Layla Asali, Jorge Castro, and Kevin Kenworthy will present to the Tax Executives Institute's (TEI's) Houston Chapter on February 3, 2021. In the wake of the CARES Act changes and the economic downturn, the IRS has been overwhelmed with tentative refund claims. Asali, Castro, and Kenworthy will discuss ways to deal with delays in processing Form 1139 tentative refund claims as well as current IRS practice issues. Other topics include IRS audit priorities in the wake of TCJA, including the section 965 repatriation tax and other new international provisions.