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Protecting Your Business From Widespread ERC Scams

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Misinformation and widespread scams have created pitfalls for businesses regarding the employee retention credit - The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) has been one of the most discussed tax topics of 2023. Although...more

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Employee Retention Credit (ERC) – Proceed with Caution!

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The employee retention credit (ERC) is perhaps the most attractive – and controversial – COVID-era federal financial relief offered to the greatest number of US businesses. Congress established the ERC in the CARES Act of...more

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training: Environmental Crimes Case...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Criminal Enforcement, Forensics and Training publishes an Environmental Case Crimes Bulletin (“Bulletin”) that summarizes publicized investigative activity...more

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IRS Notice 2007-83 Declared Unlawful Under the Administrative Procedure Act

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The Administrative Procedure Act. The Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) contains over one hundred different civil penalties for various acts or failures to act. For example, Section 6707A requires taxpayers, in certain...more

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Recent Supreme Court Case Provides Possible Pre-Assessment Judicial Review for Onerous Penalties

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The Supreme Court’s recent decision in CIC Services, LLC v. Internal Revenue Service may have significantly expanded taxpayers’ ability to obtain immediate injunctive relief against onerous tax reporting requirement....more

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CIC Services, LLC v. Internal Revenue Service: Captive Insurance Wins a Battle, but the War Continues

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On Tax Day, May 17, 2021, in a unanimous opinion authored by Justice Kagan, the United States Supreme Court held that the Anti-Injunction Act ("AIA") does not bar a pre-enforcement challenge to the legality of an IRS-imposed...more

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Challenge To IRS Notice Does Not Violate Anti-Injunction Act

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In a ruling with implications for retirement and tax planning generally, the U.S. Supreme Court has determined that, in certain circumstances, taxpayers can challenge reporting requirements before complying with the...more

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US Supreme Court Allows Challenge to IRS Rule to Go Forward Despite Anti-Injunction Act

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The ruling provides a new avenue for parties to bring pre-enforcement challenges to IRS rules and regulations. Key Points: ..In CIC Services v. IRS, the US Supreme Court allowed a pre-enforcement challenge to an IRS...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Decision May Pave Way for Future IRS Lawsuits

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The U.S. Supreme Court recently rendered a unanimous opinion holding that the Anti-Injunction Act (AIA) did not block a lawsuit brought by CIC Services against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), delivering an important...more

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Supreme Court Opens Door to APA Challenge of Overreaching IRS Information Reporting Regime

In CIC Services, LLC v. Internal Revenue Service, a unanimous US Supreme Court allowed CIC, a tax advisor, to proceed with a pre-enforcement challenge to the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) “reportable transaction” regime....more

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Supreme Court puts IRS on notice [2016-66] in CIC Services, LLC - The Anti-Injunction Act has its limits

On May 17, 2021, the Supreme Court held that the Anti-Injunction Act (AIA), section 7421(a) of the Code, does not preclude a pre-enforcement challenge to an IRS notice enforced through civil and criminal penalties. The AIA...more

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Taxpayers Can Strike First: Supreme Court Allows Pre-Enforcement Challenges to Certain IRS Regulatory Actions

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Our Federal Tax Group examines a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could give taxpayers greater leeway to challenge IRS regulatory schemes before the IRS takes enforcement action....more

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Supreme Court Rules Tax Penalty Does Not Bar Pre-Enforcement Regulatory Challenge

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The Supreme Court held that a company may bring a pre-enforcement challenge under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA") to an IRS reporting requirement backed by a tax penalty. On May 17, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court...more

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Supreme Court Hands Tax Advisor Big Win in CIC Services, LLC v. IRS

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Federal tax cases against the IRS can be difficult. Even procedurally so. Under the pay-first, litigate-later rule, taxpayers are generally required, prior to filing suit against the United States: (1) to full pay the...more

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The FBAR (Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts): Everything You Need to Know

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What is the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR)? Congress enacted the statutory basis for the requirement to report foreign bank and financial accounts in 1970 as part of the “Currency and Foreign...more

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Federal Residential Evictions Moratorium Update

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On September 4, 2020, to prevent the further spread of COVID-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued an Order under Section 361 of the Public Health Service Act to temporarily halt residential...more

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Guilty From The Get-Go In The IRS Updated Voluntary Disclosure Program?

On June 20, 2019, the National Taxpayer Advocate (TA), an independent organization within the IRS that helps taxpayers and protects taxpayer rights, issued a final Report to Congress. A section of the report focused on the...more

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Internal Revenue Service Reveals Results Of Two-Week Employment Tax Compliance Campaign

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Yesterday the IRS announced the results of a nationwide two-week “education and enforcement campaign” regarding employment tax compliance. For several years, the IRS has made employment tax compliance a top enforcement...more

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Alpenglow at It Again

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As discussed in more detail in my prior post, Alpenglow Botanicals (“Alpenglow”) is a state licensed Marijuana dispensary based in Colorado. Alpenglow was audited for several tax years and the IRS made adjustments, denying...more

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What are some of the monetary penalties and other consequences of failing to properly report my foreign real estate and other...

Depending upon how foreign real estate is owned and/or controlled, a number of different tax reporting regimes may be implicated.  Each of these has its own corresponding penalties and generally applies to United States...more

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Offshore Update: IRS Releases Memorandum Addressing Updates to Voluntary Disclosure Practice After Closing Offshore Voluntary...

Now, More than Ever, Taxpayers with Lingering Offshore Tax Non-Compliance Must Seek Professional Assistance - On November 20, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (“the Service”) released a memorandum containing important...more

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What to Do (and Not Do) to Resolve Your Offshore Tax Issues

In recent months, the Internal Revenue Service (“the Service”) began the process of issuing follow-up letters to taxpayers who either requested preclearance to participate in the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (“OVDP”)...more

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Offshore Accountholders Beware: New DOJ Sentencing Policy For FBAR Cases Is A Game-Changer

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The Justice Department’s Tax Division has recently announced a major policy shift that will invariably result in longer jail sentences for individuals convicted of failing to report their offshore bank accounts on the FBAR...more

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A (Howard) Stern Reminder on Taxpayer Information Confidentiality

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Howard Stern fans are accustomed to hearing the satellite radio personality rant about the federal government. Now, in an unusual twist of fate, Stern and the federal government are on the same side of a lawsuit that...more

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IRS Seeks Identities of Americans with Undisclosed Belize Bank Accounts

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Americans with secret accounts in Belize should take notice: the government is looking for you. The U.S. Department of Justice on September 15 filed a petition in federal court in Miami seeking permission to issue summonses...more

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