By: Michael March and Curtis Paul The longest recorded government shutdown is finally over. As many government agencies return to normal business operations, many small business owners still have one burning question: how do I get my employee retention credit (“ERC”) claims processed with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS” or...
By: Michael March and Matthew Razzano The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS” or the “Service”) aggregates, reviews, and analyzes taxpayer data and determines whether to manually or systematically audit the reported information. When the Service audits multiple taxpayers reported under the same preparer tax identification number (“PTIN”), a tax preparer investigation...