The United States Department of Treasury (the Treasury) issued “The American Families Plan Tax Compliance Agenda,” detailing how the current administration intends to tackle the ever-looming noncompliance issue. This report was a follow up to the April of 2021 American Families Plan that included proposals that the administration announced to increase tax compliance. The Treasury [...]
On March 25, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced its “People First Initiative,” a program intended to respond to the challenges of Covid-19 by providing a variety of relief related to IRS deadlines and collection actions. For additional information, please see our previous blog article regarding the People First Initiative here and the full [...]
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced, in a recent Information Release and Fact Sheet, that it is going to make more site visits to taxpayers who have delinquent-filed tax returns. Fact Sheet 2020-02 notes that this increased use of compliance strategies is being fueled by the IRS’s increased use of data analytics, research, and other [...]
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had an interesting New Year’s resolution for 2018: more in-person meetings for taxpayers who have a local IRS Revenue Officer assigned to their case. For many taxpayers, particularly those who are unrepresented, this means that an IRS Revenue Officer will be coming to your home or place of business. The [...]