We are pleased to announce that Steven Toscher and Michel Stein will be presenting at an upcoming STRAFFORD WEBINAR: Tax Treatment of Cryptocurrency Losses Suffered by Individual Taxpayers.  Thursday, September 12, 2019 from 10:00 a.m. – 11:50 p.m. (PST)/1:00 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. (EDT).  For more information Click Here. Investments in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies […] Read More…

IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig’s commitment to fighting tax fraud seems to have manifesteditself in at least one of his recent personnel moves. Starting September 1, the deputy chief of the Criminal Investigation division, Eric Hylton, will take over as commissioner of the Small Business/Self-Employed Division, and a couple days later, Darren Guillot will move from director of […] Read More…

Practitioners are disturbed by a possible legal stance of the Justice Department in the latest dust-up over foreign bank account reporting, which would negate reliance on a professional as a defense to willful penalties. Tax Notes talked with two practitioners following filings of a joint pretrial statement and proposed jury instructions in Dadurian that seemingly […] Read More…