A taxpayer owes the IRS more than he can pay in a lump sum. He owns a home. He owns a business property. He has some equity in both. He asks the IRS for an installment agreement so he can pay the debt over time. The IRS says no. The reason? He has too much… Continue reading Can the IRS Deny Your Installment Agreement Because of Home Equity?
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The IRS assesses a tax penalty against you or your business. The audit closes and the IRS assesses the penalty. So how do you get a judge to look at it? For most tax disputes, the answer is the U.S. Tax Court. You can go there without first pre-paying the tax. But for certain types… Continue reading An Offer of IRS Appeals Review Can Preclude Judicial Review
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The IRS consumes information about taxpayers. By and large, that is what the IRS is–a vacuum for information. It then processes the information and applies statutorily mandated processes to evaluate the information. The processes are geared toward evaluating whether additional tax is owed and then recording that balance on the IRS’s books, so that the… Continue reading When Providing Information to the IRS Discloses Additional Tax Due
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What happens when a taxpayer properly invokes their right to challenge the underlying tax liability through the CDP process, but the IRS then uses subsequent overpayments to zero out the disputed balance? Can the IRS effectively eliminate tax court jurisdiction by manipulating these overpayments mid-process, leaving the taxpayer without any forum to resolve their legitimate… Continue reading Sidestep Tax Court Review by Applying Overpayments
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The IRS, like many organizations, faced significant challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. It had to adapt to new working conditions, which led to delays in processing paperwork, including tax returns, and difficulties in responding to taxpayer inquiries. During this time, when a taxpayer could reach someone at the IRS, they were often told that due… Continue reading When the IRS Fails to Timely Respond: Who Pays?
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Imagine that Congress sets out a remedy to curb IRS abuses. And further consider that after the taxpayer pursues the remedy, the rules allow the IRS to simply sidestep the remedy. So the remedy is no remedy at all. That is what we have in the Zuck v. Commissioner, No. 25125-14L (U.S.T.C. Apr. 6, 2022)… Continue reading IRS Can Sidestep Taxpayers’ CDP Rights by Applying Overpayments
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Life happens. We all experience it. There are times when life events can result in tax returns being filed late. Our tax laws offer little in way of leniency when this happens. The IRS will assess late filing penalties. Worse yet, amounts that were already timely paid to the IRS may not be refunded to… Continue reading Late-Filed Tax Returns & Excess Collections
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Generally, when it comes to civil matters, state and Federal law includes various “statutes of limitations” and “discovery rules.” The statute of limitations rules say that a claim has to be filed within a certain time period. The discovery rules say that the time period for the statute starts to run when the claim is… Continue reading Adjustments Stemming from IRS Settlements
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The IRS administrative function plays a critical role in our tax administration system. The appeals process settles a majority of all tax disputes. It does so using processes and procedures that have developed over many years. To the uninitiated who have not experienced the IRS appeals process, the process can be confusing and, unfortunately, the… Continue reading New IRS Appeals Procedures for Tax Controversies
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