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Tax Professionals: Use Systemic Advocacy Management System (SAMS) July 23, 2021
With the pandemic, the IRS has faced a lot of issues. One that has faced my clients is the IRS ignoring responses to Automated Underreporting Unit (AUR) notices. These notices are sent when the IRS receives notification of items of income that the IRS thinks should be on the return but are not on the […]
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At Least I’m Not Classified as “Dead” July 16, 2021
I’ve been talking over the past months about the issues faced by taxpayers in dealing with the IRS. Suffice to say, when you have a 3% chance of reaching a human things aren’t going well. But we should always look at the good side of things: I’m still breathing (in reality and in view of […]
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IRS Wakes Up, Still Smells Like Crown Imperials July 7, 2021
Normally when we talk about smelling flowers we’ll use a line like, “Waking up and smelling like roses.” But that is decidedly not the case with this story, so we chose a different plant: Crown Imperial (Fritillaria imperialis). You’ll see why shortly. Back on June 20th we reported on the IRS denying 501(c)(3) status to […]
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Is the IRS Telling Tax Professionals the Truth? July 7, 2021
Yesterday, a fellow tax professional posted on Twitter: Ogden currently has 70 tractor trailers of unopened mail. – per IRS agent trying to explain why a POA from 2019 still hasn’t cleared yet. Yet if you read the IRS Operations page on the current status of IRS operations you get a different picture: [On Individual […]
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35,300,000 June 30, 2021
This morning, The National Taxpayer Advocate issued her semi-annual report to Congress. In the report is the true state of tax returns at the IRS. Fair warning, it’s not a pretty picture. As of the close of the filing season (late May), there were 35.3 million tax returns that were unprocessed. This includes: 1.1 million […]
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Here We Go Again: Bias in the IRS’s Tax Exempt Group June 20, 2021
Most of us remember the IRS scandal from 2013. In that scandal we learned that the IRS and/or individuals working at the IRS deliberately targeted conservative tax exempt (nonprofit) organizations. It was a huge scandal at the time, and it led directly to the IRS’s budget being cut. It’s now eight years later, and one […]
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§1031 Exchanges for Cryptocurrency: The IRS Thinks Not June 19, 2021
Back in September 2017 I wrote a piece titled, “Can You Use a §1031 Exchange to Defer Gain with Cryptocurrency?” The conclusion I drew was, “[M]ost exchanges of one cryptocurrency for another do not qualify as §1031 exchanges and it’s more likely than not that the IRS will rule that two different cryptocurrencies are not […]
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“I Haven’t Received My IRS Refund. Can You Help Me?” June 18, 2021
This past week I fielded a number of phone calls asking this question. Unfortunately, the answer is no. Neither I nor any other tax professional can speed up your IRS refund. First, the good news: about 90% of IRS refunds are moving through the system normally (with the refund being issued between 10 and 21 […]
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The 2021 Tax Season (Part 1) June 14, 2021
I’ve had good Tax Seasons and bad Tax Seasons, but the first part of the 2021 Tax Season was unique. And uniqueness doesn’t mean good nor does it mean bad. Both points were present this year, and continue to be present. Let’s look at the highlights and lowlights of the first part of the 2021 […]
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IRS Reminds Taxpayers of April FBAR Deadline. So What! April 9, 2021
The IRS sent out a press release this morning noting the FBAR deadline remains April 15th. The FBAR is the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FinCEN Form 114), and must be filed if you have $10,000 aggregate in one or more foreign financial accounts at any time during the year. My reaction is […]
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