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February 4, 2025
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Micro-Captive Reportable Transactions Regulations Finalized; Challenged
insurance transactions, as well as transactions that are “the same as, or substantially similar to” those micro-captive transactions, as “listed transactions.”
December 10, 2024
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Prospective Tariffs on Goods from Mexico, Canada, and China
scope of possibilities range from all imports being subject to a 10% to 20% additional tariff, to the imposition of a 60% tariff on imports from China, to tariffs
on vehicles from Mexico reaching as high as 100% to 200%.
August 20, 2024
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Second Employee Retention Credit Voluntary Disclosure Program Provides Relief for Some Employers
self-report that they erroneously received credits for the 2021 tax year.
April 9, 2024
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Taking Aim: IRS’s Compliance Campaign Makes Sports Industry Target of Enforcement Measures
November 6, 2023
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Winston & Strawn Monthly Tax Controversy Update – October 2023
from the spooky month of October concerning recent developments in the IRS’s priorities related to increased tax enforcement of corporations and the
announcement of a withdrawal process for employee retention tax credit (ERC) claims.
October 26, 2023
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as most might suggest, a reversal of course—departed from the IRS that many have come to know in recent years, maligned by funding cuts, widespread
attrition, and loss of institutional knowledge needed to administer the nation’s complex set of federal tax laws.
October 2, 2023
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IRS Backtracks on Penalties and Seeks to Settle Case Involving Backdated Documents
September 14, 2023
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Tax Court Reproach of “Cut-and-Paste” Notice Another Blow to IRS Documentation Credibility
the taxpayer is the latest in a string of rebukes from the Court and Congress questioning the IRS’s ability to retain credible and complete records.
September 13, 2023
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IRS Announces Increased Scrutiny of High-Income Taxpayers, Partnerships, Corporations, and Promoters
high-income taxpayers, partnerships, large corporations, and promoters.
September 5, 2023
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Bangladesh and Hong Kong Sign Income Tax Agreement
avoidance of double taxation agreement (CDTA).
August 31, 2023
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Fallout from Backdated Documents Lands IRS in Hot Seat
imposing sanctions on the IRS. Further inquiries ensued as to whether the IRS also proffered backdated penalty documents in other similar cases, hinting at a
troubling picture of potentially systemic issues within the IRS.
August 18, 2023
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IRS Clarifies Federal Credit Unions May Claim Employee Retention Credit For 2021
Employee Retention Credits under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) and the Internal Revenue Code.
August 7, 2023
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Winston & Strawn Tax Impacts Monthly Tax Controversy Update – July 2023
Employee Retention Credit (ERC), and highlight recent IRS guidance as to the taxation of staking rewards within the cryptocurrency space.
July 31, 2023
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IRS Cites Progress as House Committee Hearing Seeks Solutions to Employee Retention Tax Credit Woes
(R-AZ-01) announced the Subcommittee’s hearing on “The Employee Retention Tax Credit Experience: Confusion, Delays, and Fraud” to be held the following
Thursday. The announcement served to kick-off an unusually busy seven days of Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) related activity in Washin...Read more
April 17, 2023
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March 2, 2023
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Non-Willful, Per-Form Penalties Suffer a Bittner Fate: Supreme Court Resolves FBAR Penalty Dispute
file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) applies on a per-form basis—and not on a per-account basis, as argued by the government.
January 26, 2023
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FTX Bankruptcy Tax Series: For FTX Customers Seeking Tax Losses, Details Matter
asset exchange, with several subsidiaries and affiliates, which included Alameda Research, a related cryptocurrency hedge fund. The bankruptcy of the entire
operational enterprise and digital asset hedge fund has been a seismic event in the digital asset community, affecting over one million customer...Read more
August 17, 2022
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Biden Signs the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into Law
Internal Revenue Code and provides additional resources for the IRS.
August 8, 2022
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Senate Passes Inflation Reduction Act: Latest From the Hill
week. The Act’s passage follows a busy weekend on the Hill, which included lawmakers forging ahead with the comprehensive reconciliation bill with formal
debate and the Senate voting Sunday 51 to 50 to pass the reconciliation bill, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote.
July 28, 2022
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Deal on Senate Reconciliation Bill Announced, Major Tax Provisions Within
Reduction Act of 2022—containing significant changes to federal tax policy and IRS administration.