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Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Mixed Opinions on Penalty Relief for Corporate AMT Taxpayers

On April 15, the IRS released Notice 2024-33 (the “Notice”), offering limited relief from tax penalties for underpaying estimated income taxes arising from a corporation’s alternative minimum tax (“AMT”). The AMT imposes a...more

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Too Good To Last? IRS Halts Processing of ERC Claims

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While not as well-known as the Paycheck Protection Program, the Employee Retention Credit (“ERC”) program was another form of Covid relief provided by the federal government to businesses in 2020 and 2021. The ERC program...more

Gray Reed

IRS Imposes Immediate Moratorium on Employee Retention Credit (ERC) Claims

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For some time, the IRS has cautioned taxpayers about filing false or fraudulent ERC claims.  More recently, on September 14, 2023, the IRS issued a News Release, IR-2023-169, indicating that it would no longer process ERC...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

IRS Releases Long-Awaited Spending Plan for $80 Billion in New Inflation Reduction Act Funding

On Thursday, April 6, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued their long-term Strategic Operating Plan (SOP), outlining how the IRS intends to spend $79.4 billion in funding provided by the Inflation...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Federal and California Taxpayer Relief: Reprieve From Wet Winter Weather

2023 started California off with weather that escapes recent memory. Rain, snow, and surf seemed unrelenting for the first two weeks of January. While this spell of winter storms has brought snow to our slopes and refilled...more

Freeman Law

Tax Court in Brief | Collins v. Comm’r | Innocent Spouse Requests a Refund for Which He Did Not Pay; Denied

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Tax Litigation: The Week of September 26th, 2022, through September 30th, 2022 Patitz, Moody v. Comm’r, T.C. Memo. 2022-99 | September 27, 2022 | Weiler, J. | Dkt. No. 2784-19 Powell and Iakovenko v. Comm’r, T.C. Summary...more

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Good News: IRS Grants $1.2 Billion in Penalty Relief for Taxpayers Impacted by Covid-19

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The senior living industry was hit hard by the Covid-19, and the IRS recently announced relief for people or businesses who filed their 2019 or 2020 tax returns late as a result. If your business was subject to failure to...more

Freeman Law

Actions (and Inactions) Matter with Innocent Spouse Relief—Jones v. Commissioner

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A taxpayer may request innocent spouse relief from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) in the form of equitable relief—I.R.C. § 6015(f). Among its threshold conditions, Section 6015(f) generally requires an evaluation of...more

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Innocent Spouse Relief Explained: Tax Relief for Spouses

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A topic that we frequently see in the Tax Clinic that I run, one that is often misunderstood, is that of innocent spouse relief. Generally, the purpose of providing innocent spouse relief is to, as one court put it: ...more

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A Missed Tax Election: Section 9100 Relief Gives a Second Chance

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It’s a common scenario: A taxpayer misses the deadline to file an election with the IRS. What options does the taxpayer have now? I have helped many clients out of this jam, and it is a situation that often presents several...more

Oberheiden P.C.

Eleven of the IRS's Enforcement Priorities During the 2021 Tax Season

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It is tax season once again. While the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has extended this year’s filing deadline to May 17, 2021 for individuals, businesses must still file by April 15, and all U.S. taxpayers must ensure that...more

Foster Garvey PC

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

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Potential Payroll Tax Deferral Is Available – Employers Must Understand the Program and Use Extreme Caution Before Blindly Jumping...

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On August 8, 2020, President Trump issued an executive order, directing the U.S. Treasury to grant employers the ability to defer the withholding, deposit and payment of certain payroll taxes as further COVID-19 tax relief....more

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IRS issues guidance on Social Security tax deferral

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On August 28, the IRS issued Notice 2020-65 to provide guidance on the President’s decision to allow deferral of the employee portion of Social Security taxes owing for the rest of 2020 for employees earning up to $104,000...more

Williams Mullen

Williams Mullen's Comeback Plan: Part I – State & Local Tax (SALT) Compliance During COVID-19: What to Do When You’re Behind

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Tax partners Stephanie Lipinski Galland and Kyle Wingfield summarize what you can do if you have not filed your state and local taxes or if you are unable to pay your tax bills due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include...more

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Relief for Some Non-Resident Aliens Stranded in the U.S. Due to the Coronavirus Outbreak

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The Internal Revenue Service recently released guidance that may help to prevent some non-resident alien individuals from becoming subject to U.S. tax on their global income because they are physically present in the U.S. for...more

Perkins Coie

Tax Relief and Estate Planning Strategies in the Wake of COVID-19

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IRS Grants Automatic Extension of Federal Tax Returns - Between March 17 and April 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued a series of notices automatically extending to July 15...more

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The IRS and Treasury Are Working Overtime to Provide Taxpayers with Joy, Hope and Optimism During These Trying Times

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NOTICE 2020-23 - On April 9, 2020, the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury issued Notice 2020-23. It greatly expands the tax compliance relief previously granted to taxpayers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic....more

The Volkov Law Group

IRS’ Response to COVID-19: What Taxpayers Need to Know

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Postponed Tax Deadlines for 2020 in Response to the Coronavirus - One of the most recent developments was the announcement from the U.S. Department of the Treasury that the deadline for filing tax returns and submitting...more

Foster Garvey PC

Treasury Delivers Some More Good News – Notice 2020-20

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On March 13, 2020, President Trump issued an emergency declaration that, in part, instructed the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) to provide taxpayers with “relief from tax deadlines” due to the impact of the...more

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IRS announces temporary relief for taxpayers within its tax collection and audit functions

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On March 25, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service announced its “People First Initiative” to assist taxpayers impacted by the challenges of COVID-19. See IR-2020-59 (March 25, 2020). Temporary relief is provided for taxpayers...more

Foster Garvey PC

The IRS Will Put the American People First — No, Really (But Only for a Limited Time)

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Wednesday, March 25th, in the wake of the recent decision by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) to extend the income tax filing and payment deadlines to July 15, 2020, it announced a new taxpayer-friendly program called the...more

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South Carolina Further Extends 2019 Income Tax Filing and Payment Due Dates

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On March 17, 2020, the South Carolina Department of Revenue announced, through SC Information Letter #20-3, that all South Carolina tax filing and payment deadlines starting on April 1, 2020 were extended to June 1, 2020. ...more

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IRS Extends Tax Filing and Payment Deadline

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The IRS has issued Notice 2020-18, permitting taxpayers to delay until July 15, 2020, the filing of federal income tax returns and the payment of federal income taxes that would otherwise be due April 15, 2020. Federal...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Federal Income Tax Payment and Filing Deadline Delayed to July 15 Amid COVID-19 Crisis

On March 20, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2020-18 (the “IRS Notice”), which provides relief from federal income tax payment and filing deadlines to U.S. taxpayers in light of the COVID-19...more

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