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These documents are prepared by field attorneys in the Office of Chief Counsel, reviewed by an Associate Office, and subsequently issued to field or service center campus employees of the Internal Revenue Service.

Topic No. 761 Tips – Withholding and Reporting

Feb. 25, 2025 — A Chester man was sentenced today to two years in prison for willful failure to account for or pay over employment taxes.

Employer Fringe Benefit Changes for 2018

IR-2022-220, December 14, 2022 — The Internal Revenue Service today reminded employers and self-employed individuals that chose to defer paying part of their 2020 Social Security tax liability that their second annual installment of the deferred amount is due on December 31, 2022.

April 16, 2024 — Carol Jean Darrow pled guilty today pursuant to a criminal information to failure to pay $346,775 in withheld employee payroll taxes. Darrow is the co-owner and operator of The Auto Finders, Inc. (TAF), a corporation headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. TAF is an automobile dealership. The defendant, a resident of Raleigh, North Carolina, managed the financial affairs of TAF, including approving payments to creditors and payroll taxes due.

Feb. 26, 2025 — A pair of Charlotte businessmen were sentenced today in federal court for failing to account for and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) more than $150,000 in trust fund taxes over five quarters in 2016 and 2017, announced Lawrence J. Cameron, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.

FS-2023-24, Oct. 2023 — The IRS and tax professionals continue to see aggressive advertising, direct mail solicitations and online promotions involving the Employee Retention Credit (ERC). These promoters have misled employers and harmed honest employers by misrepresenting and exaggerating who is eligible for this pandemic-era credit.

FS-2023-25, Nov. 2023 — Following a dramatically improved 2023 Filing Season thanks to Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) investments, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced additional improvements taxpayers will experience next Filing Season. 

March 26, 2024 — United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Yong Chun (“Steven”) Guo of Wyomissing, PA, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Joseph F. Leeson, Jr. to 30 months in federal prison for tax crimes. Guo was also ordered to pay restitution of $1,172,368 and a $95,000 fine.