The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) is a refundable tax credit for certain eligible business and tax...
Anticipating Tax Litigators…And the IRS (Part 2 of 2): Tax Strategy Tips
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has had a long backlog that, due in ...
Anticipating Tax Litigation… And the IRS (Part 1 of 2): Tax Filing and Maintenance Tips
Despite the relative rarity of an individual taxpayer’s file being brought to United States Tax Co...
When Winning Isn’t “Prevailing”: Success in Bankruptcy Court Does Not Translate to Attorneys’ Fees
In June 2016, William Canada, Jr. took the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to bankruptcy court and wo...
IRS Acted “Against Equity or Good Conscience” to Deny Hardship Due to Depression
On April 20, 2017, the United States Tax Court (Court) held in favor the petitioners, John C. Trimme...
What’s in a Name?: The ABA Attempts to Define “Cryptocurrency”
Until relatively recently, the number of individuals who bought and sold cryptocurrencies (crypto) a...
Is The IRS Going to the Moon?: President Biden’s Executive Order on Digital Assets
On March 9, 2022, President Biden signed an executive order setting out his administration’s strat...
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 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...
Emphasizing Physical Injuries In Settlement Agreements
The United States Tax Court (Court) recently issued a decision highlighting, yet again, the importan...
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�...
How Does an Employer Comply with an IRS Wage Levy?
When an individual has outstanding federal tax liabilities, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a...
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...
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...
I missed the deadline to file my tax return. Now what?
I missed the deadline to file my tax return. Now what? The deadline for individual taxpayers to file...
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...
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...
IRS Adopts The In-Person Approach
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had an interesting New Year’s resolution for 2018: more in-pers...