A pandemic-era tax break that remains rife with abuse — the ERC
The IRS issues at least its seventh warning about the employee retention credit since October 2022.
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The IRS issues at least its seventh warning about the employee retention credit since October 2022.
Rehearing the case en banc, the court determines that an LLC’s faxed and subsequently mailed copy of its late return were not filings that started an adjustment limitation period.
A taxpayer participated in auto races for personal enjoyment rather than to advertise his law practice, the Tax Court holds.
The exchange-reported value of digital assets does not substitute for the qualified appraisal required for a charitable contribution deduction; a reasonable-cause exception will not apply, the IRS Office of Chief Counsel advises.
The bill filed by Reps. Judy Chu and Mike Carey would streamline the extension-filing process for millions of Americans.
In a unanimous decision, the Court held that the IRS does not have to notify third parties named in a summons when it seeks access to records held at institutions such as banks in aid of collection of a tax assessment.
The 2024 amounts from the IRS mark at least the ninth annual increase in a row for maximum contributions.
In his response to a university study showing racial differences in audit rates, IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel says in a letter to senators that the agency is investigating the cause of any discrepancies.
The Electronic Communication Uniformity Act, recently introduced in the Senate, would apply the timely mailing/timely filing rule to electronic tax return filings and payments. The AICPA has written to the sponsors of the bill expressing support.
The IRS said all returns received for tax year 2021 or earlier have been processed if the returns had no errors or did not require further review.
Black CPAs react to study led by Stanford University showing the IRS is up to 4.7 times more likely to audit Black taxpayers than non-Black ones, saying the tax system must be fairer.
With COVID-19 no longer considered a national emergency, the IRS will return to public hearings for proposed regulations published in the Federal Register beginning in May while keeping telephone access as an option.
Employer-provided housing was not on the business’s premises, the Tax Court finds.
The taxpayer’s diabetes did not prevent him from engaging in substantial gainful activity, the court holds.
Employer-provided housing was not on the business’s premises, the Tax Court finds.
The new IRS commissioner tells the Senate Finance Committee the rate will be taken from the 2018 data because that’s the most recent year for which the IRS has final audit numbers.
The ruling, which is being obsoleted as of July 31, allowed a taxpayer that used the expense method for research and experimental expenditures to deduct on an amended return research and experimental expenditures the taxpayer did not deduct in prior years.
In a statement Wednesday, the AICPA said much of the IRS’s spending plan lines up with what the AICPA has requested but still recommends further improvements.
The IRS has issued proposed regulations that identify certain microcaptive transactions as listed transactions and certain others as transactions of interest.
In response to a requirement in the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022, the IRS issued a notice Monday that allows donors to amend conservation easement deeds to substitute the safe-harbor language for the corresponding language in the original deed.
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