Plaintiffs’ Attorneys: The IRS Is Coming for You

The IRS has recently announced a compliance campaign intended to address “the attempted deferral of contingent or court-awarded attorney fees by cash-method attorneys/law firms (taxpayers) who direct that such fees be paid to a third-party instead of the taxpayer.”[1] The IRS is concerned that plaintiff’s attorneys are deferring payment of income tax on legal fees…
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Corporation Denied Deduction Where Compensation Paid to Officer Was Unreasonably High

Reasonable compensation has been a relatively hot topic this year. Charles Allen previously discussed the Blossom case in which the taxpayers were penalized for understating the compensation of the two owners/officers of an S corporation.[1] While Charles’s discussion focused on employment taxation, Josh Sage followed up with an article on the resulting income taxation consequences…
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