Here is a quick, ahem, audit of some of the most well-read tax-related publications on JD Supra during 2020, a taxing year indeed. Dominant themes: COVID-19 and the PPP; virtual currency and the IRS; and California Prop 19, among others...

1. Bitcoin, the IRS, and the Love that was Lost - by Michael March at Rosenberg Martin Greenberg
2. UPDATED: Summary COVID-19: Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) - by David Avitabile, Pamela MacKenzie, Timothy Carter, Ling Kong, and David Lewis at Goulston & Storrs
3. Prop 19 Passes: Preserve Low Property Taxes for Next Generation - by Kit Driscoll at Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass
4. S Corporation Owners Get Less than Partnership Owners and Self-Employed Individuals under Payroll Protection Program - by Erik Doerring at Burr & Forman
5. IRS Confirms PPP Loan Forgiveness Not Taxable - by D. Robert Morris at Pullman & Comley
6. Biden’s Tax Proposals For Capital Gain, Like Kind Exchanges, Basis Step-Up & The Estate Tax – Tough Times Ahead? - by Louis Vlahos at Farrell Fritz
7. Tax Scam Alert: The Distraint Warrant - by David Gair and Isreal Miller at Gray Reed
8. UPDATED: Payroll Protection Program Expanded to Aid Small Businesses, but Workforce Questions Remain - by Franc Del Fosse, Shannon Farmer, Brent Heberlee, Karli Lubin and Brian D. Pedrow at Ballard Spahr
9. Taxpayers That Paid The Net Investment Income Tax Or The Additional Medicare Tax Should Consider Filing Protective Claims For Refund - by Michael Guariglia, Alan Kornstein, Jeffrey Muller, Lawrence Sannicandro, Stephen Vajtay, Jr. at McCarter & English
10. Last Chance for ACA-Related Protective Refund Claims for 2016 - by Nancy Dollar and Pamela Kaufmann at Hanson Bridgett
11. Navigating Proposition 19: Planning for 2021 Changes to California Real Property Tax Reassessment Rules - by Jody Bryson, Caitlin Carey, Paula Leibovitz Goodwin and Yufei (Fei) Li at Perkins Coie
12. COVID-19: Coronavirus Response & Your Federal Tax Obligations - by Fred Adam, Alan Gill, Matthew Schnall and Kimberly Wethly at WilmerHale
13. 2020 California Estate and Tax Planning Newsletter - by William Finestone at Blank Rome
14. Challenge to Prop 15: Courts Don’t Mess with Initiatives (or AGs Who Summarize Them) - by Brian Byun, Scott C. Smith at Best Best & Krieger
15. DOJ and IRS May Soon Begin Enforcement Actions Against Virtual Currency Tax Fraudsters - by John Carney, Nicholas Mowbray, Robert Musiala Jr., Jeffrey Paravano, Andrew Serrao at BakerHostetler

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