Liability Issues for Open Businesses During the Crisis
The IRS expects to send out over 125,000 collection letters to high-income taxpayers who did not file one or more federal income tax returns between 2017 and 2021. As part of the new collection initiative, approximately...more
The US Department of the Treasury has recently reinforced the progress on enforcement, specifically how the IRS is focused on tax evasion targeting and the targeting of high-income individuals and entities. The IRS has...more
As looming collection action efforts against delinquent taxpayers intensifies, the Internal Revenue Service is attempting to increase voluntary compliance and payment for outstanding liabilities. The IRS announced automatic...more
Avisos de Cobros del IRS se reiniciarán en 2024 así como un nuevo alivio de multas para aproximadamente 4.7 millones de personas, empresas y organizaciones exentas de impuestos a las que no se les envió un recordatorio...more
On 12/19/23, the IRS announced the restart of IRS collection notices as well as a new penalty relief for approximately 4.7 million individuals, businesses and tax-exempt organizations that were not sent an automated IRS...more
Beginning on January 1, 2024, the IRS will resume automated collection notices for all tax years. Individuals, businesses, trusts, estates, and tax-exempt organizations may be eligible for penalty relief for tax years 2020...more
The IRS Independent Office of Appeals (“IRS Appeals”) was established to provide an “independent” IRS function that is separate and independent from the IRS’s compliance functions that maintain responsibility for collecting...more
The answer to the question “Can the IRS Collect Assets Abroad”” is yes, based on the Office of Chief Counsel Internal Revenue Service memorandum dated February 24, 2022. The memorandum discusses the IRS Collection Procedures...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of October 4, 2021 – October 8, 2021... October 4, 2021: The IRS released a practice unit,...more
A closely held business may come to our firm for any number of reasons. The owners may be selling the business, for example, or they may be thinking about spinning off a division. In some cases, the owners are considering the...more
The Internal Revenue Service has for some time made available a comprehensive set of Questions & Answers covering the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer shared responsibility rules. (These are the rules that are codified in...more
When someone owes the IRS taxes, as a result of not paying the tax shown as due on a tax return or where the IRS audits and imposes additional taxes owed, the IRS will “assess” this tax liability, and with penalties and...more
The IRS collection process begins when IRS does not receive full and timely payments from a taxpayer after it issues a collection notice. Based on the information in the taxpayer’s 1040 tax return, if the taxpayer does not...more