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The Trust Fund Recovery Penalty: Who Is Responsible To Pay?

By Juliet L. Fink Practical Tax Strategies June 2022 Edition If an employer willfully fails to withhold or remit payroll taxes, the IRS can impose a Trust Fund Recovery Penalty (“TFRP”) against every individual who is determined to be a “responsible person” of the employer. The overbreadth within which the IRS

Current Overview Of The IRS’s Whistleblower Program

By Juliet L. Fink The CPA Journal March 2020 Edition Section 7623 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) allows for the payment of financial awards to those who blow the whistle on individuals or corporations that have deliberately underreported or underpaid their taxes. Such awards are based on the amount ultimately

An Overview of the IRS’s Whistleblower Program

By Juliet L. Fink The CPA Journal May 2015 Edition The IRS whistleblower program has been around since the 1800s. In December 2006, the Tax Relief and Health Care Act made fundamental changes to the IRS whistleblower awards program and the relevant section of the relevant section of the relevant section of