The IRS received a significant increase in operating funds after Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in mid-2022. More recently, on September 8, 2023, the IRS announced that it would use at least some of those funds to focus on compliance initiatives associated with high-income and high-wealth taxpayers. Although…

The IRS has announced the annual inflation adjustments for the year 2024. That includes not only tax rate schedules, tax tables and cost-of-living adjustments for returns (you can find those here)—but penalties for late returns and missed forms. Here’s a look at what you need to know. Failure To File…

Since the birth of the U.S. tax system more than a century ago, taxpayers have made purposeful attempts to avoid paying taxes that they lawfully owe. In a standard case, a taxpayer may seek to reduce his or her tax liabilities through omitting income or inflating deductions, or both. Taxpayers…

The IRS has announced the annual inflation adjustments for the year 2024, including tax rate schedules, tax tables and cost-of-living adjustments. These are the official numbers for the tax year 2024—that begins Jan. 1, 2024. They are not the numbers that you’ll use to prepare your 2023 tax returns in…

Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has notified clients that the company will turn over user information to the IRS. The announcement follows a lengthy legal battle that began in 2021 when Kraken received a John Doe summons from the IRS. A John Doe summons is an order that does not explicitly identify…

Introduction Most compensation earned by taxpayers is subject to employment taxes. When it comes to sole proprietors, independent contractors, and partners, employment taxes include those imposed by the Self-Employment Contributions Act (“SECA”). Rates in recent years have reached 15.3 percent of an individual’s “net earnings from self-employment,” a category which…

Corporations report their total cash payments of income tax — federal, state, and foreign combined — but they don’t identify, nor does the IRS reveal, how much federal income tax they pay. We believe, however, that we can make reasonable estimates from information reported by publicly traded companies in their…

The IRS just released the 2024 contribution limits on qualified retirement plans, such as your 401(k). That’s crucial info for employees and executives who can participate in company nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plans. Here’s why. For most NQDC plan participants, year-end is the time to be like an autumn squirrel…

Weeks after the IRS announced a moratorium on processing new Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims, the IRS has issued more guidance on the program. Specifically, the IRS has issued an opinion about whether an employer can rely on communications from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to determine whether…

Even legislators with a keen interest in protecting the U.S. corporate tax base from profit shifting should probably resist the urge to jump into the middle of Microsoft’s high-profile transfer pricing dispute with the IRS. Microsoft’s recent disclosure that the IRS believes the company paid $28.9 billion less in corporate…