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There have been a significant number of recent IRS updates that impact taxpayers from both a controversy and compliance perspective. While our focus is to always provide the absolute best tax controversy updates and counsel for our clients, the IRS is currently modifying many current compliance procedures in the wake of the pandemic that are important to pass on to
Last week, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that the filing deadline for certain returns has been extended from April 15, 2020 to July 15, 2020 (Notice 2020-18) and they also provided some payment relief in response to the COVID-19 national emergency. Although this is an ever-evolving and fluid situation, for the time being the Treasury
Treasury Secretary announced today that the IRS’ tax filing deadline has been extended to July 15th. This will be welcome news to not only taxpayers but the tax practitioners who were under the gun to get tax returns filed by April 15th in this tumultuous and uncertain environment resulting from the coronavirus outbreak. With this new change, both the tax
As the COVID-19 spreads, taxpayers of all walks of life are affected by the vast actions taken to contain its spread and protect public health. In the face of this public health crisis, we want to ensure that all those that are being affected by this are educated on their rights and responsibilities in regard to their personal and business
On March 13, 2020 the United States Tax Court determined that, due to the current health crisis, the Tax Court buildings will be closed effective immediately. Previously scheduled Tax Court trial sessions will be cancelled including: April 6, 2020: Little Rock, AR; Niagara Falls, NY; San Diego, CA; Seattle, WA April 8, 2020: Chicago, IL April 13, 2020: Washington, DC
The Trump Administration announced its new economic stimulus plan today which includes an option for taxpayers to delay their tax payments for 90 days. The plan allows deferrals of up to $1 million for individuals and up to $10 million for corporations on their tax payments for up to 90 days. Taxpayers are still encouraged to file their tax returns
By: Derek B. Wheeler, Esq. and Heather L. Marello, Esq. As part of the Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (“RRA 98”), Congress enacted IRC §6751(b)(1), which requires written supervisory approval for certain penalties proposed by the IRS. Much of RRA 98 focused on legislative controls to prevent abusive practices by IRS personnel which had come to light in the
By: Heather Marello, Esq. In 2013, New York added Section 171-v to the tax law, which provides that the State may suspend a taxpayer’s driver’s license if his or her tax, penalty and interest exceeds $10,000 and the taxpayer is not in an installment payment arrangement or have an accepted Offer in Compromise by the Tax Department. When the law
By: Randall P. Andreozzi, Esq. In 2016 the IRS issued Notice 2016-66, which identifies certain micro captive insurance transactions as potentially abusive. The Notice generally describes the abusive arrangement as one where owners of closely-held entities engage in a captive insurance arrangement that purports to ensure against certain risks associated with the business. The business pays “premiums” to the captive
By: Randall P. Andreozzi, Esq. Cryptocurrency investors be warned. The IRS is coming for you. Over the course of several years, the IRS has methodically ramped up its efforts to tackle the burgeoning cryptocurrency market. As taxpayers enter this market, it’s important that they understand that virtual currency transactions are taxable events involving actual assets and that the IRS treats