The Knowledge Group Has Scheduled a Live Webcast on The Increasingly Complex Tax Controversy and Litigation Landscape:Best Strategies to Avoid Risk andPitfalls
The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series, the leading producer of regulatory focused webcasts, announced today that it has scheduled a live webcast entitled: The Increasingly Complex Tax Controversy and Litigation Landscape: Best Strategies to Avoid Risk and Pitfalls. This one and half hour event is scheduled on March 8, 2018 at 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM ET.
- (1888PressRelease) March 07, 2018 - Event Synopsis:
Join a panel of key thought leaders and tax professionals assembled by The Knowledge Group as they explain the current trends, recent legislation, and recent court rulings involving tax controversies. Speakers will also provide practical strategies for dealing with the IRS in a rapidly evolving enforcement climate.
As tax authorities and taxpayers continue to encounter tax challenges and complexities, tax controversies have become more frequent. A key international trend that stands out is the emerging conflict between transparency, tougher tax enforcement, and, issue based examinations. To obtain the best results for your clients, it is important to understand the latest IRS positions with respect to emerging issues as well as IRS enforcement initiatives which are currently underway.
Key topics include:
- IRS Investigation of the Use of Cryptocurrencies to Evade Tax and Launder Money
- Beginning of the New Partnership Audit Regime and How It May Impact Taxpayers
- Increased IRS Scrutiny of Micro-Captives after Avrahami v. Commissioner
- International Tax Enforcement Still a Priority with Formation of CI's International Tax Enforcement Group
- IRS Tries to Narrow Tax Gap by Clampdown on Employment Taxes
- DOJ Pushes Courts to Adopt Rule that Constructive Knowledge = Willful in FBAR Cases
- Use of the APA to Challenge IRS Regulations in Light of Altieri v Commissioner
- The Overuse of Penalties by the IRS
- Record keeping requirements to avoid the controversy
- Section 199A The 20% deduction-Tracking hours for passive activity rules
- Non-passive
- Real Estate Professional
- Wages verses contractor payments-classification changes
- Meals verses Entertainment
- Reimbursements to employees- accountable plans
- The Newly Formed IRS Letter 6019 Group - This Group Is Mailing Letters (Letter 6019) to Taxpayers with Suspected Non-Compliant Foreign Accounts and Providing 3 Options for Getting Back Into Compliance
- Congressional Clarification of “Collected Proceeds” Very Favorable to Whistleblowers under the IRS Whistleblower Program & Other Updates
- The Use of Behavioral Insights (Behavioral Sciences) by IRS in Driving Tax Compliance
Speakers/Faculty Panel
Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez, P.C.
Robert Horwitz
Attorney
Restivo Monacelli LLP
Bruce A. Desrosiers, CPA, MST
Partner
Teig Lawrence, P.A.
Teig Lawrence
Tax Attorney
For an updated list of the faculty panel, please visit:
https://theknowledgegroup.org/event-homepage/?event_id=3174
About The Knowledge Group/The Knowledge Congress Live Webcast Series
The Knowledge Group brings together the world's leading authorities and industry participants through informative two-hour webcasts that study the impact of changing regulations and help businesses succeed through proper regulatory compliance.
Visit http://theknowledgegroup.org/ for further information and inquiry.
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