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The August Monthly Minute highlights new IRS guidance addressing student loan matching programs, HHS’s increases to civil monetary penalties and Form 5330 paper filing updates....more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on July 24, 2024, issued two new FAQs providing guidance on 1) how to obtain a taxpayer identification number (TIN) in a manner to ensure...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of June 10, 2024 – June 14, 2024....more
El IRS publicó el Consejo Fiscal 2024-38 el 25 de abril de 2024 para explicarle a los contribuyentes cómo enmendar declaración de impuestos. Si un contribuyente descubre un error después de presentar su declaración, es...more
The IRS released Tax Tip 2024-38, April 25, 2024, to explain to taxpayers how to amend a tax return. If a taxpayer discovers an error after filing their return, the taxpayer may need to amend a tax return. IRS states that...more
On April 3, 2023, the United States Tax Court issued its opinion in Farhy v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, which upset long-standing views on how the IRS may assess and collect penalties for failure to file certain tax...more
The various forms of information reporting required by the Internal Revenue Code form the backbone of both voluntary compliance with tax laws and the starting point for audits by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). One form...more
As we’ve previously discussed, the IRS started issuing Letters 226J in late 2017. It continues to send these letters to employers each year proposing that the employer owes an Employer Shared Responsibility Payment (ESRP) for...more
On behalf of the ESOPs & Employee Benefits team, we hope you’re enjoying the first days of Spring, when the longer days allow more time to ponder the ever-changing landscape of employee benefits compliance. Please find below...more
In March 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) released a new revision to Form W-9. Forms W-9 previously provided or collected do not expire nor need to be refreshed due to the publication of the new revision....more
After years of explicitly warning taxpayers that failing to report or underreporting income from transactions involving digital assets would lead to criminal charges, federal prosecutors are now beginning to follow through on...more
Are you searching for 2023 tax return preparation and filing tips? The window officially opened to submit 2023 tax returns to the IRS on January 29, 2024. The following day the IRS released IR-2024-38, “Things to remember...more
In Escano v. Innovative Financial Partners, LLC, a magistrate judge held that the defendants’ decision to withhold funds from a payment required under a settlement agreement when the plaintiff refused to provide a Form W-9...more
The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued an announcement that it is delaying implementation of reporting obligations for businesses that accept large amounts of digital assets. This SKrypto Blog Post summarizes cash and...more
Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code (Section 6039) requires corporations to file returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and provide information statements to employees reporting exercises of incentive stock...more
As part of the routine administration of employee benefit plans, shortly after the end of a calendar year, many transactions must be reported to the federal government (“information returns”) and participants (“payee...more
Section 6039 of the Internal Revenue Code requires corporations to provide information statements to employees (including former employees) and information filings to the IRS regarding exercises of incentive stock options...more
Although the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has postponed broker-related digital asset reporting, a less publicized requirement that applies long-standing reporting rules for physical cash payments to businesses that accept...more
Deadlines are approaching for employers to report employee exercises of incentive stock options and employee stock purchase plan purchases during 2023. Corporations that offer incentive stock options (ISOs) or maintain a...more
For many organizations and individuals, the end of the calendar year generates significant reporting obligations, particularly with respect to the Internal Revenue Service. The following requirements may not be obvious, but...more
United States citizens and residents are often not aware of the myriad of foreign information return filing obligations that exist under federal tax laws. For example, buried within the Code are reporting obligations...more
In the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Congress lowered the minimum reporting threshold from $20,000 to $600 for filing information returns relating to reportable payment transactions that are facilitated by payment...more
Beginning in 2024, almost all employers will need to file their Affordable Care Act (ACA) forms electronically. Previously, employers were required to file electronically only if they were filing 250 or more of a specific...more
We continue with Part 2 – International Tax Primer for US Taxpayers and Expatriates with one of the most common forms associated with foreign asset and income reporting to the IRS: Form 8938, the Statement of Specified...more
Welcome to part 1 of our Allen Barron International Tax Primer for US Taxpayers and Expatriates. The United States is one of the few countries in the world that taxes its citizens on their worldwide income. US taxpayers are...more