Dismissal Of Facebook Tax Appeal Suit Will Embolden IRS

By Jason Dimopoulos (May 28, 2018, 9:39 PM EDT) -- The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on May 14 rejected Facebook's argument that taxpayers have a right to be referred to the Internal Revenue Service Office of Appeals after a case has been brought in U.S. Tax Court. The implications of this decision for taxpayers are significant and will likely embolden the Internal Revenue Service as it increasingly seeks to unilaterally limit taxpayer access to the appeals office to those cases that the IRS itself deems appropriate — ​potentially forcing taxpayers into costly litigation....

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