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Taking Advantage Of Expanded Penalty Relief

The recent enactment of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) put many individual taxpayers in a difficult...

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Emphasizing Physical Injuries In Settlement Agreements

The United States Tax Court (Court) recently issued a decision highlighting, yet again, the importan...

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Another Tax Blow To The Marijuana Industry

The marijuana industry remains in a difficult position when it comes to the federal tax implications...

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Can The IRS Really Seize My Assets Without Telling Me First?

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can utilize its jeopardy levy function (i.e., taking a taxpayer�...

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Marijuana Dispensaries and the Federal Tax Trap

The marijuana industry has experienced a nationwide boom in the last five years. In 2013, the mariju...

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Winning A Tax Battle, But Losing the Tax War

A recent U.S. Tax Court decision in Barker v. Comm’r of Internal Revenue, T.C. Memo. 2018-67 exemp...

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Does the Internal Revenue Service’s “willfulness” standard in Trust Fund Recovery Penalty cases include a “reasonable cause” defense?

The recent Sixth Circuit decision in Bibler v. U.S., 2018 WL 1911249, may mark an evolution of the d...

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Recent Announcements: The IRS to End Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program on September 28, 2018; FinCEN Increases FBAR Penalties to Reflect Inflation

Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program Ends September 28, 2018 The IRS recently announced that it wil...

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IRS Adopts The In-Person Approach

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had an interesting New Year’s resolution for 2018: more in-pers...

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The IRS Adds Passport Revocation To Its Collections Arsenal

On January 16, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a press release emphasizing that taxp...

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FOIAs and GDPAs: How Requests for Information Can Help Practitioners Resolve Cases with the IRS or DOR

This is the sixth article in the Freedom Of Information Act Requests (FOIAs) and Government Data Pra...

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FOIAs and GDPAs: How Requests for Information Can Help Practitioners Resolve Cases with the IRS or DOR

This is the fifth article in the Freedom Of Information Act Requests (FOIAs) and Government Data Pra...

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FOIAs and GDPAs: How Requests for Information Can Help Practitioners Resolve Cases with the IRS or DOR

This is the fourth article in the Freedom Of Information Act Requests (FOIAs) and Government Data Pr...

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FOIAs and GDPAs: How Requests for Information Can Help Practitioners Resolve Cases with the IRS or DOR

This is the third article in the Freedom Of Information Act Requests (FOIAs) and Government Data Pra...

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FOIAs and GDPAs: How Requests for Information Can Help Resolve Cases with the IRS or MDR

This is the second article in the Freedom Of Information Act Requests (FOIAs) and Government Data Pr...

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FOIAs and GDPAs: How Requests for Information Can Help Resolve Cases with the IRS or MDR

This is the first article in the Freedom Of Information Act Requests (FOIAs) and Government Data Pra...

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Explaining the Basics of the Quiet Disclosure of an FBAR

This is the sixth article in the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) Frequently Asked Quest...

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Explaining the Internal Revenue Service’s FBAR Penalty Structure

This is the fifth article in the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) Frequently Asked Quest...