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New Guide To IRA Tax Compliance Issues

ArticleIRA Guide to IRS Compliance Issues: Including IRA Trust Violations by Seymour Goldberg has recently been published and is available through ABA Publishing. Provided below is a description of the book:

Based on government reports from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration and the GAO , there is a significant amount of noncompliance from taxpayers who make excess contributions to IRA accounts, and from taxpayers who fail to receive timely required minimum distributions. The IRS is developing a long-term compliance initiative to reduce the growing noncompliance involving retirement accounts. This strategy will include the development of techniques to identify individuals who are not in compliance. It will include, according to a government report, education, outreach programs. and other guidance. This essential guide outlines many of the mistakes that are made by IRA account holders from an IRS compliance point of view, understanding that is quite easy for a taxpayer who has an IRA or inherits an IRA to fall into a tax trap and violate the IRA rules. The IRA Guide to IRS Compliance Issues will help you be aware of the potential IRA violations that may be triggered and how to be proactive and not reactive when it comes to IRA issues.