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The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) was introduced as part of the March 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to encourage businesses to maintain their workforce during the economic disruptions of...more
Taxpayers who made payments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that included underpayment interest and/or failure-to-file/pay penalties that accrued during all or part of the period between January 20, 2020, through July...more
On January 30, 2025, a bipartisan group of US Senators released a discussion draft of the Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act (“TAS Act”), a legislative proposal that, if passed, could significantly alter tax controversy...more
On January 30, 2025, Mike Crapo (R-ID), the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee released a discussion draft of the “Taxpayer Assistance...more
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Did you know the appeal of an IRS audit is based upon the IRS examination file record of the audit itself? When the IRS produces its "Notice of Determination" at the end of an audit, a very important door closes: the ability...more
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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
As originally enacted, the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) required most people to maintain health insurance. Those who did not maintain the required insurance were obligated to pay a “shared responsibility payment” (“SRP”),...more
...A communication must be made for the purpose of legal advice to be protected from disclosure by the attorney-client privilege. If legal advice is not the purpose of the communication, the attorney-client privilege does not...more
In Notice 2004-45, 2004-2 C.B. 33, the IRS put taxpayers who were asserting to be bona fide residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) and who were not following the requirements of meeting the applicable bona fide residency...more
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Although every LLC, limited partnership or other pass-through entity doing business in Alabama, and even those simply organized under Alabama law, are subject to an annual business privilege tax (BPT), certain entities can...more
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