Yesterday, the IRS made official the delay on the 1099-k implementation for the $600 threshold for 2023. In 2023, the 1099-k will be released if the taxpayer receives over $20,000 and has more than 200 transactions in 2023. Based on the IRS website, the current plan for 2024 is the threshold to be $5,000 and
Over the summer and until now, we have observed a higher number of Notices of Deficiencies from the IRS in forums, colleagues discussions and through clients' consultations. This trend seems in line with other tax authorities at the State and Local levels (i.e. Philadelphia) were they put on hold the automatic notices and some collection
The IRS will received approximately 44 million forms 1099-k (this form is for electronic transactions over $600 during the year and related to applications for payment settlement entities such as Vemno, eBay, Paypal, etc.) in 2024 related to the 2023 tax year from about 14 million received in the prior year. Note that Zelle is
The IRS is reporting the tax gap (amount of money that taxpayers are not settled with the Federal tax authority or the true tax liability versus the paid tax on time) amounts to around $668 billion for 2021. The breakdown is as follows (per IRS blog), comprising three components: Nonfiling, which means tax not paid
After working on an offer in compromise for a married client with over $100k in Federal tax outstanding, we are finally closing an offer in compromise (forms 433-A and 656) that has been discussed with the IRS agent as there are no assets to cover the liabilities and the taxpayers' income is just to cover
The IRS is requesting around $28.9 billion in taxes for the period from 2004 to 2013. The subject is related to transfer pricing issues to shift profits from a higher taxable jurisdiction to a lower taxed one, such as Puerto Rico. Daniel Goff, Microsoft Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Tax and Customs, has wrote a blog
Earlier this month, the IRS has announced the new targets for their examination efforts. This information is in line with the previous discussion to target wealthy individuals over the $400,000 income threshold that was mentioned by President Joe Biden in the 2022 State of the Union speech, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen who instructed the IRS
During this month of September 2023, we have read numerous articles on the IRS efforts to use more AI tools (in addition to hire more IRS agents). Over this summer of 2023, we have seen an increase of IRS examinations and notice of deficiencies where either you agree to the change or if you disagree,
As part of the updates applicable to next year, from January 1st, 2024, you must electronically file (e-file) form 8300 if you e-file the other similar returns, such as 1099, w2s, etc. As mentioned in the IRS website, this form is a method to raise money laundering and illicit transactions "The Form 8300, Report of
On September 14th, 2023, the IRS released their IRS Newswire IR-2023-169 for the immediate stop to the new Employee Retention Credit as they were flooded with fraudulent claims, or as the IRS wrote "questionable claims". This stop would be at least until the end of the year. This moratorium happened less than ten days after
