfair that states c...
Can You Remotely Satisfy The Material Participation Test?
For many taxpayers with multiple active business interests, the material participation test can be a...
What Happens If The Small Business Administration Tells Me Not To Pay My Business’s Employment Taxes?
For many business taxpayers who have Small Business Administration (SBA) financing that ultimately g...
IRS Announces Increase to Late Filing Penalties for 2018 Federal Tax Returns
The IRS recently announced that taxpayers who owe tax and did not file their 2018 returns before Fri...
Taking Advantage Of Expanded Penalty Relief
The recent enactment of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) put many individual taxpayers in a difficult...
