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
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 14, 2022 – November 18, 2022...more
The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division (IRS CI) is targeting tax preparers or the ones who prepare tax returns in 2022. IRS CI is focusing its efforts on tax preparers who underreport their clients’...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of November 15, 2021 – November 19, 2021... November 15, 2021: The IRS published a news release...more
Recently, the IRS issued Revenue Procedure 2020-54, which updated Revenue Procedure 2019-42. Specifically, this new Revenue Procedure identifies circumstances under which the taxpayer makes an adequate disclosure on a...more
Tax return preparers have certain obligations regarding confidentiality. Failure to adhere to these rules can subject preparers to civil and criminal liability, possibly causing irreparable reputational harm. The IRS's...more
Tax return filing season is fast approaching, and taxpayers big and small are preparing to file their returns. A recent US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision, Haynes v. United States, No. 17-50816 (5th Cir. Jan....more