Taxpayers are warned to beware of a new scheme defrauding taxpayers by sophisticated fraudsters who send a letter to taxpayers in a cardboard envelope containing a letter purporting to be from the IRS notifying the taxpayer of a refund. The letter looks authentic and...
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Deadline to Collect your Refund
The IRS reminded taxpayers this week to file their 2019 income tax returns before July 17th because the IRS has $1.5 billion in tax refunds just waiting for taxpayers to claim. The highest refund is $6,557 per taxpayer; the average refund is $893. Don’t wait! File...
IRS National Taxpayer Advocate’s Mid-Year Report
National Taxpayer Advocate, Erin Collins, issued her mid-year report to Congress noting the improvements with the current tax reporting season compared to last year. Ms. Collins urges the IRS to make technology upgrades a top priority. To read the full report, click...
Department of Justice Catches Tax Shelter Thief
Walter Roberts, II of North Carolina helped his clients falsely deduct over $1 billion by lying about the value of charitable contribution deductions made on donated property conservation easements. Roberts did this for more than a decade, inflating some values by as...
IRS Advice on Financial Preparation for Disasters
This week is National Hurricane Preparedness Week and May is National Wildfire Awareness month, and the Internal Revenue Service is offering tips on how to protect your personal information in case of a natural disaster. The IRS recommends: Tax returns, Social...
IRS Reminders for Small Businesses
This week we recognize small business everywhere! To help celebrate, the IRS has provided advice to new businesses so they may take advantage of tax benefits including credits for things like investing in solar power and energy efficiency improvements and vehicles,...
Tax Court Rules IRS Has No Authority to Assess or Collect Certain Tax Penalties
Earlier this month the Tax Court issued its Opinion in Alon Farhy v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 160 T.C. No. 6 (T.C. April 3, 2023), holding that the IRS lacks statutory authority to assess penalties under IRC section 6038(b)(1) or (2) against the petitioner in...
Extension to File Does Not Mean Extension to Pay
The IRS reminds taxpayers that just because a taxpayer is granted an extension of time to file a tax return, the deadline to pay the tax is not extended. Tax payments are due April 18, 2023 for tax year 2022. Taxpayers should file their returns as soon as possible...
How the IRS Will Spend $80 Billion
More than half of the $80 billion granted by Congress under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was reserved by Congress for tax compliance enforcement. That means the IRS will use $45.6 billion of the funds to focus on those who are not in tax compliance, specifically...
Additional IRS Extensions for Disaster Zones
The IRS is providing an additional automatic filing and payment extension to taxpayers in disaster zones. If your address on file with the IRS (the address from your most recently-filed tax return) is in one of these California counties, you will now have until...
