In yet another blow to taxpayers, the IRS has amended its Internal Revenue Manual, which provides procedures for its employees to follow, to deny the right […]
On November 18, the Seventh Circuit issued its opinion in Adolphson v. Commissioner, in which it upheld the ruling of Tax Court Judge Carluzzo in the […]
When Can I take Casualty Theft Losses On My Tax Return? Updated: As of 1/1/2018, casualty theft losses have been severely limited on Schedule A and […]
The Orange County Register put out an article last (click here) week highlighting the United Way of Orange County’s need for volunteers for the upcoming tax […]
As noted in a prior post (here), H.R. 3236 became Public Law No. 114-41 and provided several directives to the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations providing […]
In an earlier post, I discussed whether a tax LLM was worth the cost largely as a function of its affect on landing one’s first tax […]
In my experience as a federal tax prosecutor, I have previously seen cases where someone in prison (in one case on charges of return fraud already) […]
The San Diego Union Tribune recently published an article highlighting the City of San Diego’s recent approval of recreational marijuana dispensaries. As has been implicit […]
A local return preparer has pleaded guilty to preparing returns claiming over a million dollars in false refunds. In the height of tax season, this operates […]
I have previously blogged about non-income tax evasion cases prosecuted locally. A little further away, there is another example, here where a buffet owner pleaded guilty […]