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Revisions to Form 14457 Could Facilitate Crypto Disclosures

By Garrett L. Brodeur and Mia Bailey Tax Notes Federal July 10, 2023 The IRS considers voluntary compliance to be the “cornerstone of our tax system,” but the application form for the IRS’s voluntary disclosure practice (VDP), Form 14457, “Voluntary Disclosure Practice Preclearance Request and

The State of the Tax Whistleblower Law

By Usman Mohammad and Ashley Morales ABA Tax Times June 2023 Internal Revenue Code section 7623(b) provides mandatory awards to whistleblowers who provide information to the IRS that results in the collection of additional tax, interest, penalties or fines from corporations, high net worth individuals,

What CPAs Need To Know About Employee Retention Credit Fraud

By Christopher M. Ferguson and David Taylor The CPA Journal March/April 2023 Most taxpayers have likely received a solicitation recently claiming that they may be entitled to thousands of dollars in employee retention tax credits. The solicitations involve the Employee Retention Credit (ERC), a payroll

ChatGPT – A Piece Of The Puzzle, Not A Panacea

By Garrett L. Brodeur and Liz Grant Bloomberg Tax Management Memorandum May 1, 2023 After a string of failures in the cryptocurrency industry and the emergence of artificial intelligence (‘‘AI’’), many observers would likely agree that crypto is tired and AI is wired. AI is

Tax Refunds For Individuals: A Closer Look

By Sidney Kess New York Law Journal March 27, 2023 In February 2023, the IRS reported (https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/filing-season-statistics-for-week-ending-feb-3-2023) that it has issued nearly eight million refunds to individuals with respect to 2022 returns averaging $1,963, down slightly from last year’s average of $2,201. Almost 87% of