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Tag: Robert M. Russell

SBA Issues Important New PPP Forgiveness Guidance – Owner Compensation And Nonpayroll Expenses, Including Related-Party Rentals

On August 24, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) issued an interim final rule (“IFR”) with important guidance on previously unanswered questions about certain Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan expenses eligible for forgiveness.  After months of silence from the SBA, the IFR, titled Treatment of Owners and Forgiveness of Certain

Pro Bono Spotlight: IRS Virtual Settlement Days

Kostelanetz & Fink attorneys Yoram Keinan and Robert Russell were proud to volunteer for the IRS’s first-in-the-country Virtual Settlement Days with the University of Michigan Law School’s Low-Income Tax Clinic (LITC) on May 9 and May 12, 2020. The IRS held settlement conferences for 42 docketed U.S. Tax Court cases, and resolved the majority

Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act Passed June 5, 2020

The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (“PPPFA”) was signed into law by President Trump on June 5, 2020. The PPPFA intends to provide flexibility for businesses making use of Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) funds by: extending the “covered period;” increasing the amount of loan forgiveness that may be

K&F In The Classroom: International Tax Controversy At Georgetown Law

This spring, Caroline D. Ciraolo and Robert M. Russell have been bringing their decades of experience in federal tax enforcement and tax controversy matters to Georgetown University Law Center and Graduate Tax Program in a class entitled, “International Tax Controversy.” Professors Ciraolo and Russell concentrate the course on real world