May 17, 2023
A man accused of promoting abusive tax shelters told an Illinois federal court a trial isn't necessary to decide he doesn't owe $2.3 million in penalties because the Internal Revenue Service improperly reversed an abatement.
April 27, 2023
An Illinois federal court should reject a tax shelter promoter's bid to escape a $2.3 million penalty against him, the U.S. argued in a response to the man's lawsuit, saying the Internal Revenue Service erroneously abated the penalty and the man is raising arguments for the first time on appeal.
March 27, 2023
A man accused of promoting tax shelters asked an Illinois federal court to scrap $2.3 million in penalties that the Internal Revenue Service had dismissed but reinstated.
June 06, 2022
A federal court must dismiss an action regarding a $2.4 million tax penalty against an Illinois promoter of Chinese investments after the IRS abated it and refunded a 15% down payment to him, the man said.
September 21, 2020
The Internal Revenue Service didn't satisfy supervisory approval rules when it assessed a $2.3 million tax shelter penalty against a promoter of Chinese investments, effectively voiding the assessments, the man told an Illinois federal court.
August 09, 2017
An accountant challenging a $2.3 million Internal Revenue Service penalty got approval Tuesday to appeal a court ruling that the penalty was filed on time, when an Illinois federal judge said there was a possibility he could overturn his determination.
May 08, 2017
An accountant challenging a $2.3 million IRS penalty for promoting allegedly abusive tax shelters to his clients was dealt a major blow Friday when an Illinois federal judge sided with a government effort to strike arguments that the penalty came too late.