The Tax Professionals Blog — tax

The IRS has released (effective 6/12/14) the final Cir 230 Regulations dealing with written advice provided by tax practitioners.  As part of the final regulations the IRS has listened to industry comments and modified the “covered opinion rules” thus eliminating the need for those annoying e-mail disclaimers.

Background: As you all should know Sec 580b of the California Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) provides that no deficiency shall be owed or collected, and no deficiency judgment shall be awarded, with regard to a purchase money trust deed on a dwelling for not more than four families given to a lender to secure repayment of a loan that was used to pay all or part of the purchase price of that dwelling, occupied entirely or in part by the purchaser.