Tax Law Blog

The budget increase provided by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) continues to pay off. IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recently provided an update on ongoing collection and...

Investigation into the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) remains a focus of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The agency recently reopened the disclosure program for businesses seeking to address improperly filed ERC applications and avoid a future...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently released the latest collection of everything-IRS for the fiscal year ending September 20, 2023. Not surprisingly, it is called the IRS Data Book.

A budget-boosted compliance effort by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is paying off. The agency announced in July that it has collected more than $1 billion in overdue taxes from high-wealth taxpayers.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is synonymous with tax collection and tax enforcement. The enforcement unit within the IRS that investigates and pursues tax crime is called Criminal Investigation (IRS:CI).

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) investigation into tax crime around the pandemic-era Employee Retention Credit program is in high gear and looking into fraudulent claims. Processing of legitimate ERC remains ongoing at a slow pace.

Each year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) compiles a list of prominent tax schemes that scammers use to exploit individuals and businesses. These schemes can arrive through email, text messages, and even traditional mail. This year, the IRS has...

If you have a foreign bank account, hold assets or have an interest in an offshore tax account, you are required to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR). If you failed to file in the last year, the Internal Revenue Service...

The Department of Treasury is taking aim at the basis-shifting practices of partnerships.

Involvement in tax fraud can lead to serious financial penalties and prison. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) uses specific terms to discuss and investigate fraud which are worth understanding from a compliance and litigation perspective.