2025 IRS Nationwide Tax Forum; Allowable Living Expense; 2025 tax withholding; Tax relief; and more

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e-News for Tax Professionals April 18, 2025

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Issue Number:  2025-16

Inside This Issue

* Register now for the 2025 IRS Nationwide Tax Forum [ #First ]
* IRS to update Allowable Living Expense standards for 2025 [ #Second ]
* IRS advises taxpayers to check withholding now for next year [ #Third ]
* Tax relief available for storm victims in Tennessee and Arkansas [ #Fourth ]
* IRS Whistleblower Office Operating Plan Released [ #Fifth ]
* News from the Justice Department’s Tax Division [ #Sixth ]
* Technical Guidance [ #Seventh ]
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*1.  Register now for the 2025 IRS Nationwide Tax Forum*

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Tax professionals are invited to register for the upcoming IRS Nationwide Tax Forum. Each of the 2025 forums is a three-day event with seminars, workshops and networking opportunities. Attendees can maximize their time by participating in additional pre-forum events including the annual filing season refresher course and practice management session.

Register today to ensure your space this summer in one of the five following cities:


* Chicago: July 1 – 3
* New Orleans: Aug. 5 – 7
* Orlando: Aug. 26 – 28
* Baltimore: Sep 9 – 11
* San Diego: Sep. 16 – 18

Visit IRS Nationwide Tax Forum [ [link removed] ] for information and to take advantage of the Early Bird rate, which is available until June 10.

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*2.  IRS to update Allowable Living Expense standards for 2025*

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Allowable Living Expense (ALE) standards for 2025 [ [link removed] ] will be available April 21. The ALE standards reduce subjectivity when determining what a taxpayer may claim as basic living expenses to avoid undue hardship when the taxpayer must delay full payment of a delinquent tax. The standard allowances provide consistency and fairness in collection determinations by incorporating average expenditures for necessities for citizens in similar geographic areas.

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*3.  IRS advises taxpayers to check withholding now for next year*

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Tax pros: Make sure your clients understand that preventing surprises on their tax return next year requires adequate tax withholding [ [link removed] ] today. Taxpayers will avoid having to make significant modifications later in the year to catch up if any adjustments are made early in the year. The IRS Tax Withholding Estimator [ [link removed] ] is a free online tool that helps filers determine if they are having the right amount of federal income tax withheld from their paychecks. Using it can avert taxpayers from having an unpredictably large tax bill or a substantial refund when they file in 2026. For more information on the IRS Tax Withholding Estimator, review the Tax Withholding Estimator FAQs [ [link removed] ] at IRS.gov.

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*4.  Tax relief available for storm victims in Tennessee and Arkansas*

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Individuals and businesses in the entire states of Arkansas [ [link removed] ] and Tennessee [ [link removed] ] impacted by severe winter storms beginning April 2, now have until Nov. 3, to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments. The IRS is offering relief to any area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) [ [link removed] ]. The current list of eligible localities is always available on the Tax relief in disaster situations [ [link removed] ] page on IRS.gov. Additionally, the Disaster assistance and emergency relief for individuals and businesses [ [link removed] ] page has details on other returns, payments and tax-related actions qualifying for relief during the postponement period.

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*5.  IRS Whistleblower Office Operating Plan Released*

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The IRS Whistleblower Office [ [link removed] ] released its first-ever multi-year Operating Plan [ [link removed] ] for the IRS Whistleblower Program. The Operating Plan outlines guiding principles, strategic priorities, recent achievements, and current initiatives to advance the IRS Whistleblower Program. The plan outlines both short-term and long-term goals for the IRS Whistleblower Program’s future, encompassing six strategic priorities and 38 initiatives.

The Operating Plan was developed over an extensive period of internal and external collaboration and evolved from earlier drafts that included a larger set of strategic priorities and initiatives. As the development of the plan progressed, the Whistleblower Office identified several elements as continuous, which were then converted into guiding principles. Other initiatives originally included in early versions of the plan have already been successfully completed, allowing the final version to focus on forward-looking, transformation efforts that address the IRS Whistleblower Program’s key areas of opportunities for improvement.

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*6.  News from the Justice Department’s Tax Division*

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A Maryland tax preparer is accused of producing false tax returns for clients and neglecting to file her own tax returns in an indictment brought by a federal grand jury in Greenbelt, Maryland. According to the indictment, Zewdi Tsegay [ [link removed] ], ran a tax preparation business, prepared and filed false tax returns for clients from 2018 through 2024. These returns allegedly included false business losses that benefited the client by claiming false refunds to which they were not entitled or decreasing their tax liability. The IRS conducted an undercover operation at Tsegay’s business in March 2020. IRS Criminal Investigation is investigating the case.

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*7.  Technical Guidance*

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Notice 2025-19 [ [link removed] ] invites the public to submit recommendations for items to be included on the 2025-2026 Priority Guidance Plan.

Notice 2025-21 [ [link removed] ] sets forth updates on the corporate bond monthly yield curve, the corresponding spot segment rates for March 2025 used under section 417(e)(3)(D), the 24-month average segment rates applicable for April 2025, and the 30-year Treasury rates, as reflected by the application of section 430(h)(2)(C)(iv).

Notice 2025-22 [ [link removed] ] starts the process of eliminating extraneous and unnecessary Internal Revenue Bulletin guidance by identifying and obsoleting nine IRB guidance documents.

Notice 2025-23 [ [link removed] ] announces that the Department of the Treasury (Treasury Department) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) intend to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking (forthcoming NPRM) proposing to remove section 1.6011-18 (Basis Shifting TOI Regulations) from the Income Tax Regulations (26 CFR part 1).

Notice 2025-24 [ [link removed] ] provides relief from penalties under section 6707A(a) and 6707(a) for participants in and material advisors to micro-captive reportable transactions for disclosure statements required to be filed with the Office of Tax Shelter Analysis (OTSA) under sections 6011 and 6111, as set forth in sections 1.6011-10(h)(2) and (3) and 1.6011-11(h)(2) and (3), respectively.

Revenue Procedure 2025-18 [ [link removed] ] provides issuers of qualified mortgage bonds and mortgage credit certificates with (1) the nationwide average purchase price for residences located in the United States, and (2) the average area purchase price safe harbors for residences located in statistical areas in each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.

Revenue Ruling 2025-10 [ [link removed] ] provides various prescribed rates for federal income tax purposes including the applicable federal interest rates, the adjusted applicable federal interest rates, the adjusted federal long-term rate, and the adjusted federal long-term tax-exempt rate.

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