Tax Litigation: The Week of September 19th, 2022, through September 22nd, 2022 Vorreyer v. Comm’r / Thoma v. Comm’r / Dowson v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo 2022-97| September 21, 2022 | Greaves, Judge | Dkt. Nos. (Consolidated)...more
Tax Litigation: The Week of July 11th, 2022, through July 15th, 2022 Colbert v Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2022-74 | July 13, 2022 |Wells, J.| Dkt. No. 8395-16. Knight v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2022-76| July 14, 2022 | Lauber, A. |...more
Tax Litigation: The Week of June 27th, 2022, through July 1st, 2022 Serna v Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2022-66 | June 27, 2022 | Urda, J.| Dkt. No. 13202-19L Pedersen v. Commissioner, T.C. Summary Opinion 2022-11 | June 28,...more
The IRS sends a CP504 Notice when a taxpayer has failed to pay a balance owed. The CP504 Notice is a Notice of Intent to Levy issued pursuant to Section 6331(d) of the Internal Revenue Code. If a taxpayer fails to make...more
Under the Internal Revenue Code, the IRS can satisfy a tax deficiency by imposing a lien on any “property” or “rights to property” belonging to the taxpayer. The statutory language is broad and reaches virtually every...more
Tax Litigation: The Week of March 14, 2022, through March 18, 2022 AptarGroup, Inc. v. Comm’r, 158 T.C. No. 4 | March 16, 2022 |Goeke, J. | Dkt. No. 7218-2 Pickens Decorative Stone, LLC v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2022-22 | March...more
Freeman Law’s “The Tax Court in Brief” covers every substantive Tax Court opinion, providing a weekly brief of its decisions in clear, concise prose....more
So, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts (“Comptroller”) says you owe state tax. If the deficiency determination hasn’t yet become final, you still may be able to challenge the underlying tax liability (for more on that,...more
Can you be held liable for a tax liability owed by another taxpayer? Yes, under certain circumstances. The IRS uses fraudulent transfer law and “transferee” liability tools to collect unpaid taxes where a taxpayer has...more
In many cases, taxpayers attempt to transfer assets or property to third persons to shield those assets and property from the federal tax lien or federal tax levy. Predictably, the IRS has various tools at their disposal to...more
Freeman Law’s “The Tax Court in Brief” covers every substantive Tax Court opinion, providing a weekly brief of its decisions in clear, concise prose. The Week of August 2 – August 6, 2021 - Belair v. Comm’r, Bench Opinion|...more
The IRS recently announced that it will be extending the streamlined payment plan pilot program through September 30, 2018. The plan allows taxpayers with federal tax liabilities up to $100,000 to qualify for streamlined...more