IRS enforcement and audits of international taxpayers: compliance campaigns, IRS Data Book statistics and penalties.
In a recent blog, the National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) Erin Collins made several critical observations of the IRS’s penalty process, particularly with respect to foreign information penalties.
Read MoreThis past week, the IRS published its annual Data Book, which offers a bird’s-eye view of the IRS’s activities during the past year, with a particular emphasis on enforcement activities, including…
Read MoreTaking its cue from previous audit campaign announcements, the IRS has begun sending “soft letters” to U.S. taxpayers owning foreign companies about IRC Section 965 transition tax compliance.
Read MoreBy many accounts, the IRS Form 3520, and its sister form, the IRS Form 3520-A, represent two of the most complex forms on the IRS filing roster.
Read MoreThis past week, the IRS published its annual Data Book, which offers a bird’s-eye view of the IRS’s activities during the past year, with a particular emphasis on enforcement activities, including…
Read MoreFor a number of reasons, it has become more important than ever for expats to file their US taxes from abroad timely and accurately.
Read MoreAfter some delay due to the government shutdown earlier this year, the IRS has published the 2018 version of its annual IRS Data Book, which contains statistical information about the IRS and…
Read MoreThe IRS has just published its annual list of twelve tax scams that taxpayers may encounter during this year’s tax season. The list generally consists of two types of tax scams – one involving…
Read MorePreviously, we’ve blogged about the IRS’s selection of a group of international tax compliance issues that became part of its issue-focused audit strategy. The IRS has since added more international…
Read MoreIn January of 2017, the IRS’s Large Business and International division (LB&I) selected a group of tax compliance issues that it determined would become part of its new issue-focused audit strategy.…
Read MoreThe IRS has published the 2017 version of its annual IRS Data Book, which contains statistical information about the IRS and taxpayer activities during the previous year. The IRS Data Book helps…
Read MoreIn our blog from back at the end of December of 2015, we discussed a newly-enacted Code Section 7345 of the Internal Revenue Code, which authorizes the denial, revocation, or limiting of a delinquent…
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