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IRS Cannot Offset Taxpayer’s Refund With A Disputed Tax Liability

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Imagine the IRS notifies Taxpayer that they have an outstanding tax liability with respect to Tax Year, and that the agency intends to levy on Taxpayer’s property to collect the allegedly unpaid tax. Taxpayer challenges the...more

Foster Garvey PC

When It Rains, It Pours in Washington State – The Washington Supreme Court Upholds the 2021 Enacted Capital Gains Tax

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It is a rainy day in the Pacific Northwest with chances of snow showers. For those taxpayers that reside in the state of Washington or own highly appreciated capital assets located in the state, their day just got a bit...more

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New Crypto Reporting Requirements Aim to Address Tax Gap

As cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin rise in popularity, government regulators repeatedly try, and often fail, to control its use as a tax shelter. Agencies such as the IRS struggle with determining the best way to tax...more

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Crypto Tax Lawyers – 5 Things to Consider Before Hiring

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The IRS, Taxpayers, and Cryptocurrencies or virtual currencies - The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued its first guidance on cryptocurrencies— “virtual currencies''—in 2014, taking the position that crypto...more

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Cryptocurrency Tax Update

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The IRS continues its campaign against cryptocurrency investors and traders who evade income taxes on currency gains. As we wrote in 2016, the IRS was successful in compelling Coinbase, a large digital currency exchange, to...more

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A Crypto-Tax Indictment Goes Viral

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As reported in several recent entries on this blog, IRS has been engaged in ongoing efforts to enforce the taxation of cryptocurrency transactions.. These actions have run the gamut from educating investors,  miners and...more

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IRS Advises that Virtual Currency Received in Exchange for Microtasking is Subject to Ordinary Income Tax and Self-Employment Tax

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As discussed in previous blog entries , the IRS has been engaged in an ongoing campaign intended to address noncompliance related to the use of crypto currencies, including a virtual currency compliance campaign spearheaded...more

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The IRS Provides Some Good News to Oregonians During a Time When Positive News Is Rare – News Releases OR-2020-23 and IR-2020-215

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When we thought times were bad enough with the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread social unrest in our country, the West Coast, including the Pacific Northwest, was struck with unprecedented wildfires and massive windstorms,...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Treasury and IRS are Aiming to Provide Greater Clarity on International Tax Reporting

On July 14, 2020, the US Treasury Department and the IRS released a proposed redesigned partnership form for tax year 2021 (filing season 2022). The two proposed forms SCHEDULE K-2 (Form 1065) and Schedule K-3 (Form 1065) are...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Willfulness and IRS Foreign Account Reporting Requirements

The IRS Mission Statement states that: “the taxpayer’s role is to understand and meet his or her tax obligations”.   Taxpayers fill out their own returns under a “self-assessment voluntary reporting system” because the...more

Maynard Nexsen

If You Haven’t Filed Your Prior Tax Returns; This Might Be the Best Time To Do So!

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At various points in time, the IRS offers “initiatives” to assist businesses and individuals with various tax issues. Most often these initiatives offer favorable terms or inducements to a class of taxpayers with respect to...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Weekly IRS Roundup December 30, 2019 – January 3, 2020

Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of December 30, 2019 – January 3, 2020. December 30, 2019: The IRS issued a news release announcing...more

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Weekly IRS Roundup December 9 – 13, 2019

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Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of December 9 – 13, 2019. December 10, 2019: The IRS issued a notice providing that the requirement...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Taxpayers, have you sold, received, exchanged or acquired Virtual Currency?

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During the month of October 2019, IRS issued Revenue Ruling 2019-24,  FAQ’s on Virtual Currency Transactions and a DRAFT Form of Schedule 1,  which, for the first time presents the question:  “At any time during 2019, did you...more

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IRS Issues Sends Letters to Over 10,000 Taxpayers with Cryptocurrency Transactions Without Providing Anticipated Guidance

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On July 26, 2019, the IRS announced that it was in the process of sending letters to over 10,000 taxpayers with a history of cryptocurrency transactions by the end of August, noting that the letters were sent to taxpayers...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

The “J5” is on to Cryptocurrencies

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) issued a “call to action” for countries to do more to tackle enablers of tax crimes. The result of this “call to action” was the establishment of an...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Many are now looking for IRS Guidance on Virtual Currency

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Due to its unprecedented level of value appreciation, Bitcoin investors, consumers and businesses are looking for IRS Guidance. IRS recognizes that “virtual currency” may be used to pay for goods or services, or be held for...more

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