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The Department of Justice unsealed an indictment today charging 61 individuals and entities for their alleged involvement in a call center scam that has victimized tens of thousands of U.S. citizens and resulted in losses totaling in the hundreds of millions of...
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) recently released a report that found nearly $9 billion in backup withholding tax was not withheld for 2013 information returns with missing or incorrect taxpayer identification numbers. The IRS should have...
Seven years, 100,000 taxpayers and over $10 billion in taxes, interest, and penalties paid, and the IRS' offshore voluntary compliance efforts are still going strong.The IRS released data this week regarding the success of the various programs offered to taxpayers who...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today that it will delay the date on which e-Services users will be required to re-register and validate their identities (previously discussed here). There is no new implementation date set. The IRS will need more time to...
If your company contracts with the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), you have one more reason to be compliant with your federal tax obligations: Effective September 30, 2016, these...
A self-employed chiropractor based in Hayward, California, was found liable for penalties for failure to file tax returns for eight years with the intent to conceal, mislead, or otherwise prevent the collection of tax. The original IRS investigation of Dr. Ramon...
Taxpayers with farms or ranches in certain California counties, cities, or districts that suffered from "exceptional, extreme or severe drought conditions" between September 1, 2015, and August 31, 2016, are being provided tax relief by the Internal Revenue Service in...
The California Board of Equalization (BOE) will update sales and use tax rates effective October 1, 2016, in the following cities: Compton (Los Angeles County); Corning (Tehama County); Isleton (Sacramento County); Marysville (Yuba County); and San Jose (Santa Clara...
Former intelligence agent Werner Mauss is the latest celebrity under scrutiny for allegedly evading taxes from profits on offshore accounts. Mr. Mauss says the accounts were opened by intelligence agencies to fund covert operations worldwide, including averting a...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is piloting an expanded program for streamlined processing of taxpayer requests for installment agreements through the end of September 2017. For the next year, the IRS expects more taxpayers to qualify for faster processing of their...
