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IRS Data Leak Hits Home: Actions for Taxpayers in the Wake of the Littlejohn IRS Data Breach | JD Supra
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has begun the process of informing over 70,000 taxpayers that their confidential tax information was leaked in a widespread breach by a former IRS contractor. Those impacted should take steps to protect against identity-theft and related abuses, assess potential damages, and consider legal action.
IRS Data Leak Hits Home: Actions for Taxpayers in the Wake of the Littlejohn IRS Data Breach
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has begun the process of informing over 70,000 taxpayers that their confidential tax information was leaked in a widespread breach by a former IRS contractor. Those impacted should take steps to protect against identity-theft and related abuses, assess potential damages, and consider legal action.
IRS Data Leak Hits Home: Actions for Taxpayers in the Wake of the Littlejohn IRS Data Breach
On This past January, a former IRS contractor, Charles Littlejohn, was sentenced to five years in prison for illegally accessing and disclosing thousands of federal tax returns and related information between 2018 and 2020 (the Littlejohn Breach). The IRS is now notifying the nearly 70,000 taxpayers whose tax information was compromised in what has been described as the largest IRS breach in recent history.
Free Speech & Governance Policies: On (and Off) Campus
For the past month, Americans have been riveted by footage of three university presidents testifying before US Congress about campus antisemitism. All three provided legalistic answers to emotional questions. The fallout was immediate. The president of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) , followed quickly by the chair of Penn’s Board of Trustees. Harvard University’s president similarly resigned after intense criticism from alumni, elected officials, amid renewed plagiarism accusations.
Section 501(c)(4) and the Social Welfare Organization | JD Supra
On September 14, 2022, The New York Times published an article detailing the Chouinard family’s transfer of the majority of their ownership interests in Patagonia to a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization. The article highlighted the family’s longstanding commitment to charitable causes, and the lack of tax benefits, including a charitable deduction, associated with the transfer.
CEPC 2024 Estate Planning Fundamentals Course
Date & Time Location Online Event Type Online Course Add to Calendar Disabled Allison Pfeifle, Oliver Merrill, Jessica Birnbaum and Luke Harriman will present at the Chicago Estate Planning Council's five-part Fundamentals Course February 6-20, 2024.
Section 501(c)(4) and the Social Welfare Organization
On September 14, 2022, The New York Times published an article detailing the Chouinard family’s transfer of the majority of their ownership interests in Patagonia to a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization. Off The article highlighted the family’s longstanding commitment to charitable causes, and the lack of tax benefits, including a charitable deduction, associated with the transfer.
Letter: Raising community awareness for FIRST, STEM
Greetings, from FIRST Tech Challenge team, Fellowship of the Loose Screws. We are a high school level group of kids who build and program a 40 pound robot. Kids can do amazing things, including becoming engineers and thousands around the world are doing just that – even right here in Sioux Falls.
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