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The Trust Fund Recovery Penalty

By Kevin M. Flynn The CPA Journal November 2017 Edition Under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 6672(a), an individual can be held personally liable for a penalty for the willful failure to collect, account for, and pay to the IRS the employment taxes of a business. Full Article

Using Bitcoin To Buy A Sandwich Could Trigger A Tax Bill

Op-Ed By Bryan C. Skarlatos Featured on CNBC Crypto currencies may have been around for less than a decade, but they are proliferating so quickly that our established tax and regulatory systems can’t keep up. And that could create serious tax problems for those who would join the digital currency revolution.

When Should A Taxpayer Know That A Tax Shelter Is Too Good To Be True?

By Bryan C. Skarlatos & Henry Stow Lovejoy Journal of Tax Practice & Procedure June – July 2017 Edition Taxpayers who have underpaid their taxes can avoid accuracy-related penalties under Code Sec. 6662 by demonstrating that they acted with reasonable cause and in good faith. In general, the most important factor in determining

Time For A Withholding Tax Check-up

By Megan L. Brackney The CPA Journal May 2017 Edition If it is not already on the schedule, CPAs should remember to talk to business clients about withholding on payments to nonresident aliens. Full Article