IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel says new unit is “another part of [the IRS’s] effort to ensure the IRS holds the nation’s wealthiest filers accountable to pay the full amount of what they owe.”
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‘Tsunami’ of ERC claims required IRS action to halt fraud, experts say
‘Tsunami’ of claims filed for employee retention credit almost 2 years after it ended caught the attention of the IRS. Experts say that required the IRS to take action to halt fraud.
ERC suspended: What happens next
The IRS has suspended the processing of new employee retention credit (ERC) claims to focus on about 600,000 pending claims. Listen to this special Tax Section Odyssey podcast for details on how this may affect you and how to best proceed.
Moratorium imposed on new ERC claim processing to curb abuse
The IRS issues a moratorium on new ERC claims processing through at least the end of the year and allows taxpayers to withdraw claims that have been filed but not processed.
Guidance issued on applicability and calculation of new corporate AMT
In advance of proposed regulations, the IRS provided interim guidance to help corporations determine whether they are subject to the new corporate alternative minimum tax and how to calculate the tax, including how to determine financial statement income and applicable financial statement income.
Long-awaited guidance provided for amortization of R&E expenditures
The IRS says taxpayers and tax professionals can rely on interim guidance under Sec. 174 for the amortization of research and experimental expenditures released on Friday in Notice 2023-63 until it issues proposed regulations based on the guidance, effective for tax years beginning in 2022.
IRS vows new enforcement efforts aided by AI
Commissioner Danny Werfel describes an IRS that focuses on the wealthy and uses artificial intelligence to find discrepancies in large partnership filings.
Most NIL collectives likely ineligible for tax-exempt status, IRS advises
A Chief Counsel legal memo concludes that organizations supporting compensation to college student-athletes for their name, image, and likeness (NIL) generally have a substantial nonexempt purpose.
Surplus from home’s tax forfeiture sale must be returned to owner, Supreme Court holds
A Minnesota county’s retention of proceeds above the real property tax debt violated the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause.
Petition was 11 seconds too late, Tax Court holds
The statutory period to electronically file a petition may be extended for system outages or general inaccessibility but not for errors or problems unique to the filer, the court explains.
IRS is time-barred from assessing gift tax
The Tax Court holds the taxpayer substantially complied with adequate-disclosure requirements via returns and documents submitted with an OVDP offer.
Businesses must e-file Form 8300 for $10,000+ cash payments in 2024
The new e-filing requirement, beginning in 2024, applies to businesses mandated to e-file certain other information returns, such as Forms 1099 series and Forms W-2.
Prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements guidance issued
The IRS issued proposed regulations related to the increased tax credit or deduction amounts for clean energy facilities and projects if taxpayers satisfy certain prevailing wage and registered apprenticeship requirements.
Prop. regs. require brokers to report digital asset sales and exchanges
Long-awaited proposed regulations, part of a broader effort by Treasury to close the tax gap and address tax evasion risks posed by digital assets, require brokers to report sales and exchanges of digital assets by customers.
Tax pros give mixed reviews to wait times, service on PPS line
Wait times increased about the same time as the IRS ended program that thwarted line-jumping services, say tax practitioners, who also questioned the training of new hires.
Guidance provided for electronic filing exemptions and waivers
In a notice issued Friday, the IRS provided guidance to persons filing certain returns on how to seek religious exemptions, hardship waivers, and other administrative exemptions provided by the IRS, from electronic filing requirements.
Location of millions of tax records uncertain, TIGTA says in IRS critique
A potential fraud issue exists because the IRS does not know the location of microfilm cartridges holding millions of business and individual tax records, a new TIGTA report shows.
Prop. regs. identify monetized installment sales as listed transactions
The IRS disagrees with court decisions requiring notice-and-comment rulemaking to identify listed transactions, but said it is identifying monetized installment sales transactions as listed transactions in proposed regulations “to avoid confusion and ensure consistent enforcement of the tax laws throughout the nation to prevent disruption of the IRS’s ongoing efforts to identify and examine abusive tax shelters.”
2024 filing season could be paperless, IRS says
Treasury and the IRS announced Wednesday that by filing season 2024, taxpayers will be able to go paperless if they choose to do so. And by filing season 2025, the IRS will digitize all paper-filed returns when they are received.
Proof-of-stake validation rewards are income in tax year received
The IRS ruled that cash-method taxpayers who stake cryptocurrency native to a proof-of-stake blockchain and receive cryptocurrency validation rewards must include the fair market value of the rewards in gross income in the year they are received.
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