IRS's Blessing Discusses IP, Real-Time Auditing Issues

02/20/20 • 22 min

Peter Blessing, an associate chief counsel at the IRS, joins Bloomberg Tax senior reporter Allyson Versprille to talk about the agency's strategy for wrapping up implementation of the 2017 tax law.

At Bloomberg Tax's 2020 Outlook on Tax event in Washington, Blessing discusses challenges resulting from companies wanting to bring intellectual property back to the U.S. He also addresses initial international issues arising from the IRS's real-time auditing program for some large corporations.

Peter Blessing, an associate chief counsel at the IRS, joins Bloomberg Tax senior reporter Allyson Versprille to talk about the agency's strategy for wrapping up implementation of the 2017 tax law.

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