John C. Gedekoh III of Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of filing false tax returns.
According to the indictment, Gedekoh knowingly filed false federal income tax returns for the years 2002 to 2005 by understating his gross receipts by $223,161.81. The IRS Criminal Investigation Division conducted the investigation leading to the indictment in this case.
If convicted, Gedekoh faces up to 12 years
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The IRS urges taxpayers who need additional time to complete their tax returns to e-file their requests for extensions by April 15. All taxpayers can e-file a Form 4868, Automatic Extension of Time to File at no cost from a home computer. This is a convenient and secure way to receive confirmation of your extension for your records.
The extension gives taxpayers 6 more months or until October 15 to file
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It’s tax season – the perfect time to resolve your tax probelms and get your IRS questions answered!
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Question: Give it to me straight, please. I have substantial tax debt. What is the Offer in Compromise, and
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The owner of Factory Direct Modular Homes in Brick, N.J., pleaded guilty to tax charges for under reporting the business’ income for tax years 2002 and 2003 by about $406,000.
Janice Pfefferkorn, 54, who also went by the name Janice Morton, pleaded guilty to a two-count Information charging her with two counts of filing a false federal tax return.
According to court records, as a broker for a modular home manufacture, Pfefferkorn
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It’s tax season – the perfect time to resolve your tax probelms and get your IRS questions answered!
I’ve received several questions in the past few weeks asking about cancellation of debt and taxability. Below is a good summary from the IRS website.

Topic 431 – Canceled Debt – Is it Taxable or Not?
In general, if a debt for which you are personally liable is canceled or forgiven, other than
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Prosecutors allege Washington, D.C., Council member and former Mayor Marion Barry has failed to pay more $277,000 in back taxes.
In a recent court filing, prosecutors told the court the politician had not made a tax payment during a period in which he took a Jamaican vacation and ran for re-election to the Ward 8 council seat.
“There is no excuse for the defendant’s failure to make payments to the District of
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In attempts to close the tax gap, the IRS is increasing tax compliance and aggressively taking action against tax cheats and tax promoters. As the tax gap grows, more Americans than ever will be facing audits and the IRS will be re-asserting it’s position on individuals who maintain frivolous arguments for not paying their taxes.
CCH (http://tax.cchgroup.com/) reports:
Sanctions were properly imposed on an individual who advanced a frivolous argument that he was not
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Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, Obama’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services, did not pay $7,040 in taxes between 2005 and 2007. She paid the back taxes and penalty after they were identified.
In addition to Sebelius, five other Obama administration nominees have come under fire for unpaid taxes including Tom Daschle and Timothy F. Geithner. Labor secretary Hilda L. Solis  had to answer questions about $6,400 in
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The Senate is expected to approve a 2010 budget that includes $825 billion in tax relief over the next five years.
The budget resolution offers tax help targeted largely to the middle class and would extend the 2001 and 2003 middle-class tax cuts enacted in the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 and the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 over the five-year span of
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Many people may qualify for a significant reduction in their tax burden if they qualify for an educational tax break from the IRS. While there are tax benefits available for college and other post-secondary expenses, trying to figure out if and how your qualify for the various benefits can be confusing.
It can be difficult to determine which breaks you are eligible for and what will produce the greatest benefit. When
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I recently blogged about the federal budget forecast for a $1.8 trillion deficit. There is close to a $400 billion tax gap each year.  This means that taxpayers paid $400 billion less than they should have.  Collecting  these funds through more aggressive collection tactics by the IRS will be politically more appealing than raising taxes – so taxpayers beware!
Closing the tax gap will require greater IRS enforcement for individuals as
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