Supreme Court Weighs Steep IRS Penalties On Foreign Bank Accounts

Concept image for filing federal income taxes online and being audited. Computer keyboard, … [+] calculator and pen are placed on income tax form 1040. The ‘word’ AUDIT is stamped on...

IRS Audits With No Time Limit And No Statute Of Limitations

A stock photo of a Red Audit stamp on a 1040 US individual income tax return. Photographed at 50mp … [+] with the Canon EOS 5DSR and the 100mm 2.8 L lens. Getty With 87,000 new IRS agents on the...

IRS Cancels Millions Of Penalties And Will Issue Refunds To Taxpayers Who Already Paid Them

The IRS has announced widespread penalty relief for those who filed late during the Covid-19 … [+] pandemic. getty Given the pandemic, did you file your 2019 or 2020 tax returns late? It happene...

How IRS Can Tax ‘Gifts’ and Impose Big Penalties

Are gifts income the IRS can tax? Fortunately, no, but the line between what is income and what is a gift is sometimes fuzzy. Let’s say you do major favors for your employer and get a gift of $20,000,...