Entries by Tax Attorney

Senate Confirms Trump’s Pick For IRS Commissioner – Billy Long. What Could This Mean To The Future Of IRS Tax Enforcement?

On June 12, 2025, the Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s nomination of former U.S. Rep. Billy Long of Missouri to be Internal Revenue Service commissioner, clearing the path for him to begin a term that will end in November 2027. While the waiting for the Senate to confirm Billy Long, President Trump had promoted Gary […]

California Raising Cannabis Taxes In 2025

The California Department Of Tax And Fee Administration (CDTFA) which oversees the reporting and collection of taxes for the California cannabis, in consultation with the Department Of Finance, is required by law to adjust the cannabis excise tax rate for the 2025-26 fiscal year and every two years thereafter. The rate change reflects an additional […]

Trump’s Pick For Acting IRS Commissioner – Michael Faulkender. What Could This Mean To The Future Of IRS Tax Enforcement?

While President Trump’s nominee, former U.S. Representative Billy Long of Missouri, to head the IRS is waiting for approval by the Senate, President Trump had promoted Gary Shapley as the new acting IRS Commissioner replacing Melanie Krause, who resigned from her role as acting IRS commissioner over a deal to share immigrants’ tax data with […]

Trump’s Pick For Acting IRS Commissioner – Gary Shapley. What Could This Mean To The Future Of IRS Tax Enforcement?

While President Trump’s nominee, former U.S. Representative Billy Long of Missouri, to head the IRS is waiting for approval by the Senate, President Trump is reportedly planning to promote Gary Shapley as the new acting IRS Commissioner replacing Melanie Krause, who resigned from her role as acting IRS commissioner over a deal to share immigrants’ […]

The Threat Of Harvard’s Revocation Of Tax Exemption Status – What Should Other Non-Profit Organizations Learn From This?

With all the publicity on Harvard University’s continued tax exemption status, any Non-Profit Organization including churches and charities should be aware of their filing and operational obligations to insure preservation of their tax exempt status. A section 501(c)(3) organization will jeopardize its exemption if it ceases to be operated exclusively for exempt purposes. An organization […]

Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring with Family to Hide from the IRS More than $90M In Offshore Bank Accounts

As reported by the Department Of Justice (“DOJ”) in a press release issued March 10, 2025, Gilda Rosenberg, of Golden Beach, Florida pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States by, among other things, concealing tens of millions of dollars in undeclared foreign financial accounts, filing false tax returns, and evading taxes. The DOJ […]

Tennessee Storm Victims Qualify For IRS Tax Relief

On April 14, 2025 the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced tax relief for individuals and businesses in the entire state of Tennessee affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding that began on April 2, 2025. These taxpayers now have until November 3, 2025, to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments. […]

New Mexico Legalizes Psilocybin (“Magic Mushrooms”) Therapy

On April 7, 2025, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed into law SB-219, the Medical Psilocybin Act (the “Act”), making New Mexico the third state in the country to create a legal pathway for patients to access psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychedelic compound produced by certain types of mushrooms. Notably, New Mexico is the first […]