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Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

EnforceMintz — Medicare Advantage and Part D Programs to Remain in the Enforcement Spotlight in 2025

As government scrutiny and enforcement targeting the Medicare Advantage (Medicare Part C) program continued in 2024, the industry’s response to agency actions escalated. Last year also resulted in the first sizable Part D...more

Lippes Mathias LLP

Know Your Rights: Managing Exposure During Audits Through Legal Representation

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The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (the “IRA”) allocated $80 billion in funding to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), much of which was earmarked for increased enforcement efforts. After some starts and stops, that funding...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Key Takeaways | IRS & FTB: Ultra High-Net-Worth Targets, Taxes & Tips

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This session of the Private Client West Cost Forum 2024 explored the current state of audits and tax controversy and shared practical advice to prepare for challenges ahead of a contest with the IRS or Franchise Tax Board...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Challenge to Collection Due Process? Will Supreme Court Affirm IRS’s Offset of Valid Refund With Disputed Tax Liability?

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Earlier this year the IRS announced that, as part of its larger compliance efforts begun last fall under the Inflation Reduction Act, the agency’s stepped-up enforcement activity with respect to high wealth, high income...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Auditoría Comercial Del IRS

El IRS se centra en las empresas desde la aprobación de la Ley de Reducción de la Inflación. Según el Plan Operativo Estratégico (financiado por la Ley de Reducción de la Inflación), el IRS está aumentando las tasas de...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

IRS Business Audit

IRS is focused on Businesses since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. Under the Strategic Operating Plan (funded by the Inflation Reduction Act), the IRS is increasing audit rates, expanding enforcement and targeting...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

What is the “Abusive Use of Partnerships” and Why does the IRS Care?

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What is now considered as the “abusive use of partnerships,” and why would this matter to the IRS? The agency recently released IR-2024-166, which is intended to provide “new guidance to stop partnerships from using...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Tax Authorities of the World Unite? Not Quite, But the IRS Joins the Movement to Tax the Rich

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Earlier this year, the OECD observed there has been a significant increase in global wealth inequality over the last two decades. It also acknowledged that “taxation is a key instrument . . . that governments have at their...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

New Corporate Tax Increase Proposal and Focused IRS Audits - Is the Cost of Business Going Up?

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The Biden Administration’s new corporate tax increase proposal will face substantial challenges in both branches of Congress this year. The IRS continues to focus on the tax profiles of large corporations, limited...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

President Biden and Senators Support the Ramp Up in IRS Audits on Corporate Aircraft

President Biden announced that he will focus on ending tax breaks for corporate aircraft and “cracking down on corporate jet loopholes.” Several aviation and labor organizations, including the National Business Aviation...more

McDermott Will & Emery

IRS Announces New Audit Initiative Focused on Jet Airplane Usage

On February 21, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a new initiative to audit the use of airplanes by corporations, large partnerships and high-net-worth individuals. While the IRS has always examined plane...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Scrutiny on Personal Use of Business Jets Intensifies: IRS to Conduct Audits

Initially, tracking systems were employed to monitor the private jet usage of celebrities like Taylor Swift. Now, similar scrutiny will extend to executives who utilize business aircraft for personal purposes while claiming...more

Baker Donelson

IRS Announces Increased Audits on Corporate Jet Usage

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The U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a press release on February 21, 2024, announcing its plans to initiate a campaign conducting "dozens of audits" of large corporations and high-income taxpayers, focusing on their...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

IRS Ramps Up Audits on Corporate Aircraft Use for High-Net-Worth Individuals and Affiliated Entities

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is increasing audits on corporate aircraft use for high-net-worth individuals, large corporations and complex partnerships as part of its new initiative using Inflation Reduction Act funding...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

IRS sees flight risk with corporate jets

On February 21, 2024, the IRS announced a new initiative to audit large corporate taxpayer use of corporate jets, as part of a larger initiative focused on tax compliance of large corporations and high-income taxpayers. The...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Energy & Sustainability Washington Update - January 2024

Climate Corps Listening Sessions - The White House has announced a series of virtual listening sessions for the newly launched American Climate Corps to be held in January and February 2024. With a goal of recruiting...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

With New Technology and New Hires, the IRS Aims To Audit More Effectively While Improving Taxpayer Services

New Funding, New Focus - With some $80 billion in initial funding from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) began ramping up taxpayer services, issue resolution planning, compliance and...more

Allen Barron, Inc.

IRS Focuses Scrutiny on High-Income Taxpayers, Partnerships and Corporations

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New issues come into focus as the IRS focuses scrutiny on high-income taxpayers, partnerships and corporations, as well as those who promote the abuse of tax rules.  The IRS has formally given notice that it intends to...more

ArentFox Schiff

Fixing a Hole: IRS to Use AI and IRA Funds to Bolster Tax Enforcement

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The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), enacted in August 2022, appropriated billions of dollars in additional funding to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The IRS has begun allocating funds, including investing in artificial...more

Holland & Knight LLP

IRS Announces Sweeping Enforcement Effort Targeting Partnerships

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The IRS announced a "sweeping" and "historic" enforcement effort focused on partnerships and is establishing a special group within its Large Business and International (LB&I) Division to focus exclusively on large and...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Artificial Intelligence Allows IRS to Increase Scrutiny of High-Earners & Partnerships

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced a renewed effort to ensure compliance with federal tax law, specifically focusing on high-income earners, partnerships, and large corporations. This additional scrutiny...more

McDermott Will & Emery

IRS Strengthens Its Large Partnership Audit Teams

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Back in October 2021, the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Large Business and International (LB&I) division announced the Large Partnership Compliance (LPC) program. This new audit program adopted features of the Large...more

Woods Rogers

IRS Announces New Initiatives to Restore Fairness to Tax System

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On September 8, 2023, the IRS announced the start of a “sweeping, historic effort to restore fairness in tax compliance by shifting more attention onto high-income earners, partnerships, large corporations and promotors...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

IRS Moves to Target Wealthy Taxpayers in Historic Compliance Drive

This month, the IRS announced that it is using the long-term funding approved by Congress through the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to shift its attention to wealthy taxpayers in an effort to “identify sophisticated schemes...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

IRS Takes Aim at High Earners, Large Partnerships, and Corporations Using AI

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When the Inflation Reduction Act was passed last year, the legislation included massive funding increases for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The initial narratives regarding the funding increases focused primarily on...more

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