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The head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division has departed for private practice, just as the planned dismantling of the Tax Division was set to take place. Karen Kelly, who served as acting deputy assistant attorney...more
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In Mennemeyer v. Commissioner,1 the United States Tax Court reminds us that a settlement agreement that is not carefully drafted can have significant tax consequences....more
On November 7, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Form 15620, Section 83(b) Election (“Form 15620”), standardizing the requirements to make an election pursuant to Section 83(b) (“Section 83(b) Election”), with...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
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OVERVIEW OF THE REMITTANCE TRANSFER EXCISE TAX - Do you effect transfers of funds for US residents to recipients abroad? If so, you should review the provision of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (“OBBBA”) that imposes a...more
At the beginning of this series, I mentioned briefly that taxpayers can use tax-loss harvesting approaches in tandem with a number of investment strategies, which we will go into in more detail in Part III. Many of these...more
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