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- IRS to End Offshore Voluntary Disclosure ProgramThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced on March 13, 2018 that it will be ending the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) on September 28, 2018. If you have an undisclosed foreign bank account, contact McMahon & Associates to learn how to come into compliance with the IRS. Learn more about ... read more
- Sean McMahon Discusses Tax Trends and Challenges in Interview with Massachusetts Lawyers WeeklyIn a recent interview with Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly In House Counsel, D. Sean McMahon discusses trends in tax law, challenges to the legal profession and how McMahon & Associates assists taxpayers. After leaving the Internal Revenue Service Chief Counsel’s Office in 2005, D. Sean McMahon opened the doors of McMahon ... read more
- IRS Wins Captive Insurance Tax CaseIn August 2017, the U.S. Tax Court ruled in favor of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in a case involving a microcaptive insurance company, Avrahami v. Commissioner, 149 T.C. No. 7 (2017), providing clear direction to the IRS to pursue additional cases. Microcaptive Insurance Company Tax Breaks Not Deductible The ... read more
- Massachusetts Department of Revenue Point of Sale System AuditsSales and Use Tax and Meals Tax Vendors – Beware of Your Point of Sale System On March 3rd, 2016, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) published Directive 16-1, which is aimed at Recordkeeping Requirements for Sales and Use Tax and Meal Tax Vendors that use Point of Sale (POS) ... read more
- IRS Appeals Office to Conduct In-person Conferences AgainThe Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will once again conduct in-person conferences for field office appeals if requested by a taxpayer. This change in policy was announced by Andrew Keyso Jr., acting deputy chief of IRS Appeals at the recent American Bar Association tax section meeting in Austin, Texas and reported ... read more
- Sean McMahon, Eric Rietveld and Elissa Sneider Named to Massachusetts Super Lawyers ListD. Sean McMahon, Eric Rietveld and Elissa Burton, from the Boston-based tax law firm McMahon & Associates, have been named to the 2017 Massachusetts Super Lawyers and Rising Star lists. Sean McMahon – Massachusetts Super Lawyers List in Tax Sean McMahon has been named to the 2017 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list ... read more
- Sean McMahon to Speak on IRS Collections Panel at Tax Controversy ConferenceTax attorney D. Sean McMahon is speaking on the “Collection: New IRS Techniques and Key Taxpayer Strategies” panel December 7, 2017 at the the 2017 ABA 34th Annual National Institute on Criminal Tax Fraud and 7th Annual National Institute on Tax Controversy. The tax conference is an annual meeting of ... read more
- Lawyers Have Heart 5K Race – May 31, 2017May 31, 2017 marks the 10th anniversary of Lawyers Have Heart Boston There is still time to sign up and race or support a runner Lawyers Have Heart Lawyers Have Heart Boston is a 5K road race and summer celebration. Since 2008, Lawyers Have Heart in Boston has raised more ... read more
- McMahon & Associates’ Client Wins Appeal in Tax CaseThe United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled in favor of McMahon & Associates’ client, Robyn Baker, in a tax dispute involving the division of assets in a divorce. The case is United States v. Scott G. Baker, Robyn Baker. The defendant, Scott G. Baker divorced his ... read more
- Companies near the IRS face a higher risk of auditPublic companies located closer to IRS offices are more likely to face an audit, and those companies also engaged in greater tax avoidance, according to a recent study. Read more about the study in Roger Russell’s article in Accounting Today. The post Companies near the IRS face a higher risk ... read more
- IRS to End Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program March 13, 2018The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced on March 13, 2018 that it will be ending the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (OVDP) on September 28, 2018. If you have an undisclosed foreign bank account, contact McMahon & Associates to learn how to come into compliance with the IRS. Learn more about OVDP here: IRS Offshore Voluntary […]
- Sean McMahon Discusses Tax Trends and Challenges in Interview with Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly March 12, 2018In a recent interview with Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly In House Counsel, D. Sean McMahon discusses trends in tax law, challenges to the legal profession and how McMahon & Associates assists taxpayers. After leaving the Internal Revenue Service Chief Counsel’s Office in 2005, D. Sean McMahon opened the doors of McMahon Tax Law in Boston. Today, […]
