Balch’s Consumer Finance Compass: How Standing Can Make or Break Certification for Class Action Lawsuits in Debt Collection
2024 Credit Reporting Review: Impactful Changes and Future Forecast — FCRA Focus Podcast
2024 in Review: Major Debt Collection Trends and 2025 Outlook — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Navigating New York City's New Debt Collection Rules — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The CFPB Highlights Alleged Deceptive Debt Collection Practices
Podcast - The CFPB's Effort to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports
Navigating Hot Topics in Consumer Finance: Litigation Trends, Regulatory Changes, and Medical Debt Collection – The Consumer Finance Podcast
FTC and CFPB Focus on Medical, Rental Debt Collection Practices
Navigating FCRA and Debt Collection With Special Guest Bridgeforce's Michelle Macartney — FCRA Focus Podcast
Resolving FCRA Disputes With e-OSCAR: Insights from Joel Strickland — FCRA Focus Podcast
Year in Review and a Look Ahead: Navigating the Debt Collection Landscape — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Abuse Discovery Practices by the Government
State AG Pulse | Action By MN AG Ellison Could Ripple Through Debt Servicing Industry
CFPB Advisory Opinion on Time-barred Debt Collection - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Announcing Troutman Pepper's New Payments Pros Podcast! - The Consumer Finance Podcast
A Discussion with Nacha on Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Fraud - Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
Unlawful Debt Collection Claims - RICO Report Podcast
Keeping Up With the Bureau Episode 4: Hot Topics in Collections: Fees, Reg F Landscape, and What’s Next - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Fair Lending 101 for Debt Collectors - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Credit Eco to Go Podcast: Competing for the Attention of the Consumer
On June 12, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant decision in Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Zuch, clarifying the jurisdictional boundaries of the U.S. Tax Court in Collection Due Process (CDP) appeals....more
If you’ve been around closely held businesses long enough, you know that a transfer of money between a business and its owner, or between two related businesses, is sometimes characterized by the parties as a loan (“related...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more
With tax season approaching, this blog addresses the ways in which the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) will contact you… and the ways in which it will not....more
Join Williams Mullen for our hybrid 2025 Winter Tax Forum on Thursday, February 6th. Our speakers, Anna Derewenda, Kyle Wingfield, Kevin Bender, and Patrick Carr will provide an update on the following: - New Basis...more
Earlier this year the IRS announced that, as part of its larger compliance efforts begun last fall under the Inflation Reduction Act, the agency’s stepped-up enforcement activity with respect to high wealth, high income...more
The Litigation Byte is the new name and format for McGlinchey’s Commercial Law Bulletin. Our new format reflects McGlinchey’s national coverage and our expanded footprint while still serving up the digestible, insightful...more
El IRS emitió el Consejo Fiscal 2024-37, el 24 de abril de 2024, para informar a los contribuyentes que no pueden pagar su deuda tributaria completa o si pagar les causaría dificultades financieras, que deberían considerar...more
IRS issued Tax Tip 2024-37, April 24, 2024, to inform taxpayers that can’t pay their full tax debt or if paying would cause financial hardship, that they should consider applying for an offer in compromise which is a program...more
Los contribuyentes tienen derecho a apelar al IRS. Entender cómo apelar al IRS es fundamental y los contribuyentes deben considerar contratar representación para disminuir los riesgos de litigio. Sólo los abogados, contadores...more
Taxpayers have the right to appeal the IRS. Understanding how to appeal the IRS is critical and Taxpayers ought to consider retaining representation in order to diminish the risks of litigation. Only attorneys, certified...more
Over the years, I have observed there is only one thing that a taxpayer fears more than being notified by the IRS that their income tax return for a particular taxable year has been selected for audit, and that is being...more
El 2/29/24, el IRS anunció un nuevo esfuerzo centrado en los contribuyentes de altos ingresos que no han presentado declaraciones de impuestos federales sobre la renta en más de 125,000 casos desde 2017. Los envíos por correo...more
On 2/29/24, the IRS announced a new effort focused on high-income taxpayers who have failed to file federal income tax returns in more than 125,000 instances since 2017. The mailings include more than 25,000 to those with...more
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
United States v. Firestone - In United States v. Firestone, the United States (Government or U.S.) sought to enforce a judgment against Defendant Omar Firestone (Omar) for outstanding tax liabilities related to the Estate of...more
In a rare unanimous opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court recently confirmed that existing law allows the IRS to probe your bank records, without ever notifying you. Under the applicable statute, the Court concluded the IRS is not...more
The Supremes- The Constitution has figured prominently in the news of late. In the days preceding the initial discussions among members of the Administration and the Congressional leadership regarding the debt ceiling,...more
El IRS había suspendido ciertas actividades de cobro, incluyendo la certificación de pasaportes en respuesta a la pandemia de COVID-19; sin embargo, desde 2021, el IRS retomó su proceso de certificación de pasaportes ante el...more
The IRS had suspended certain collection activities including passport certification in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; however, since 2021, the IRS resumed its passport certification process to the U.S. Department of...more
Last summer, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the 30-day time limit to file a Collection Due Process (CDP) petition is a non-jurisdictional deadline subject to equitable tolling (Boechler, P.C. v....more
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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of September 12, 2022 – September 16, 2022...more