IRS Practice & Procedure
A taxpayer’s amended returns sufficiently apprised the IRS of inconsistencies between the amended returns and the returns filed by the bankruptcy trustee of his wholly owned S corporation.
The IRS abused its discretion in failing to consider the taxpayers’ proposed offer in compromise, installment agreement request, and economic hardship claim.
By knowing the factors courts consider in determining whether a taxpayer meets the requirements for the reasonable-cause exception, and how the courts have applied the factors, tax advisers can help their clients properly mount a defense to an accuracy-related penalty.
The IRS issued a notice providing interim guidance for the 2019 calendar year on income tax
withholding from wages and from retirement and annuity distributions.
The IRS issued the 2019 annual inflation adjustments for many tax provisions as well as the 2019 tax rate tables for individuals and estates and trusts.
Veteran tax attorney Charles Rettig gives his first public address as new IRS commissioner, speaking to CPAs Tuesday at the AICPA National Tax Conference in Washington.
The IRS issued final regulations on the penalty that applies to tax return preparers who fail to exercise due diligence in preparing returns for taxpayers who are claiming head-of-household filing status, the earned income tax credit, the child tax credit, the additional child tax credit, or the American opportunity tax credit.
Practitioners must use due diligence when clients claim any deductions related to business meals.
Abandonment of intangible property should be established by detailed documentation.
Although the IRS conceded that a taxpayer had overpaid his taxes, the Tax Court held that it did not have jurisdiction to order the IRS to pay a refund.
Charles Rettig was sworn in as the 49th commissioner of the IRS by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
Final regulations address how taxpayers can comply with the requirements for adequate substantiation of charitable contributions of money or property.
House-passed legislation includes goals for improving the IRS but lacks descriptions of specific reforms and the funding needed.
This item discusses some key U.S. tax implications
and unanswered questions of cryptocurrencies and identifies possible avenues of relief for taxpayers with unreported income or assets connected to cryptocurrency.
CPAs can advise clients about several IRS programs for paying past-due taxes.
The IRS announced on Saturday that it is extending tax deadlines starting Sept. 7, 2018, until Jan. 31, 2019, for eight counties in North Carolina.
The exemption to the limitation on business interest under Sec. 163(j) does not apply to a tax shelter prohibited from using the cash-receipts-and-disbursements method of accounting under Sec. 448(a)(3).
A charitable contribution deduction is available if there
is no quid pro quo.
The IRS announced relief from late-payment penalties and that it will allow late elections for taxpayers subject to the new Sec. 965 transition tax on deemed repatriated foreign earnings.
The IRS is working on a draft version of the 2018 Form 1040, U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, that reduces the size of the form to two half-pages in length and eliminates more than 50 lines.
