Archive for November, 2009
Monday, November 30th, 2009
Homeowners need to know that under certain circumstances, the IRS can legally seize your house without seeking prior judicial approval. In a recent case, the IRS legitimately seized the physical property of a taxpayer while he was serving out his sentence in jail without having obtained any judicial approval beforehand.
CCH (http://intelliconnect.cch.com) reports:
Two-Out-of-Five Years Test Inapplicable to Primary Residence Determination For Residential Seizures
The Office of Chief Counsel clarified that a revenue
Tags: bank levies, IRS penalty abatement, Michael Rozbruch, tax attorney, tax expert, tax help, tax liens, tax resolution services, two-out-of-five year test
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
The IRS is not only busy cracking down on tax evaders both domestic and abroad, it is also tightening its grip on sanctioning who can practice before it. Recently, the IRS issued disciplinary sanctions to a list of tax attorneys, CPAs, enrolled agents, enrolled actuaries and enrolled retirement plan agents who violated IRS regulations for professional practice.
Here are some Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Tax Attorney, CPA or Tax
Tags: ASTPS, CCH, CPA, IRS disciplinary sanction, tax attorney, tax help, tax resolution, tax resolution services, Tax Resolution Specialist, TRS Files
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
It is understandable that many taxpayers facing IRS problems are overwhelmed by the penalties and debt. If you have delinquent payroll taxes or personal back taxes, you need to know that you have tax resolution options that will save you from feeling helpless.
Our team at Tax Resolution Services have created the TRS Files to educate our readers and taxpayers out there that permanent tax relief and tax resolution is possible.
Tags: Back Taxes, delinquent payroll taxes, IRS help, Michael Rozbruch, payroll tax penalties, tax attorney, tax help, tax relief, TRS Files
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
IRS Payment Plans, also known as an Installment Agreement, are available to those who owe taxes and feel they cannot pay their tax liability all at once. If you are in this situation, it is wise to work with a tax professional, such as Tax Resolution Services’ team of tax attorneys and IRS specialists, who can help you negotiate a low Payment Plan with the IRS. When people are facing
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009
A heartfelt Thank You to all of our tax clients, past and present. From our staff of professional tax attorneys and IRS specialists at Tax Resolution Services, we wish everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Every month I thank a few special people who graciously referred me to their friends, clients and relatives last month! This month I’d like to say Thank You to Norm Goodman, JD, CPA & Ron Corvino.
Thanks to YOU, the
Tags: IRS specialists, professional tax attorney, tax clients, tax resolution services
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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009
We’ve been hearing a lot of stories about how the IRS is dealing with the abundant influx of voluntary disclosures from Americans who had hid their money overseas in Swiss banks such as UBS. The LA Times recently reported that the IRS is settling with over 14,700 overseas foreign account cases.
According to the LA Times, “To put it simply, this is a historic milestone for the nation’s hardworking taxpayers.”
While many
Tags: FBAR amnesty, IRS debt, IRS offshore tax settlement, IRS payment plan, IRS penalties, offshore account holders, overseas tax settlement, tax attorney, tax help, UBS settlement
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Monday, November 23rd, 2009
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Tax problems and overwhelming tax debt is not uncommon. There are tax relief options to help with tax debt, two of which are outlined below: the IRS Offer
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Thursday, November 19th, 2009
The IRS crackdown on foreign bank account holders has been highly effective in getting more tax evaders to come forward. News reports have shown that the number of people who voluntarily disclosed their foreign bank accounts before October 15th have been higher than other responses to any prior IRS initiatives.
The large number of voluntarily disclosures means billions of incoming revenues to the IRS in the next ten to twenty years
Tags: IRS offshore tax settlement, IRS penalties, offshore account holders, Penalty Abatement, tax attorney, tax help
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
The latest IRS step-up in tax collection crackdown has some 14,700 wealthy Americans shaking in their chairs. The IRS reports that it has been seeing an “unprecedented” number of Americans who have come forward before the October 15th amnesty deadline. Offshore account holders who voluntarily disclose their unpaid back taxes on foreign funds by this deadline are able to receive reduced IRS penalties.
For those who did not make the deadline
Tags: Back Taxes, Douglas Shulman, FBAR, IRS offshore tax settlement, October 15th, offshore account amnesty, offshore tax settlement, Reuters, tax help, UBS
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Ever since the latest IRS crackdown on American offshore bank account holders, Swiss banks such as Julius Baer Group has reported losses in financial assets due to scared Americans who are withdrawing their money. This latest news shows that the IRS has successfully struck fear among Americans who up until recently, have been able to evade taxes with offshore bank accounts.
According to the NYTimes, “shares in Julius Baer fell 2.78
Tags: Back Taxes, IRS offshore tax settlement, IRS penalties, Julius Baer Group, Penalty Abatement, tax attorney, tax evasion, tax help, UBS settlement
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
This is funny! And happening more often than you think. The IRS Whistleblower office pays money to informants who provide specific and credible information to the IRS about people who owe taxes. The IRS has been increasing tax enforcement since 2008! Tax cheats, beware! If you need to work through you tax problems such as back taxes, consult a tax professional from Tax Resolution Services. We offer a free tax
Tags: Back Taxes, back taxes owed, increased IRS tax enforcement, informants to the IRS, IRS whistleblower, owe back taxes, tax cheat, tax evasion, tax problems, tax resolution services
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
We provide offshore tax evasion defense for clients who have been targeted by the IRS. And I’ve heard on many occasions that it’s difficult to find reliable offshore tax resolution information on the Internet. So we’ve added a new tax help resource devoted to IRS offshore tax settlements to to further help people with overseas accounts by educating them on their options for tax relief.
Each year, the government racks up
Tags: Back Taxes, FBAR, IRS amnesty, IRS offshore tax settlements, offshore bank accounts, Penalty Abatement, tax advice, tax attorney, tax help
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
Some people are just straight up tax cheats. The Wyoming man in the story below blatantly evaded his taxes doing things such as underreporting income and filing false tax returns. Subsequently he was sentenced to prison time and left with a hefty fine - all of which he deserves. For those who find themselves in tax debt, not because they were purposely cheating on taxes but because of other extraordinary
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Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Failing to file your tax return is a crime punishable by prison time and a hefty fine. If you have failed to file taxes and feel like the IRS is breathing down your back, there is tax relief available. You have the right to file your original tax return, no matter how late it is! Tax Resolution Services is a professional team of tax attorneys and tax resolution specialists that
Tags: failure to file taxes, filing delinquent tax returns, filing late tax returns, late tax filing, tax attorney help, tax attorneys, tax cheat, tax evasion, tax problems, tax professional, tax relief, Tax Resolution Specialist
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Saturday, November 14th, 2009
If you are a self-employed independent contractor, you need to know that the tax clock is ticking and you’re in danger of letting serious income tax relief money slip through your fingers. If you’re not careful, you could also make some common self-employed independent contractor income tax mistakes that will mean you’ll owe back taxes on your 2009 income tax return.
If you’re a freelance self-employed professional, the most important thing
Tags: Back Taxes, income tax relief, independent contractors, IRS audit, self-employed independent contractors, self-employed individuals, tax attorney, tax help, tax tips for freelance professionals, tax tips for self-employed, year-end tax tips
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