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New Executive Order Targets Wind and Solar Tax Credits

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On July 7, 2025, President Trump signed the executive order “Ending Market Distorting Subsidies for Unreliable, Foreign-Controlled Energy Sources.” The EO directs the Secretary of the Treasury to “strictly enforce” the...more

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Senate Version of One Big Beautiful Bill Act Clarifies Foreign Entity Restrictions on Renewable Energy Tax Credits

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The Senate Finance Committee recently released its own draft of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (the Bill) previously passed by the House as H.R. 1. Both the House and Senate versions of the Bill impose restrictions on...more

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Ruling Allows IRS to Automate Review of Employee Retention Credit Claims

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A federal court has upheld the IRS’s right to use automated tools to review Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims, rejecting a challenge brought by two tax preparation firms. In ERC Today LLC v. McInelly, the U.S. District...more

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House tax bill proposes major changes to the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC)

On May 12, 2025, the Republicans on the House Committee on Ways and Means introduced a broad tax reform bill that includes sweeping changes to the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC), also commonly known as the ERC. Chief...more

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DOJ Announces Largest Employee Retention Credit Fraud Indictment

On January 22, 2025, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the indictment of seven individuals in the largest Employee Retention Credit (ERC) fraud scheme to date. According to the indictment, the defendants filed more...more

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National Taxpayer Advocate’s Annual Report Highlights Issues Plaguing the IRS

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In her annual report to Congress for 2024, National Taxpayer Advocate (“NTA”) Erin M. Collins identified the processing of Employee Retention Credits (“ERCs”), the administration of civil penalties, and changes to the...more

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Criminal Tax Enforcement – What to Look For in 2024

IRS enforcement activity remained strong in 2023, with the volume of investigations and prosecutions initiated holding steady from 2022. Despite the substantial funding boost provided by the Inflation Reduction Act, with some...more

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Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten . . . Will We Love 2024? Top 10 Tax Issues for the Year

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The 2024 election year promises to make taxes front-of-mind for many business and individual taxpayers. Beyond the election, there are other note-worthy developments, along with several highly anticipated tax law cases that...more

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Protecting Your Business From Widespread ERC Scams

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Misinformation and widespread scams have created pitfalls for businesses regarding the employee retention credit - The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) has been one of the most discussed tax topics of 2023. Although...more

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How IRS Is Cracking Down on Employee Retention Tax Credit Fraud

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The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has recently devoted great attention to detecting, investigating, and prosecuting fraud, particularly as it relates to the Employee Retention Tax Credit (“ERC”) post-COVID. On a webinar...more

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Biodiesel/Criminal Environmental Enforcement: U.S. Department of Justice Announces Conviction Of Biofuel Company Owners for...

The United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced in an April 23rd news release that two individuals were found guilty of: One count of conspiracy to make false statements to the United States Environmental...more

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