The US economy has been slow to recover from the recession, and as a result, many American homeowners have lost their jobs and are unable to find new employment. These same folks, some out of work indefinitely, are struggling to pay their bills and keep a roof over their head. Households who find themselves this far underwater and unable to pay their mortgage may feel forced to consider home foreclosure
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In less than a month after the voluntary offshore bank declaration amnesty deadline expired, the results are showing that tax collection efforts from once elusive off-shore account holders appears to be working. A recent Reuters News Article – America’s Rich Losing Tussle with Taxman dated September 30, revealed that since 2008, the IRS has been successful at cracking down on off-shore tax shelters and going after Swiss banks (initially) and
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Today’s Tax Resolution Tip:
If you’ve taken the first step in resolving your unsettled back taxes you have admitted you have a tax problem and need tax help. But where to go for help? There are many firms and individuals claiming to resolve your tax problems forever. However, you need to make sure any tax assistance you seek is relevant to your individual tax problem.
If you are considering hiring a Certified
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“When Bad Things Happen to Good People” is an appropriate title for the recent episode of Business Day TV with Terry Bradshaw featuring an interview with the leaders of Tax Resolution Services, Co.

This special episode acknowledges the poor economic realities currently facing many Americans, some for the first time and often through no fault of their own. Negative life altering events such as job loss, death of a loved one
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For anyone with outstanding tax debt, I wanted to provide additional information to the IRS’s advisory list of Ten Tips for Taxpayers Who Owe Back Taxes or Have Other Tax Debt newsletter published a few weeks ago. The IRS’ objectives on this subject are simple; collect every cent of taxes owed as soon as possible. In order to achieve this, the IRS has made the payment process easy by widely
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The IRS newsletter Ten Tips for Taxpayers Who Owe Back Taxes or Have Other Tax Debt published a few weeks back, alerted Americans seeking tax debt relief there are ten options available to pay off their outstanding tax debt. These new IRS programs and policies are an effort to get delinquent taxpayers to avoid additional fines penalties or tax liens by making easy payment methods available such as a
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Foreign Bank Account Report (FBAR) violators be warned that time is running out to report offshore bank accounts.
The time to file is now!

The second (and possibly the last) IRS amnesty program is set to expire on August 31, 2011. We had a recent press release hit about this called Tick, Tock, Tax – IRS Amnesty Program’s August 31st Deadline is Approaching Fast.
With no replacement program on the horizon,
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With talk of debt ceilings and government budgets swirling around the news it is no wonder why tax relief deductions are a huge topic of controversy.  Tax deductions will cost the government $3 trillion in lost tax revenues between 2010 and 2014 (read the blog here) and now a closer look at current taxpayer trends by the Tax Policy Center states that almost half of Americans do not have to
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This month I came across a couple of interesting articles from my StumbleUpon I wanted to share with you. Here is a recap of tax news covering topics on all things tax, from news on Innocent Spouse relief, giving to charity, tax scams and more celebrities tax problems.
IRS does ‘the right thing’ for the ‘innocent spouse’ – Michelle Singletary discusses the IRS and their decision to remove the two-year limitation
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The Government Wants Your Money – was a timely theme for this old interview I did with Fox Business News’ Brian Sullivan (see the video below). Our candid discussion outlined policy changes within the IRS and their stepped up enforcement efforts in the name of tax collection. While the country is slowly digging out of a deep economic hole, it’s not surprising to see the IRS building a solid foundation
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An exchange-traded fund is an investment fund traded on stock exchanges, much like stocks.  An ETF holds assets such as stocks, commodities, or bonds, and trades close to its net asset value over the course of the trading day (Wikipedia).  ETF’s are becoming a more popular form of investing, but the structures of the funds can be taxed very differently from your normal run-of-the-mill mutual funds. Laura Saunders and Jason
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Michael Jackson’s former manager is facing some major IRS tax problems. Raymone Bain was charged on two counts of failure to file tax returns from 2006 – 2008 despite large earnings from working for the star as his general manager and spokeswoman during that period.
Bain pleaded guilty on Wednesday, June 22 for failing to file both federal and District of Colombia returns.  She is scheduled for sentencing on August 13,
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Today’s Tax Resolution Tip:
Quick tax lessons: The Statute of Limitations are laws regarding IRS timings:
- The IRS have 3 years to issue a refund to consumers
- The IRS have 3 years to audit your tax return
- The IRS have 10 years to collect any tax due from consumers
Find our more about the Statute of Limitations and expiration of back taxes. For more tax help, check out our tax relief FAQs and keep
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Charitable donations are a great way for individuals to help out meaningful causes and to also gain a little tax relief when it comes time to cut the check to the IRS.  A new article, One Easy Way to Lose that Charitable Deduction by the Wall Street Journal, highlights the importance of getting the proper documentation for every charitable donation you make over $250 dollars. Without the recognized “letter” from
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Today’s Tax Resolution Tip:
While we all experience the joy of Jury Duty at some point, not many consumers are aware of the tax implications when you take time off for jury duty. It is common for employers to pay the full salary of employees while they serve on jury duty. However some employers require the employees to ‘turn over’ jury duty pay received to the organization.
The IRS requires that
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