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The IRS has issued new guidance to its Large Business and International Division (LB&I) in an attempt to expedite audits. The interim guidance, released on July 23, 2025, outlines procedural changes that will further...more
On July 25, 2025, the IRS Large Business & International (LB&I) Division published an Interim Guidance Memorandum (Control Number: LB&I-04-0725-0008) implementing changes for LB&I audit procedures, which take effect August 1,...more
A recent memo from the IRS's Large Business and International (LB&I) Division indicates an intention to resolve audits efficiently and provide taxpayers with opportunities to quickly settle and resolve issues....more
On June 17, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced improvements to its pre-filing agreement (PFA) program. The PFA program aims to enable taxpayers and the IRS to resolve issues, which would likely appear in a...more
Basketball just wrapped up its season and hockey is in the last period of its season, but there is no summer vacation for the IRS Large Business and International (LB&I) division. The IRS recently announced a new enforcement...more
On February 21, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a new initiative to audit the use of airplanes by corporations, large partnerships and high-net-worth individuals. While the IRS has always examined plane...more
Large partnerships are facing a sea change in tax enforcement. Beginning with the Large Partnership Compliance program announced in 2021 and its most recent announcement that it intends to “stand up” a group focused on large...more
The IRS announced a "sweeping" and "historic" enforcement effort focused on partnerships and is establishing a special group within its Large Business and International (LB&I) Division to focus exclusively on large and...more
Back in October 2021, the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Large Business and International (LB&I) division announced the Large Partnership Compliance (LPC) program. This new audit program adopted features of the Large...more
Almost 11 months ago, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a memorandum regarding the implementation of the Large Partnership Compliance (LPC) Pilot Program, including the identification, selecting and delivery of...more
The traditional audit experience for taxpayers large and small has, like many things, been impacted by COVID-19. Taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have been forced to navigate audits in a remote environment,...more
In August, the Federal Bar Association Section on Taxation held an informative roundtable on the IRS’s new large partnership compliance or LPC program. One of the speakers, Maria Dolan with the IRS’s Large Business &...more
Since 2017, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Large Business and International Division (LB&I) has shifted its audit efforts to issue-based examinations, premised on strategically identified and prioritized areas of...more
In 2017, the IRS Large Business & International Division (LB&I) announced a new audit strategy known as "campaigns" that focused on issue-based rather than entity-based examinations, and focusing on those issues that present...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), through its Large Business and International Division (LB&I), has created a Global High Wealth (GHW) program to audit hundreds of high-wealth taxpayers who own assets or earnings in the...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of February 24 – 28, 2020. February 24, 2020: The IRS released final instructions to Form 8978,...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of January 20 – 24, 2020. January 20, 2020: The IRS released new Instructions to IRS Form 1120-S, US...more
On May 31, 2019, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) released a report indicating that changes may be in the works regarding assertion of accuracy-related penalties in examinations handled by the IRS...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Large Business and International (LB&I) Division continues to churn out new audit “campaigns.” For our prior coverage... The most recent set of campaigns were announced on April 16, 2019,...more
On January 31, 2017, the IRS Large Business and International Division (LBI) announced a compliance campaign strategy to redefine large business compliance work and build a supportive infrastructure inside the LBI. ...more
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Large Business and International (LB&I) division recently released an Industry Director’s Directive (IDD) that provides key guidance for life insurers. The IDD is the product of a two-year...more