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It is becoming an annual event for me to write about the National Taxpayer Advocate’s Annual Report to Congress and its top 10 list of the most serious problems encountered by taxpayers, see What Do the National...

Happy New Year!! With a new administration, one party controlling the House and Senate, potentially a new IRS Commissioner, and likely a reduction in IRS enforcement funding, there has been a great deal of chatter regarding...

Each year, I enjoy participating in the ABA Tax Section’s Criminal Tax Fraud and Tax Controversy Conference in Las Vegas. (Just look at how happy I look in the picture below.) 2024 was no different. This year, I had the...

A December 2023 Gallup poll revealed that only 16% of Americans rate lawyers’ honesty and ethical standards as “high.” Perhaps the IRS was among those polled, as the IRS has announced an examination campaign against law...

I speak at a number of events during the year regarding tax issues, primarily regarding IRS enforcement and mostly related to income tax or estate and gift tax issues. Many of my presentations reference the IRS Dirty Dozen...