Whose Fraud Extends the Statute of Limitations on Assessment?
The IRS generally has 3 years to assess additional tax after a return is filed. Code Section 6501(a).However, an important exception is Code Section 6501(c)(1). Under that provision, if there is fraud in regard to the preparation of a return, there is no statute of limitations for assessment of tax relating to that return…
Finnegan v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo. 2016-118 (June 16, 2016)