Will’s blog

IRS Notice 2016-66 requiring dealers to file Forms 8886 to disclose Producer Owned Reinsurance Company (PORC-like activities) has created considerable uncertainty over what should be filed and by [...]

Just wondering if anyone has heard anything within the last few weeks about the IRS Notices regarding the status of PORCs as “abusive” tax shelters and the related filing requirements with OTSA. [...]

Almost a decade has passed since IRS activities involving PORCs (that’s Producer-Owned Reinsurance Companies) rose to a level of general awareness of automobile dealers’ CPAs. It appears the IRS [...]

On February 14, I participated in a follow-up conference call / discussion hosted by Paul Metrey of NADA (Vice President, Regulatory Affairs) involving several CPA firms whose input NADA sought [...]

On January 23, U.S. District Judge Court Breyer gave the Court’s final approval to the Volkswagen settlement, holding that “the settlement is fair, reasonable and adequate.” The Court evaluated [...]

A recent article (in Tax Notes, posted today 1/19) by two San Francisco attorneys, entitled “Tax Return Disclosures: What Is Adequate and Why It Matters,” provides a comprehensive discussion [...]

With the recent flurry of activity regarding 2014 tax returns and the Section 263(a) Tangibles Regulations (Rev. Proc. 2015-20), I find myself feeling conflicted about what I should be doing ... [...]

Seemingly out of nowhere, the IRS released Legal Advice on the taxation of auto dealer facility image upgrade payments to dealers. It comes as no surprise that the IRS concluded that these [...]

One of the benefits of being at the AICPA Auto Dealership Conference is the opportunity to catch up and talk shop with many friends. While talking about how some in the press have been lamenting [...]

I've seen a lot of summaries on the new / Final Tangibles Regulations that were published yesterday in the Federal Register. They all seem to basically just repeat the overview of the Regs that [...]