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The IRS Is Coming for Partnerships and High Net Wealth Individuals

The Internal Revenue Service plans to deploy thousands of new hires to expand audits of partnerships and high net wealth individuals. As part of a larger transformation at the agency, it is using some of the $60 billion in...more

The Informed Board - Fall 2023

Boards routinely confront an array of difficult issues. In this issue of The Informed Board, we tackle four of the thorniest and most topical: - How to preserve the integrity of a deal process where a key fiduciary (say,...more

IRS Rolls Out Long-Planned Strategy Targeting Large Partnerships and High-Wealth Individual Taxpayers

On September 8, 2023, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Danny Werfel announced the rollout of a coordinated enforcement strategy that will involve audits of returns filed by 75 of the largest partnerships operating...more

Newly Proposed Regulations Provide Much-Needed Guidance on Federal Energy Tax Credit Monetization Provisions

On June 21, 2023, the Treasury Department (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published proposed regulations (88 FR 40528 and 88 FR 40496) under two key provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA)...more

Revenue Procedure 2022-39 Continues Qualified Amended Return Treatment for Audit Disclosures, Adds Large Partnership

On November 16, 2022, the IRS released a long-awaited update to the procedure for large corporate taxpayers and large partnerships under continuous audit to obtain Qualified Amended Return (QAR) treatment for items disclosed...more

Guidance on Carbon Capture and Sequestration Tax Credit Provides Clarity for Developers and Investors

The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released long-awaited proposed regulations regarding the carbon capture and sequestration tax credit provided under Section 45Q of the Internal Revenue...more

IRS Provides Relief for Renewable Energy Developers Encountering Construction Delays

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released Notice 2020-41 (the Notice), providing important relief with respect to the beginning-of-construction requirement for the production tax credit (PTC) and the investment tax...more

"IRS Guidance Clarifies 'Begun Construction' Standard for Renewable Electricity Production Credit Property"

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released welcome new guidance with respect to renewable electricity production and energy investment tax credits. A notice issued on May 5, 2016, reflects changes to the production tax...more

"Major Changes to Tax Audit Procedures to Impact Most Partnerships"

Legislation enacted in November 2015 will fundamentally change the way the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) examines entities treated as partnerships for U.S. federal tax purposes, including how it assesses and collects tax...more

"Congress Overhauls Partnership Audit and Litigation Procedures"

On November 2, 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (the Act). The Act overhauls the partnership audit and litigation rules in the Internal Revenue Code, repealing both the provisions...more

"IRS Guidance Clarifies Renewable Energy Tax Credit"

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released welcome new guidance on renewable electricity production and energy investment tax credits. A notice issued on August 8, 2014, addresses when a facility or equipment maintains...more

"Supreme Court Clarifies Standard to Challenge IRS Summons"

On June 19, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Clarke1 held that a taxpayer has a right to conduct an examination of IRS officials regarding their reasons for issuing an administrative summons when the taxpayer...more

"Supreme Court Rules on Partnership Tax Shelter Penalties"

In United States v. Woods,1 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously for the government on two long-brewing disagreements over penalty jurisdiction in the partnership context and over the breadth of valuation misstatement...more

"IRS Announces New IDR Enforcement Process"

On November 4, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service released an internal directive that completes a two-part process of reshaping the dynamic between taxpayers and IRS examiners during the information-gathering phase of an...more

"IRS Guidance on the Commencement of Construction Requirements for Tax Credits for Qualified Energy Facilities"

On April 15, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service released Notice 2013-29 (Notice), which established guidelines and a safe harbor to determine when construction has begun on a “qualified facility” for purposes of the renewable...more

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