More than 25 years ago, Congress enacted Internal Revenue Code Section 6751(b) to protect taxpayers from the IRS using penalties as a bargaining chip in an effort to coerce taxpayers to settle. Generally, Section 6751(b)...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) sent thousands of taxpayers a letter, alerting them of an unauthorized inspection or disclosure of their tax return or return information by a former IRS contractor, Charles Littlejohn....more
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 20, 2024, ruled 7-2 that Section 965 of the Internal Revenue Code, as revised by the law known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, is constitutional. The issue presented to the Court in Moore v....more
6/27/2024
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Constitutional Challenges ,
Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
GILTI tax ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Moore v US ,
Repatriation ,
SCOTUS ,
Shareholders ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Revenues
Basketball just wrapped up its season and hockey is in the last period of its season, but there is no summer vacation for the IRS Large Business and International (LB&I) division. The IRS recently announced a new enforcement...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (D.C. Circuit) on May 3, 2024, reversed the U.S. Tax Court (USTC) in Alon Farhy v. Commissioner, No. 23-1179 (D.C. Cir. May 3, 2024) by holding that...more
5/17/2024
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Appeals ,
Enforcement Authority ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Foreign Tax ,
Foreign Tax Credits ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Penalties ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Reversal ,
Stare Decisis ,
Statutory Authority ,
Tax Assessment ,
Tax Court
The close of 2022 means family gatherings, holiday fun and one step closer to the end of research and development (R&D) expense current deductibility. Prior to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), Internal Revenue Code Section...more
As Congress continues to deliberate the federal legalization of marijuana, the cannabis industry continues to face scrutiny from the IRS under Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code (Code). Enacted in 1982 in response to a...more
4/23/2021
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Business Expenses ,
Cannabis-Related Businesses (CRBs) ,
Controlled Substances ,
Controlled Substances Act ,
Hemp Related Businesses ,
Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Tax Court ,
Tax Deductions
In Notice 2004-45, 2004-2 C.B. 33, the IRS put taxpayers who were asserting to be bona fide residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) and who were not following the requirements of meeting the applicable bona fide residency...more
3/10/2021
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Income Taxes ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Large Business & International Division (LB&I) ,
Puerto Rico ,
Remand ,
Residency Requirements ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Tax Court ,
Tax Returns ,
Virgin Islands
Virtual currency transactions are now a prime focus of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) scrutiny. The IRS has numerous information-gathering tools to enforce its taxing power, including summons, artificial intelligence, data...more
12/4/2019
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Criminal Investigations ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Currency ,
FBAR ,
Financial Transactions ,
FinCEN ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
IRS ,
Popular ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Tax Planning ,
Tax Returns ,
Virtual Currency ,
Voluntary Disclosure