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by Stuart J. Bassin The Bassin Law Firm PLLC, representing two small business plaintiffs, recently challenged the validity of the transition tax regulations (formally published earlier today) in a complaint filed in the United States District Court

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Author: Vidya Kauri   The Trump administration's decision to permit tax refunds to be issued during a federal government shutdown could be deemed an unlawful exercise of the executive branch's powers if IRS employees are forced to work witho

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by Stuart J. Bassin My recent post on a potential Congressional effort to obtain and disclose President Trump’s tax returns generated a wave of comments and questions.  Setting aside a couple political rants, readers raised a number of questions wh

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  by Stuart J. Bassin Ever since the networks announced that the Democrats had retaken the House of Representatives, commentators have discussed whether the House would use that control to obtain and release President Trump’s tax returns. 

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  by Stuart J. Bassin  Last week bought the latest twist in the saga of a challenge to a critical transfer pricing regulation—a rehearing by the Ninth Circuit of a since-vacated ruling upholding the regulation.  The original unanimou

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  You just received mail from the IRS (and it isn’t a refund check).   The good news.  The IRS may not actually be after your money.  Sometimes, it is a simple request for a specific document, like a receipt for a charitable cont

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The D.C. Circuit’s recent decision in AICPA v. Internal Revenue Service[1] allowed the Service to continue its voluntary Annual Filing Season Program—a program which grants unlicensed tax return preparers with limited rights to represent taxpaye

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The Bassin Law Firm submitted written comments and Stu Bassin provided live testimony at a recent hearing on proposed regulations which would authorize the IRS to hire outside lawyers to participate in development and litigation of tax disputes. &nb

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    My background 30 years of tax controversy practice (20 with DOJ, 10 in private practice) Principal contributor to Section 6103 discussion in Saltzman/Book treatise on IRS Practice and Procedure Author of published mater

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You may have missed the small item in the tax press describing the latest embarrassment for the Service arising out of the agency’s handling of applications for tax exempt status submitted by “tea party” organizations. The taxpayers, their suppor

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