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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

Gray Reed

When is an Accountant Forced to Testify Against Their Client?

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Recently, in a criminal case involving a physician who hired an accountant to prepare and submit certain tax forms to the IRS on her behalf, the court denied attorney-client and work-product privilege claims and ordered the...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

[Hybrid Event] The New Corporate AMT and Attorney/Client Privilege: Why Your Attorney Should Hire Your Accountant - January 12th,...

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The new corporate alternative minimum tax (“CAMT”) generally applies to corporations with 3-year average “book” income in excess of $1 billion. Thus whether a corporation owes CAMT may depend on positions taken under GAAP....more

Freeman Law

Representing Taxpayers in Sensitive Audits: A Look at the Fundamental Challenges of an Eggshell Audit

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Sensitive audits present the tax practitioner with unique challenges.  They require the exercise of judgment and discretion, as well as an understanding of administrative procedure and even a command of constitutional and...more

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Tax Practitioners May Use Return Information to Market to their Return Preparation Clients, But Some Use and Disclosures Require...

Accounting firms have specific rights and duties that come into play when they market to their clients using data gleaned from the return preparation process. The general rule is that returns and return information cannot be...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Missed opportunity - IRS releases narrow guidance for taxpayers seeking to correct accounting methods subsequent to ASC 606...

On May 10, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Rev. Proc. 2018-29, 2018-21 I.R.B. 1, which provides automatic accounting method change procedures for taxpayers seeking to align methods of income recognition for...more

Maynard Nexsen

You Lost Your Case to the IRS: Are Accountant and Lawyer Fees Deductible?

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Section 212(3) of the Internal Revenue Code [Code] provides in pertinent part: “In case of an individual, there shall be allowed as a deduction all the ordinary and necessary expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year...more

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