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ChatGPT for Legal and Tax Professionals

By Garrett L. Brodeur, Grace Hall, and Ella Tynch CPA Journal September 2023 Since the introduction of ChatGPT in November 2022, artificial intelligence (AI) has taken the legal and accounting professions by storm. The use of AI in legal proceedings has already made headlines and research

Trump Cases Put the Crime-Fraud Exception in the Spotlight

By Sharon L. McCarthy and Daniel C. Davidson New York Law Journal September 15, 2023 “Attorney-client privilege is dead!” So declared then-President Donald Trump in a tweet after a 2018 law enforcement raid on his former lawyer Michael Cohen’s office. In fact, various investigations into

IRS Announces Immediate Moratorium on Processing ERC Claims

IRS Also Forecasts ERC Settlement Program On September 14, 2023, IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel ordered an immediate moratorium on the processing of Employee Retention Tax Credit (“ERC”) claims.  According to the IRS, the moratorium will be in place through at least December 31, 2023. The moratorium

Payroll Tax Evasion Notice Suggests FinCEN’s New Focus

By Andrew Weiner and Jay R. Nanavati Law360 September 6, 2023 On Aug. 15, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network within the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued Notice FIN-2023-NTC1 to advise U.S. financial institutions of the need to report payroll tax evasion and workers’ compensation