by Igor Drabkin | May 15, 2015 | Audit, Internal Revenue Service, Tax Collection, Tax Litigation
Effective May 6, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service updated the list of private delivery services for purposes of the timely mailing treated as timely filing and timely paying rule under Internal Revenue Code Section 7502. Section 7502 provides specific rules when... 
by Igor Drabkin | Jan 16, 2014 | Audit, Criminal Tax, Internal Revenue Service, Tax Collection
The Internal Revenue Service has released its statistical report for the fiscal year 2013 (FY2013), “Enforcement and Service Results”, which provides data related to the IRS audit, collection, and enforcement activities. The report covers the period from October 1,... 
by Igor Drabkin | Oct 1, 2013 | Audit, Criminal Tax, Internal Revenue Service, Tax Collection
As of October 1, 2013, the government shutdown is in effect. Good news, the IRS is closed. Right? The government shutdown, however, does not mean that you get a free pass from filing and paying your taxes. During the government shut down all tax laws remain in... 
by Igor Drabkin | Oct 1, 2013 | Audit, Internal Revenue Service, Tax Litigation
The government shutdown, which went into effect on Tuesday, October 1, 2013, impacts many tax cases, which are in litigation status and are currently pending in the United States Tax Court, as well as those cases, which have a deadline for filing a Tax Court petition... 
by Igor Drabkin | Feb 9, 2010 | Audit, Employment Tax, Internal Revenue Service
Detailed federal employment tax audits to begin soon. On February 4, 2010, Mary Gorman, IRS Assistant Division Counsel, announced that the IRS National Research Program study on employment taxes is scheduled to begin by the end of March of this year. The IRS will... 
by Igor Drabkin | Dec 28, 2009 | Audit, FBAR, Internal Revenue Service, Offshore Income
Over 14,700 voluntary disclosures were made under IRS’s special offshore voluntary compliance program that ended on October 15, 2009. The IRS Commissioner stated that it will be mining these disclosures for information to identify “financial institutions,...