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Micro-Captive Reportable Transaction Deadline Effectively Extended

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On Friday, April 11, 2025, the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2025-24 (the “Notice”), which waives applicable penalties under the Internal Revenue Code to participants in, and material advisors to, reportable...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Tax Court Tells IRS It Cannot Assess or Collect Certain Tax Penalties

On April 3, 2023, the US Tax Court issued its opinion in Farhy v. Commissioner, holding that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) lacked the statutory authority to both assess tax penalties under Internal Revenue Code (Code)...more

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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Taxpayer in FBAR Case Penalty for Non-Willful Violations Apply on a Per-Report Basis

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On Feb. 28, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that non-willful penalties related to FBARs apply to each report filed, not on a per-account basis. The 5-4 decision resolved a split between the Fifth and Ninth circuits that focused...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

US Tax Court Voids Penalties Affecting Syndicated Conservation Easements; Treasury Reacts With Proposed Regulations

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The Tax Court’s decision setting aside IRS Notice 2017-10 for ignoring the APA’s notice and comment requirements has serious implications for other notices identifying listed transactions. Key Points: ..Notice 2017-10...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Willful or Non-Willful? That Is the Question: IRS Rejects Non-Willful Certification

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In Flint v. United States, 2022 WL 3593826 (Fed. Cl. 2022), the court held that the executors of an estate could not recover a six-figure "Title 26 miscellaneous offshore penalty" (MOP) the decedent paid to the Internal...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

IRS Announces Changes to the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program

As you may have read, the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) recently announced changes to its offshore voluntary disclosure programs and announced new options for taxpayers to come into compliance with their U.S. tax...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Benefits and Compensation Alert - January 2013: IRS Issues Proposed Regulations On The “Employer Shared Responsibility” Penalties...

To make certain that 2013 will be as exciting as 2012, on January 2 the US Treasury issued proposed regulations under section 4980H of the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), which was added to the Code by the Patient Protection...more

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New Jersey Businessman With NRI Account Pleads Guilty to Using Offshore Bank Accounts to Defraud the U.S. and Pays $2.37 Million...

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Sanjay Sethi, a New Jersey businessman, pleaded guilty on January 7, 2013 to using hidden offshore bank accounts to defraud the U.S. in a so-called “Klein conspiracy.”...more

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IRS Penalty Relief For Severance Pay Expires On December 31

The IRS has given employers until December 31, 2012 to correct a problem frequently found in severance agreements and other similar arrangements. If not corrected by that date, it could be much more expensive to correct the...more

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Legal Alert: Employee Misclassification Relief?

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The IRS recently announced a new "Voluntary Classification Settlement Program" (VCSP), which allows employers to correct worker classification errors and pay significantly reduced penalties, without having to go through...more

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