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To our valued clients, We at Walter, Berlingo & Co. would like to take this opportunity to fill each of you in on some recent developments concerning your personal taxes. While you may not be thinking about your taxes, we are. Planning to reduce your tax liabilities and make the process as smooth as possible is our full time job.

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The U.S. Tax Court lacks jurisdiction over a taxpayer’s appeal of a levy in a collection due process hearing when the IRS abandoned its levy because it applied the taxpayer’s later year overpayments to her earlier tax liability, eliminating the underpayment on which the levy was based. The 8-1 ruling by the Court resolves a split between the Third Circuit and the Fourth and D.C. Circuit.


The Internal Revenue Service collected more than $5.1 trillion in gross receipts in fiscal year 2024. It is the first time the agency broke the $5 trillion mark, according to the 2024 Data Book, an annual publication that reviews IRS activities for the given fiscal year.


The IRS has released guidance listing the specific changes in accounting method to which the automatic change procedures set forth in Rev. Proc. 2015-13, I.R.B. 2015- 5, 419, apply. The latest guidance updates and supersedes the current list of automatic changes found in Rev. Proc. 2024-23, I.R.B. 2024-23.


The Treasury Department and IRS have issued Notice 2025-33, extending and modifying transition relief for brokers required to report digital asset transactions using Form 1099-DA, Digital Asset Proceeds From Broker Transactions. The notice builds upon the temporary relief previously provided in Notice 2024-56 and allows additional time for brokers to comply with reporting requirements.


The IRS failed to establish that it issued a valid notice of deficiency to an individual under Code Sec. 6212(b). Thus, the Tax Court dismissed the case due to lack of jurisdiction.


A limited partnership classified as a TEFRA partnership was not entitled to exclude its limited partners’ distributive shares from net earnings from self-employment under Code Sec. 1402(a)(13). The Tax Court found that the individuals materially participated in the partnership’s investment management business and were not acting as limited partners “as such.”


The IRS has released the annual inflation adjustments for 2025 for the income tax rate tables, plus more than 60 other tax provisions. The IRS makes these cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) each year to reflect inflation.


For 2025, the Social Security wage cap will be $176,100, and social security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits will increase by 2.5 percent. These changes reflect cost-of-living adjustments to account for inflation.


Tax Alerts
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IRS Reminds Newlyweds To Update Tax Information for Smoother Filing
The IRS has advised newly married individuals to review and update their tax information to avoid delays and complications when filing their 2025 income tax returns. Since an individual’s filing sta...
IRS Offers Relief for Individuals Who Missed April Tax Filing Deadline (IR-2025-66)
The IRS has announced several online resources and flexible options for individuals who have not yet filed their federal income tax return for the tax year at issue. Those who owe taxes have been enco...
Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Rule on Innocent Spouse Relief (Fakir, DC Mich.)
A district court lacked jurisdiction to rule on an individual’s innocent spouse relief under Code Sec. 6015(d)(3), in the first instance. The individual and her husband, as taxpayers, were liable f...
LLC Not Entitled to Full Conservation Easement Deduction; Adjusted Basis Limitation Affirmed (Glade Creek Partners, LLC, CA-11)
A limited liability company classified as a TEFRA partnership was not entitled to deduct the full fair market value of a conservation easement under Code Sec. 170. The Court of Appeals affirmed the T...
Married Couple not Entitled to Refund for Depreciation Deduction (Shleifer, DC Fla.)
A married couple was not entitled to a tax refund based on a depreciation deduction for a private jet. The Court found the taxpayers’ amended return failed to state the correct legal basis for the c...
CT - 2025-2026 prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee announced
Effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the Connecticut prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee that retailers of prepaid wireless telecommunications service are required to collect from consumers is $0.6...
IRS Reminds Newlyweds To Update Tax Information for Smoother Filing
The IRS has advised newly married individuals to review and update their tax information to avoid delays and complications when filing their 2025 income tax returns. Since an individual’s filing sta...
IRS Offers Relief for Individuals Who Missed April Tax Filing Deadline (IR-2025-66)
The IRS has announced several online resources and flexible options for individuals who have not yet filed their federal income tax return for the tax year at issue. Those who owe taxes have been enco...
Court Lacked Jurisdiction to Rule on Innocent Spouse Relief (Fakir, DC Mich.)
A district court lacked jurisdiction to rule on an individual’s innocent spouse relief under Code Sec. 6015(d)(3), in the first instance. The individual and her husband, as taxpayers, were liable f...
LLC Not Entitled to Full Conservation Easement Deduction; Adjusted Basis Limitation Affirmed (Glade Creek Partners, LLC, CA-11)
A limited liability company classified as a TEFRA partnership was not entitled to deduct the full fair market value of a conservation easement under Code Sec. 170. The Court of Appeals affirmed the T...
Married Couple not Entitled to Refund for Depreciation Deduction (Shleifer, DC Fla.)
A married couple was not entitled to a tax refund based on a depreciation deduction for a private jet. The Court found the taxpayers’ amended return failed to state the correct legal basis for the c...
CT - 2025-2026 prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee announced
Effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, the Connecticut prepaid wireless E 9-1-1 fee that retailers of prepaid wireless telecommunications service are required to collect from consumers is $0.6...