The Internal Revenue Service issued IR-2019-102 on June 5, 2019 and reminded taxpayers living and working outside of the United States that they must file their 2018 federal income tax return by Monday, June 17, 209 The June 17 deadline applies to both U.S. citizens and resident aliens abroad, including those with dual citizenship. An extension of…
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On June 28 the IRS is Ending Tax Transcript Fax Service & 3rd Party Mailings
As part of its ongoing efforts to protect taxpayers from identity thieves, the Internal Revenue Service today announced in IR-2019-101 on June 4, 2019 that it will stop its tax transcript faxing service in June and will amend the Form 4506 series to end third-party mailing of tax returns and transcripts in July. Tax transcripts…
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Correspondence Sent by IRS Were Not Notices of Disallowance
In Hale v. United States, 2019 U.S. Claims LEXIS 502 (May 14, 2019), the Court of Federal Claims has held that various items of correspondence from IRS to a taxpayer were not notices of disallowance and, thus, did not start the two-year period for initiating a refund lawsuit. IRC § 6532 establishes jurisdictional time limitations…
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Anesthesiologist Who Failed to Report Over $3 Million & Plead Guilty to Filing False Tax Returns – Now Needs Anesthesia For the PAIN
A Pennsylvania anesthesiologist pleaded guilty today to filing a false income tax return, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division. James G. Allen Jr., 53, admitted as part of his guilty plea that he filed false tax returns for himself and his wife for the years 2010…
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