The Internal Revenue Service has unveiled a new web page on IRS.gov that allows taxpayers to confidentially report suspected tax fraud or evasion, scams, and other tax-related illegal activities.
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Continue Reading IRS Launches Online Tool to Simplify Reporting of Tax Fraud and ScamsFox Rothschild attorneys Matthew D. Lee, Brian C. Bernhardt, and Jonathan M. Wasser have authored a client alert regarding a new refund opportunity for taxpayers who accrued IRS…
Continue Reading Court Ruling Creates Refund Opportunity for Pandemic-Era IRS Interest and PenaltiesFox Rothschild attorneys Lizbeth R. Levinson and Brittney R. Powell have authored a client alert regarding the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling striking down the President’s tariffs, and…
Continue Reading With the Tariffs Struck Down, Now the Refund Fight BeginsIn the midst of Congressional consideration of the administration’s FY2026 budget request for the Internal Revenue Service (which was ultimately approved on February 3, 2026), a group of U.S. Senators…
Continue Reading Group of U.S. Senators Sound Alarm About State of Federal Tax EnforcementWith a dire warning that “[t]ax shelter promoters are watching,” a group of U.S. Senators is questioning a significant decline in Internal Revenue Service investigations of abusive tax schemes as…
Continue Reading Group of U.S. Senators Question Sharp Drop in IRS Investigations of Abusive Tax SchemesThe four-day partial government shutdown – which did not impact the Internal Revenue Service – ended yesterday after the House passed, and the President signed, a funding package approved by…
Continue Reading Partial Government Shutdown Ends With Funding Deal That Will Slash IRS BudgetIn the midst of the tax filing season, the Internal Revenue Service remains open for business despite the partial federal government shutdown that went into effect early Saturday morning. The…
Continue Reading Federal Government Shutdown? Not at the IRSAs 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. …
Continue Reading Congress Eyes Significant Cut to IRS BudgetAfter 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…
Continue Reading IRS Unveils More Leadership Changes as Tax Filing Season OpensYesterday 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…
Continue Reading Tax Court Economic Substance Ruling is a Mixed Bag for Taxpayers