July 2019
As legislators face a January 30 government funding deadline, the House has passed legislation that would further erode the Internal Revenue Service’s annual budget and negatively impact federal tax enforcement. The House funding bill slashes the tax agency’s budget by
After a few months of relative calm at the highest levels of the Internal Revenue Service (following turbulence and high-level executive turnover that marked much of 2025), the tax agency is making more leadership changes. IRS chief executive officer Frank
Yesterday the Tax Court issued its much awaited opinion in Patel v. Commissioner. After the Court disallowed deductions attributable to Patel’s captive insurance arrangement, it ordered briefing on the applicability of the economic substance doctrine to the Patel’s captive arrangement.
As everyone (hopefully) knows, the Government has been shut down for over two weeks now. Much has been written about the IRS having to furlough nearly half of its workforce during the shutdown. However, one major issue emerging as the
As the federal government shutdown passes the two-week mark, and as thousands of Internal Revenue Service employees face furloughs and/or firings, the tax agency has announced a series of significant leadership moves.
First, Treasury Secretary and Acting IRS Commissioner Scott
Despite the apparent forthcoming government shutdown at midnight tonight, the IRS is prepared to briefly continue its operations according to its “lapsed appropriations” plan. The plan, released yesterday, September 29, 2025, provides that funding from the Inflation Reduction Act will
In Notice 2025-53, the IRS provided relief for individuals and businesses affected by terrorism in the State of Israel throughout 2024 and 2025. The new notice extends the relief granted to taxpayers in Israel, as well as the Gaza Strip
A district court in Texas has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Justice Department to collect an FBAR penalty, concluding for the first time that the Internal Revenue Service’s administrative assessment of an FBAR penalty violates the right to a
The head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division has departed for private practice, just as the planned dismantling of the Tax Division was set to take place. Karen Kelly, who served as acting deputy assistant attorney general of the Tax
On August 8, President Donald Trump abruptly removed Billy Long from his position as Commissioner of Internal Revenue, making Long’s tenure the shortest for a Senate-confirmed commissioner in the tax agency’s 162-year history. Long, a former Missouri congressman and professional
