Skip links

Tag: Civil Tax Controversies & Trials

OPR’s Star Chamber: Felons And The IRS’s Opaque Sanctions Process

By Megan L. Brackney and Daniel Q. Flesch Tax Notes Federal; Tax Notes State July 2021 Abstract: In this article, Brackney and Flesch examine the lack of transparency in the IRS Office of Professional Responsibility’s sanctions process and explore recently released administrative law judge and Treasury appellate authority decisions relevant

Navigating the IRS’s Self-Dealing Rules for Private Foundations

By Usman Mohammad and Emma Westerhof The CPA Journal, Tax Practice & Procedure Column April/May 2021 Issue The Donald J. Trump Foundation was undone by alleged acts of self-dealing involving its namesake, Donald J. Trump, who also allegedly used the foundation to promote his candidacy for president in 2016. The