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Watch the Scope of Your IRS Closing Agreement

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The rules relating to delegated authority are complex. A taxpayer is well advised to ensure that the scope of a closing agreement the taxpayer signs is what the taxpayer expects, and that an IRS official who signs the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

IRS Announces Plans To Increase Audits of Personal Use of Business Aircraft

On February 21, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced plans to commence a focused audit effort targeting private aircraft usage by dozens of large corporations, large partnerships and high-income individual...more

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Large Corporations and Wealthy Taxpayers Beware: The Taxman is Coming

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Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Chuck Rettig on April 13, 2021, told a U.S. Senate panel that the tax gap in the U.S. may total $1 trillion per year. In his view, the increase from prior estimates is due, in part,...more

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IRS Audit Campaign Targets Nonresident Alien U.S. Real Estate Activities

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In 2017, the IRS Large Business & International Division (LB&I) announced a new audit strategy known as "campaigns" that focused on issue-based rather than entity-based examinations, and focusing on those issues that present...more

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IRS Announces Updates to Income Tax Credits for Research Expenditures

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The IRS Large Business and International Division ("LB&I") announced a campaign on February 27, 2020, to examine taxpayers' returns claiming income tax credits and deductions for research expenditures under IRC Sections 41...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup February 24 – 28, 2020

Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of February 24 – 28, 2020. February 24, 2020: The IRS released final instructions to Form 8978,...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup November 18 – 22, 2019

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 18 – 22, 2019. November 19, 2019: The IRS published final regulations that affect United...more

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The Internal Revenue Service Is Expanding the 2020 Compliance Assurance Process

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The Large Business and International Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) developed the Compliance Assurance Process (CAP) program to improve large corporate taxpayer compliance with US federal tax obligations...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup August 5 – 9, 2019

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of August 5 – 9, 2019. ...more

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IRS Resumes Examinations of Stock Based Compensation in Cost Sharing Agreements

On July 31, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Large Business and International (LB&I) division formally withdrew its Directive (LB&I-04-0118-005) instructing examiners on transfer pricing selection related to stock...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

LB&I aims new campaigns at taxpayers at home and abroad

On July 19, 2019, the Large Business and International (LB&I) Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced the addition of six compliance campaigns, bringing to 59 the total number of active campaigns. These six...more

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59 And Counting: IRS LB&I Announces Six More Compliance Campaigns

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Earlier this week, the Internal Revenue Service’s Large Business & International Division announced six more compliance campaigns, bringing the total number of campaigns announced to date to a whopping 59. These campaigns...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup July 15 – 19, 2019

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of July 15 – 19, 2019. July 16, 2019: The IRS issued a news release concerning its provision of...more

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Is an Increase in LB&I Assertion of Penalties on the Horizon?

On May 31, 2019, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) released a report indicating that changes may be in the works regarding assertion of accuracy-related penalties in examinations handled by the IRS...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Large corporate compliance program announced by LB&I

On May 16, 2019, the Large Business and International (LB&I) Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced changes in, and a new name for, a key compliance program (IR-2019-95) to identify the biggest and most...more

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IRS LB&I Sharpens Its Risk Analysis, Announces Large Corporate Compliance (LCC) Program

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Last week, the IRS unveiled a major change in how it identifies its biggest and most complex large corporations for examination. The move is part of the IRS’s broader efforts toward “portfolio management”—maximizing and...more

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LB&I announces new campaigns – Related-party service companies, offshore private banking and loose-filed Forms 5471

On April 16, 2019, the Large Business and International (LB&I) Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced three new compliance campaigns. The campaigns focus on: ..Transfer pricing for “captive” services...more

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IRS Announces More LB&I Campaigns!

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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Large Business and International (LB&I) Division continues to churn out new audit “campaigns.” For our prior coverage... The most recent set of campaigns were announced on April 16, 2019,...more

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IRS LB&I Division Announces Its New Year’s Resolutions

Each New Year, many of us look back on the previous year’s activities, and determine what we want to accomplish in the coming year – lose weight, start exercising, read more tax articles, etc. The Internal Revenue Service...more

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IRS can start asking questions about Campaign Issues. Have your Audit Plan Ready!

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On January 31, 2017, the IRS Large Business and International Division (LBI) announced a compliance campaign strategy to redefine large business compliance work and build a supportive infrastructure inside the LBI. ...more

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IRS issues key audit directive for life insurers

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Large Business and International (LB&I) division recently released an Industry Director’s Directive (IDD) that provides key guidance for life insurers. The IDD is the product of a two-year...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

LB&I adds new campaigns on virtual currency and transition tax

On July 2, 2018, the Large Business and International (LB&I) Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced five new compliance campaigns, including campaigns relating to virtual currency and the transition tax...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

No holding back: LB&I adds five new compliance campaigns

On March 13, 2018, the Large Business and International (LB&I) Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced five new compliance campaigns. The announcement of these new campaigns reiterates LB&I’s efforts to focus...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Internal Revenue Service’s LB&I Division Unveils Five More Compliance Campaigns

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On March 13, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service’s Large Business and International Division announced that it was adding five more compliance campaigns to its previously-announced list of 24 such campaigns. The compliance...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

LB&I to Closely Scrutinize Basket Transactions

The Large Business and International (LB&I) Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced its first 13 issue-based campaigns on January 31, 2017. As discussed in a prior Eversheds Sutherland Legal Alert, these...more

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