Tax
Jun. 23, 2017
What IRS calls ‘willful’ depends on all the facts
Innocent, even careless mistakes can often be forgiven. Conduct that appears to be intentional, much less so.
Robert W. Wood
Managing Partner
Wood LLP
333 Sacramento St
San Francisco , California 94111-3601
Phone: (415) 834-0113
Fax: (415) 789-4540
Email: wood@WoodLLP.com
Univ of Chicago Law School
Wood is a tax lawyer at Wood LLP, and often advises lawyers and litigants about tax issues.
Can you get out of IRS penalties? As with so many other things relating to taxes, it depends. The tax law draws a line between non-willful and willful conduct. Big penalties, and sometimes even prosecution, can hang in the balance. Innocent, even careless mistakes can often be forgiven. Conduct that appears to be intentional, much less so.
But there is still the topic of penalties. Even being forgiven does not necessarily mean that ...
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