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Today the U.S. Tax Court issued an interesting opinion which provides a chapter-by-chapter refutation of Peter Hendrickson's book "Cracking the Code: The Fascinating Truth About Taxation in America." Waltner v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2014-35. Cracking the Code is...
Today the IRS released statistics today regarding individual income tax returns filed so far during the 2014 filing season, an update from statistics released last week. The statistics reflect that 31,308,000 returns filed so far in 2014 showed refunds, up from...
The IRS released its annual Criminal Investigation report today concerning fiscal year 2013. The Criminal Investigation Division initiated over 5,000 cases and recommended over 4,300 for prosecution; the conviction rate of those cases prosecuted was 93 percent. This...
Today the IRS issued the annual "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams for 2014, in which the IRS compiles a variety of common scams that taxpayers can encounter. See IR-2014-16. The release notes that while taxpayers can encounter these scams at any point during the year,...
Today the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued guidance for financial institutions who seek to provide services to marijuana-related businesses in light of recent state initiatives to legalize certain marijuana-related activities. See FIN-2014-G001. A...
On Tuesday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found that the IRS had exceeded its statutory authority when it attempted to regulate tax return preparers. Loving v. Internal Revenue Service, No. 13-5061 (Feb. 11, 2014).The Secretary of the...
Yesterday, the Tax Court issued a 63 page opinion finding that the taxpayers were not entitled to a $499,000 charitable contribution deduction for the donation of an apartment building to Volunteers for America because the taxpayers failed to obtain a qualified...
More than one million people who did not file a 2012 state income tax return are receiving letters seeking those returns or to verify that they do not have a tax filing requirement, according to the Franchise Tax Board (FTB). Since the 1950s, FTB has contacted people...
On December 3, 2014, the United States Tax Court issued an opinion in Brown v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2013-275, in which the Court found that the taxpayers were not liable for the fraud penalty under Internal Revenue Code (I.R.C.) section 6663(a) despite the fact...
Yesterday the White House issued a statement on The White House Blog regarding its Education "Datapalooza," an event intended to further the exploration of new apps and services advancing higher education. The White House blog post references a fact sheet describing...
