This is Current Federal Tax Developments for the week of February 6, 2017 - Double Dose of Reasonable Cause Failures. Current Federal Tax Developments is brought to you by the state CPA societies and Nichols Patrick CPE.

This week we look at the following developments

Last minute changes to separation agreement doom alimony deduction

The IRS comments on the tax treatment of employer medical indemnity programs

Percentage of completion method is not just for construction contracts, though this taxpayer may or may not have had one

A taxpayer found not to have reasonably relied on tax professional, penalized over $100,000 for failures to file Forms 5471

Taxpayer told the Ninth Circuit won’t allow a reasonable cause defense for the trust fund penalty

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2017-02-06 Current Federal Tax Developments