In this presidential election, the Republican candidate Donald Trump steadfastly refuses to release his tax returns.this is caused political blogs to have a lively discussion regarding whether President Obama could request Donald Trump's tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)? President Obama could obtain Donald Trump's tax returns under Section 6103g of the Internal…
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Did You Know That President Obama Could Obtain Donald Trump's Tax Returns?
In this presidential election, the Republican candidate Donald Trump steadfastly refuses to release his tax returns.this is caused political blogs to have a lively discussion regarding whether President Obama could request Donald Trump's tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)? President Obama could obtain Donald Trump's tax returns under Section 6103g of the Internal…
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No More Face to Face Meetings at IRS Appeals Division?
Brager Tax Law Group posted that the IRS announced that effective Oct. 1, 2016, it will rarely conduct Appeals Conferences in person. More specifically, Internal Revenue Manual (IRM) 8.6.1.4, blandly entitled “Conference Practices,” provides that ALL conferences will be held by telephone except under certain specific enumerated circumstances. Those circumstances are as follows: There are substantial…
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Exelon Loses Over $1.6B Taxable Gain On Plant Sales
According to Law360, Exelon, the successor to Unicom Corp. and subsidiaries, had entered into a series of like-kind exchanges with unrelated tax-exempt public utilities after it sold its fossil fuel power plants in Northern Illinois for $4.8 billion in 1999. The exchanges involved sale and leaseback strategies by which the tax-exempt entities would receive a lump-sum payment…
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