Tax Rep Network with Eric Green Eric L. Green, Esq. - National Speaker and Author

The IRS has now issued John Doe Summonses against other cryptocurrency exchanges with the goal of obtaining taxpayer information. Eric and Kostelanetz & Fink’s Don Fort and Larry Sannicandro discuss the impact of these summonses and what it means for taxpayers and enforcement. Don (former Chief of IRS Criminal Tax Division) discusses what is going on at the IRS, and both explain what taxpayers should be considering right now if they have dealt in virtual currency and have not reported the transactions.

With so many taxpayers in trouble it is worth discussing the impact of economic hardship, what it means for taxpayers and the IRS and what the IRS can and cannot do to those taxpayers. Nina also discussed the issue around Offset Bypass Refunds, which is how uncollectible taxpayers that owe money can still get their refunds. Listen in on this can’t miss episode and learn some new strategies that you can use to help taxpayers weather the ongoing COVID fallout.

This week’s podcast is hosted by Guinevere Moore. Listen in as Gwen interviews immigration attorney Vivian Kalaf and civil rights attorney Lana Nassar regarding taxation issues that arise in immigration cases, as well as how they teamed up to fight for all United States Citizens to be able to receive Economic Impact Payments under the CARES Act no matter who they are married to.

Back to join Eric is Steven Toscher and Michel Stein (Episode 32) to update us on IRS enforcement around virtual currency, what its goals are and what taxpayers can expect. Listen in as our experts update you on what has quickly become an IRS and Department of Justice enforcement priority.

In 2011 black market website “Silk Road” emerged. This “Amazon of Illegal Drugs” was created by a mysterious libertarian intellectual using the name “The Dread Pirate Roberts.” Promising anonymity and freedom from government regulation / scrutiny, it became a billion-dollar digital drugs cartel. Using the TOR browser and bitcoin, Silk Road was taken down by tenacious IRS Special Agent, Gary Alford. who gives Eric a glimpse into the Silk Road puzzle and his determination to find the clues to cra

Several weeks ago in Episode 91 we had IRS Deputy Commissioner for SB/SE Darren Guillot join us to discuss the upswing in criminal cases from IRS collection and what to expect as far as enforcement in 2021. In this episode Eric discusses the takeaways from that conversation and what you need to be doing RIGHT NOW for your IRS rep practice.