In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the IRS was confronted with a proliferation of corporate transactions that it viewed as aggressive tax shelters. Relying on the authority Congress delegated through Section 6011(a), the IRS...more
6/13/2024
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Conservation Easements ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Easements ,
IRS ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Tax Appeals ,
Tax Avoidance ,
Tax Court ,
Tax Penalties ,
Tax Shelters
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
In Flint v. United States, 2022 WL 3593826 (Fed. Cl. 2022), the court held that the executors of an estate could not recover a six-figure "Title 26 miscellaneous offshore penalty" (MOP) the decedent paid to the Internal...more
9/1/2022
/ Audits ,
Breach of Contract ,
Foreign Bank Accounts ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
Offshore Funds ,
Penalties ,
Remediation ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Self-Certification ,
Tax Penalties ,
Tax Returns ,
Willful Violations
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