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...
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 (...
IRS Ratchets Up Efforts To Pursue Noncompliant Taxpayers
The United States Department of Treasury (the Treasury) issued “The American Families Plan Tax Com...
IRS Provides Additional Guidance To Passport Revocation Process
In January of 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a press release advising delinquent ta...
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...
IRS Releases People First Initiative FAQs
On March 25, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced its “People First Initiative,” a...
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...
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...
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...