Until relatively recently, the number of individuals who bought and sold cryptocurrencies (crypto) a...
A Qualified Offer the IRS Could Refuse
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), like any self-respecting bureaucracy, sometimes makes mistakes. ...
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...
Split In The 5th Circuit Muddies The FBAR Waters
There has been a potentially landscape-altering decision out of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (...
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...
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...
IRS Releases People First Initiative FAQs
On March 25, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced its “People First Initiative,” a...
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...
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...
Taking Advantage Of Expanded Penalty Relief
The recent enactment of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) put many individual taxpayers in a difficult...
Another Tax Blow To The Marijuana Industry
The marijuana industry remains in a difficult position when it comes to the federal tax implications...
The IRS’s Expanding Definition Of Willfulness In FBAR Cases
The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS’s) Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (Program) has eleme...
Marijuana Dispensaries and the Federal Tax Trap
The marijuana industry has experienced a nationwide boom in the last five years. In 2013, the mariju...