March 21, 2016 Update - Congressional Explanation Blues

For this week of March 21, 2016 in Current Federal Tax Developments we look at:

• Blues over Congressional explanations of laws
• A taxpayer discovers that he can be penalized even when the issue of whether he owes tax hasn’t been decided
• The IRS explains trust charitable contributions and
• The IRS again successfully wields its favorite weapon against family limited partnerships

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• Current Federal Developments for March 21, 2016

March 14, 2016 Update - Security Proves Elusive for IRS and Employers

The continuing issues with the security of taxpayer information, both at the IRS and with employers start off this week's discussion.  The discussion then moves on to two different cases, decided one day apart by the Tax Court, looking at the problems taxpayers run into if they try to argue substance over form and what is and is not a substance over form argument.  Finally this week's program looks at the IRS's request for comments on implementing the new partnership audit regime.

PDF of Articles - Current Federal Tax Developments March 14, 2016

March 7, 2016 Weekly Developments Discussion

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February 29, 2016 Weekly Tax Developments

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