IRS Announces Moratorium on the Employee Retention Credit and Provides Guidance for Civil Penalty Amnesty to Withdrawing Improper Claims, Also Known As - Don’t Deposit That Check and Hire Legal Counsel The expansion and strong marketing tactics of good-for-nothing “accounting advisors” who encouraged taxpayers to qualify for the Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) when they did not technically qualify has caused…
We tend to think that police officers are busily enforcing our laws, but prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida allege that more than a dozen officers did just the opposite. Seventeen deputies in the Broward County Sheriff's Office are accused of Covid-19 fraud-related charges totaling nearly half a million…
Former President Donald Trump and his campaign advisers are discussing a corporate tax rate cut to 15 percent paid for with a 10 percent across-the-board tariff. At the same time, it is becoming increasingly clear that most of U.S. multinationals’ mobile profits are now booked in tax havens, and we…
Canada stands as the 9th largest e-commerce market, poised to reach a remarkable revenue of $55 billion by 2023. This dynamic market promises substantial growth, with an anticipated compound annual growth rate of 10.6%, potentially surging to a market volume of $83 billion by 2027. However, foreign e-commerce businesses entering…
I had a hard time figuring out how to respond to a piece by the Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal - A Case of Tax Fraud - at the IRS (Agent backdated documents to punish legal deductions). They were referring to an IRS screwup that has gotten a…
The IRS has announced tax relief for individuals and businesses affected by the terrorist attacks in the State of Israel. These taxpayers now have until Oct. 7, 2024, to file various federal returns, make tax payments and perform other time-sensitive tax-related actions. In Notice 2023-71, the IRS provided relief to…
The IRS has announced tax relief for individuals and businesses affected by the terrorist attacks in the State of Israel. These taxpayers now have until Oct. 7, 2024, to file various federal returns, make tax payments, and perform other time-sensitive tax-related actions. Affected Taxpayers The relief is extended to any…
An IRS contractor, Charles Littlejohn, 38, of Washington, D.C., has pleaded guilty to disclosing tax return information without authorization. Littlejohn was initially charged on information on Sept. 29, 2023, with one count of disclosing tax return information without authorization. Generally, being charged on information means that a defendant has pleaded…
The IRS has released its annual update of special per diem rates for taxpayers to use in substantiating business expenses while traveling away from home. The new numbers are effective as of October 1, 2023, and are to be used for per diem allowances paid to any employee on or…
The good news: Most taxpayers pay what they owe in full and on time. A report released by the IRS indicates that the nation's tax compliance rate is holding at 85%, more or less the same as in prior years. The not so good news: New tax gap projections for…
The IRS has appealed the Tax Court's second decision in Medtronic Inc. v. Commissioner, and the Eighth Circuit’s ruling will have major reverberations for a particularly high-stakes and litigation-prone area of tax law. In early September, the IRS wisely decided to appeal the Tax Court's decision in Medtronic II, T.C.…
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A while back, I took a couple of my grandchildren on a tour of the…
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