No Tax Court for Reasonable Compensation Re-Characterization
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No Tax Court for Reasonable Compensation Re-Characterization
- September 1, 2017
- Posted by: RCR Admin Team
- Category: Archived
By Paul S. Hamann & Jack Salewski, CPA, CGMA
In a recent memorandum to its agents and examiners, the IRS lays out steps to keep Reasonable Compensation challenges out of Tax Court. Great, you say, nobody wants to go to court!
Not so fast. The option of filing a petition in Tax Court provides taxpayers with time and leverage. By following the steps in this memo, IRS examiners can prevent taxpayers who cannot reach a resolution on a Reasonable Compensating from filing a petition in Tax Court.
