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IR-2024-196, July 25, 2024 ¡ª As part of ongoing transformation efforts, the Internal Revenue Service announced today continued progress on a variety of taxpayer service and technology projects using Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding that expand online tools and digital services.

IR-2023-118, June 15, 2023 ¡ª The Internal Revenue Service today issued Notice 2023-45, which updates Notice 2023-29, that describes certain rules that the IRS intends to include in forthcoming proposed regulations for determining what constitutes an energy community for the production and investment tax credits.

IR-2024-86, March 29, 2024 ¡ª The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service today issued Revenue Procedure 2024-19 to provide guidance for owners of certain solar or wind facilities built in connection with low-income communities.

Aug. 28, 2024 ¡ª The Honorable Deborah L. Boardman sentenced Rudolph Brooks Aug. 27 to 18 months in federal prison followed by two years of supervised release for fraudulently obtaining over $3.5 million in COVID-19 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loans.

Oct. 10, 2024 ¡ª TD Bank N.A. (TDBNA), the 10th largest bank in the United States, and its parent company TD Bank US Holding Company (TDBUSH) (together with TDBNA, TD Bank) pleaded guilty today and agreed to pay over $1.8 billion in penalties to resolve the Justice Department¡¯s investigation into violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and money laundering.

Oct. 31, 2024 ¡ª United States Attorney Zachry A. Cunha announced today that a Rhode Island mortgage broker who purported to match borrowers seeking short-term loans with private lenders seeking high rates of return admitted to a federal judge that he misappropriated more than $1.5 million dollars of investors¡¯ funds by using the money to repay earlier investors, support his own international investment opportunities, and to cover personal expenses.

Feb. 12, 2025 ¡ª Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that Shaquaila Lewis a/k/a Shaquaila Lewis-Chatman of Gibsland, Louisiana, has been sentenced on one count of wire fraud. United States District Judge S. Maurice Hicks, Jr. sentenced Lewis to 27 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. Restitution will be determined at a later date.

December 19, 2022 ¡ª Dana Lamar Antonio Hayes, Jr., of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to a federal wire fraud charge related to a scheme to obtain a fraudulent Economic Injury Disaster Relief loan application (EIDL loan) and several Paycheck Protection Plan loan applications (PPP loans), under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, from two financial institutions (Bank 1 and Bank 2).

IR-2025-46, April 11, 2025 ¨D The Internal Revenue Service today reminded the 1.1 million people who didn¡¯t file their tax year 2021 federal tax returns that they may be eligible for a refund if they file by the April 15 deadline.

IR-2025-07, Jan. 10, 2025 ¡ª The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations today addressing several SECURE 2.0 Act provisions relating to catch-up contributions, which are additional contributions under a 401(k) or similar workplace retirement plan that generally are allowed with respect to employees who are age 50 or older.