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The Lamprecht case is a good reminder of how long and complex the path can be for international taxpayers to correct prior wrongs and come into compliance for federal income tax purposes. On April 23, 2024, in Lamprecht v Commissioner, ___ F.4th ___ (D.C. Cir. 4/23/24), ( D.C. Circuit Court opinion) the U.S. Court of…
Summary On Friday, May 3, 2024, the U.S. Circuit Court for the D.C. Circuit overturned the Tax Court’s decision in Farhy v. Commissioner, ___ F.4th ___ (D.C. Cir. 5/3/24) (link to opinion) and held that the IRS has authority under § 6038(b) to assess Form 5471 penalties. The Tax Court previously held that the…
The Mukhi v Commissioner[1] case is another example of just how severe the penalties are for failing to report certain foreign financial activity timely; in this case, it was the failure to report foreign trusts, related trust activity, and ownership of a foreign corporation on Form 3520, Form 3520-A, and Form 5471 in a timely…
The Fairbank case demonstrates the power of IRC § 6501(c)(8) to provide the IRS the ability to assess taxpayers many years after the normal statute of limitations is closed if the taxpayer fails to file all required IRS international information reporting forms. In Fairbank v Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2023-19, the IRS argued that, despite the…
In Lamprecht v Commissioner, TC Memo 2022-91 (link to case), a John Doe summons tolled the statute of limitations and allowed the IRS to assess a 20% accuracy related penalty more than 6 years after the Taxpayers’ original income tax returns were filed. The IRS was able to assess the penalty even though the Taxpayer…
On Tuesday October 26, 2021, Judge Bloom for the District Court of the Northern District of Florida adopted a Magistrate’s recommendation to issue an order to compel repatriation of funds to satisfy a willful FBAR penalty and accrued interest of more than $18 million dollars.[1] The Magistrate’s Report and Recommendation was issued on June 30,…
In Ramey v Commissioner, 156 T.C. No. 1 (2021) (available in Tax Notes free resources here), the IRS mailed a final notice of intent to levy (LT11) to the taxpayer’s last known address (and actual address) via certified mail return receipt requested. The address was a shared office location (i.e., multiple businesses were located at…
Overview In Reflectxion Resources, Inc. v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2020-114 (August 3, 2020)(link), the U.S. Tax Court held that a Notice of Determination of Worker Classification (“NDWC”) was not in and of itself sufficient to provide the Tax Court with jurisdiction for all payroll tax periods raised in Reflectxion Resources, Inc.’s (“Taxpayer”) petition. In order…
Per an internal IRS memorandum prepared within the IRS SB/SE division (link to memo), the IRS has determined that it will not allow a § 199A deduction when it prepares a substitute for return (“SFR”). [mfn] SBSE-04-1219-0054 Guidance for the qualified business income deduction on a substitute for return (12/9/2019) available at https://www.irs.gov/pub/foia/ig/sbse/sbse-04-1219-0054.pdf.[/mfn] Under §…
In a recent case,[1] the Federal District Court for the District of Maryland held that the U.S.’s federal IRS tax lien did not attach to a piece real property after the transfer to the taxpayer was voided under the Maryland Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act (“MUFCA”).[2] Facts Transfer from Insolvent Estate Plaintiff, BG, is a nursing…
