Federal Tax Enforcement in the Age of COVID-19
Hear how the COVID-19 pandemic and President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency has upended the Internal Revenue Service’s enforcement agenda in a dramatic way, both in the short term and for the feasible future.
Highlights
- Current status of IRS operations
- Extensions of tax filing and payment deadlines
- IRS’s People First Initiative and its implications for tax enforcement in the short-term
- Status of pending audits, appeals, and United States Tax Court proceedings
- Modifications to enforced collection activities and opportunities for taxpayers who owe back taxes
- Status of criminal tax investigations in the COVID-19 environment
- Anticipated priorities of Criminal Investigation Division post-COVID-19
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