What Triggers An IRS Tax Audit? | Dallo Law Group What is an IRS Audit? An IRS audit is a review or examination of an organization's or individual's accounts and financial information to ensure the information reported is correct according to the tax laws and to verify the reported amount of tax is ...

Penalty Relief for Certain Taxpayers Filing Returns for Taxable Years 2019 and 2020Once again, an opportunity not to be missed is the recent approval of penalty relief that has been announced by the IRS. For those of you affected, both business and personal, with certain failure-to-file penalties an...

First Time Penalty Abatement Whether it was an intentional action or simply an innocent oversight due to ignorance, the IRS will not hold back when it comes to penalty assessment. These extra fees will often be significant amounts and they actually provide the IRS with funds in the billions of dolla...

The struggles even a decade after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect More than a decade after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect, organizations are still struggling to keep up with their many responsibilities because of it. One of which: employers are required to distribute 1...

30-Day Filing DeadlineThe Supreme Court of the United States has recently reversed and remanded a decision from the Eighth Circuit, which could work in favor of a good many taxpayers. With this unanimous decision, the justices unanimously held that the 30-day deadline in Code Sec. 6330(d)(1) to pe...

IRS Targets Crypto Investors Naturally, as with any income, crypto transactions have become a keen target for the IRS tax collectors.  Taxpayers have reported receiving a series of IRS “warning letters” going out to people who the agency believes have misreported their income from these exch...

Tax Treatment for Sexual Harassment Settlements under the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) The 2019 tax season has since come and gone and people have generally become comfortable with the new laws; however, an area that has undergone a significant change, but still remains rather obscure is Sec. 162(q...

The New Qualified Opportunity Zone (QOZ)  By now, you have probably become accustomed to the many changes – for better or for worse – that the tax overhaul bill which was passed in late 2017 brought to us taxpayers.  The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) has been credited with bringing many tax ...

California State’s New Standard for Independent Contractor Designation In April 2018, California’s top court officially made it more difficult for employers to designate their workers as independent contractors. The case which set the new rules for classification is Dynamex Operations West, I...

New Changes to Bonus Depreciation Most business owners are quite familiar with the incredible tax savings that bonus depreciation allows; however, with the recent updates and changes to the tax code, many individuals remain confused with certain aspects of this section – and rightfully so! ...