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Tax Audits Large Business & International Division (LB&I) Internal Revenue Service

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IRS Announces Plans To Increase Audits of Personal Use of Business Aircraft

On February 21, 2024, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced plans to commence a focused audit effort targeting private aircraft usage by dozens of large corporations, large partnerships and high-income individual...more

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US Treasury Says IRS is Focused on Tax Evasion Targeting

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The US Department of the Treasury has recently reinforced the progress on enforcement, specifically how the IRS is focused on tax evasion targeting and the targeting of high-income individuals and entities. The IRS has...more

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IRS Strengthens Its Large Partnership Audit Teams

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Back in October 2021, the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Large Business and International (LB&I) division announced the Large Partnership Compliance (LPC) program. This new audit program adopted features of the Large...more

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IRS Updates Its List of Compliance Campaigns

The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Large Business and International (LB&I) Division updated its list of Active Campaigns, which includes more than 50 efforts to increase tax compliance. Each campaign identifies the practice...more

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Special IRS Team Working to Identify Emerging “Abusive Transactions”

Earlier this year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced the creation of a new Joint Strategic Emerging Issues Team (JSEIT). The new initiative, announced at the New York University School of Professional Studies Tax...more

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Large Corporations and Wealthy Taxpayers Beware: The Taxman is Coming

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Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Chuck Rettig on April 13, 2021, told a U.S. Senate panel that the tax gap in the U.S. may total $1 trillion per year. In his view, the increase from prior estimates is due, in part,...more

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IRS Discusses New IRS Return Examination Campaigns

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In remarks at the NYU Tax Controversy Forum in June, the IRS discussed two new IRS return examination campaigns. Ms. Tamera Ripperda, the commissioner of the Tax Exempt and Government Entities (TEGE) Division who previously...more

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Government Questions the Benefits of IRS Audit Campaigns

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On September 28, 2019, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) issued a report titled Initial Compliance Results Warrant a More Data-Driven Approach to Campaign Issue Selection. As the name of the...more

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Jones Day Presents: LB&I Examination Strategies: Responding to IDRs

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In the second installment of Jones Day’s video series on the IRS's Large Business & International Division ("LB&I") exam process, partner and tax litigator Chuck Hodges discusses changes in how the division issues Information...more

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Jones Day Presents: LB&I Examination Strategies: Process Overview

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In 2016, the IRS's Large Business & International (LB&I) Division significantly altered its examination processes. In the first in a series of programs on LB&I strategies, Jones Day partner and tax litigator Chuck Hodges...more

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IRS Releases Practice Units on Permanent Establishments

On January 29 and 30, 2019, the Internal Revenue Service’s Large Business and International (LB&I) division released new Practice Units on Permanent Establishments. Permanent Establishments create taxing nexus for foreign...more

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