Tax Court Canât Order IRS To Not Jerk People Around (Forbes) - Jeffrey Davis is my new hero. From the record in Judge Ruweâs Tax Court opinion, it appears that he got the IRS to back down on their notice of deficiency, but he didnât stop there. He went on to recover $154.98 in costs.
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Lesson From The Tax Court: The Proper Role Of Delay In CDP (TaxProf Blog) - I often call CDP âCollection Delay Process.â That is not pure snark. Part of the purpose of CDP is to pause collection long enough to give taxpayers adequate time to present information to a human IRS employee and explain why the IRS should not be collecting from them.
IRS Says Average Tax Gap Per Year is $440 Billion: 84% is Paid On Time (CPA Practice Advisor) - The latest set of tax gap estimates from the IRS, for tax years 2011, 2012 and 2013, show the nation's tax compliance rate is substantially unchanged from prior years. The gross tax gap is the difference between true tax liability for a given period and the amount of tax that is paid on time.