IRS Penalty Relief Goes Automatic: Two Concerns You Shouldn’t Ignore
The IRS’s new Automatic Exemption from Penalty (AEP) is meant to help “good” taxpayers—but it also takes away some useful flexibility and control that we’ve had under First‑Time Abatement (FTA). What AEP does, in plain English Starting with 2025 returns and 2026 quarterly payroll returns, the IRS will automatically skip certain penalties—failure to file, failure
