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IRS Announces More Details on the Economic Impact Payments

Apr 1, 2020

The Internal Revenue Service today announced that distribution of economic impact payments will begin in the next three weeks and will be...

Former New Haven Tax Preparer is Sentenced

Jan 15, 2020

John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that DEVON WILLIAMS, 30, of Atlanta, Georgia, was...

IRS Arrests Michael Avenatti, Cutting State Bar Hearing Short

Jan 15, 2020

IRS agents arrested embattled attorney Michael Avenatti in Los Angeles late Tuesday during a break in a hearing before the...

Exhaustion is Required Before Seeking Damages from the IRS for Violating the Discharge Injunction

Jun 20, 2018

On May 8, 2018, Chief Bankruptcy Judge Isicoff for the Southern District of Florida issued an opinion addressing the question:...

IRS Announces the end of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program

Mar 14, 2018

The IRS has announced it will begin to shut down the 2014 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP). The program will...

Estate Portability: Tax Court Case Clarifies IRS Time to Examine Return

Mar 10, 2018

As part of our tax and estate planning practice in Connecticut and New York we do a lot of planning...

Senators Introduce Legislation to Repeal the Internal Revenue Service’s Private Debt Collection Program

Mar 3, 2018

Yesterday three senators introduced legislation that would repeal the IRS's use of private debt collectors. On December 4, 2015, President Obama...

“Seriously Delinquent” Tax Debts May Result in Passport Complications

Jan 27, 2018

Delinquent taxpayers may soon face major roadblocks when attempting to travel. Internal Revenue Code § 7345 requires the IRS to notify...

Taxpayer’s Action to Invalidate Liens Dismissed by District Court

Dec 4, 2016

An individual’s petition to invalidate four Notices of Federal Tax Liens filed against him was dismissed for failure to state...

IRS and the Disallowance of Unsubstantiated Expenses