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Taxpayers who made payments to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that included underpayment interest and/or failure-to-file/pay penalties that accrued during all or part of the period between January 20, 2020, through July...more
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
In its recent decision in United States v. Leeds, the United States District Court for the District of Idaho upheld the application of willful penalties against a deceased husband for failing to report certain foreign bank...more
Every parent remembers when their child learns the meaning of the word “no.” That moment often comes as a shock because, up until that moment, most children are models of obedience and unconditional trust. When children learn...more
On 10/24/24, the National Taxpayer Advocate shared on its NTA Blog that the IRS has discontinued its policy of automatically imposing penalties for late submissions of Form 3520, which pertains to foreign gifts and...more
What is willful blindness according to the IRS? How is this important in tax cases involving unreported or under-reported income, disclosure of offshore assets and income, FinCEN Form 114 (more commonly referred to as an...more
What is the statute of limitations for an IRS audit? What rules extend the window for an IRS audit? How long does the IRS usually have to complete an audit of your taxes? Everyone may have a little fear in the back of...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
On April 3, 2023, the United States Tax Court issued its opinion in Farhy v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, which upset long-standing views on how the IRS may assess and collect penalties for failure to file certain tax...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
The IRS expects to send out over 125,000 collection letters to high-income taxpayers who did not file one or more federal income tax returns between 2017 and 2021. As part of the new collection initiative, approximately...more
In Lee v. United States, the Federal Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that a taxpayer could not avoid late filing and late payment penalties because of the failure of his CPA to electronically file his returns...more
Check out our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of June 5, 2023 – June 9, 2023...more
The U.S. Tax Court (USTC) on April 3, 2023, issued its opinion in Alon Farhy v. Commissioner, which held that the IRS lacks authority to assess certain foreign-related information return penalties pursuant to Section...more
The recent Tax Court decision in Farhy demonstrates that clever and novel arguments can carry the day in complex tax litigation matters. In that case, the taxpayer stipulated that he: (1) had Form 5471 filing obligations...more
In a prior post, I discussed the dangers of playing Battleship with the IRS. Recently, taxpayers made a move and scored a hit with the Tax Court’s recently issued decision in Alon Farhy v. Commissioner, 160 T.C. No. 6 (April...more
Harrington v. Commissioner - In Harrington v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, George S. Harrington (Harrington) challenged tax deficiencies and fraud penalties assessed for tax years 2005 through 2010. Originally...more
Taxpayers recently won a significant victory at the Supreme Court in a penalty case involving a non-willful failure to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (“FBAR”) under the Bank Secrecy Act (the “BSA”)....more
After years of litigation, the United States Supreme Court, in Bittner v. United States, 598 U.S. ____ (2023), determined that the penalty for a non-willful failure to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts...more
Summary: In this non-precedential opinion (see section 7463(b)), the Tax Court addresses whether or not to uphold an accuracy-related penalty assessed to taxpayer, Ashenafi Getachew Mulu (Mulu). Mulu hired David...more
2023 started California off with weather that escapes recent memory. Rain, snow, and surf seemed unrelenting for the first two weeks of January. While this spell of winter storms has brought snow to our slopes and refilled...more
Taxpayer and petitioner, Joseph Decrescenzo (“Petitioner”) belatedly filed returns of income for seven years at issue (2007-2013). The IRS determined various differing deficiencies as to the years at issue and notified...more
Summary: Paul Wondries and Patricia Wondries (the Wondries) sought relief from the Tax Court to review the IRS’s determinations of deficiencies and accuracy-related penalties arising mainly from deductions for expenses...more
Summary: During 2016, Ryan Mining (Mining) was employed by Tasco, Inc. (Tasco), and it issued him Form W–2, Wage and Tax Statement, reporting wages of $116,000, no federal income tax withheld, Social Security tax withheld of...more