Question:
I have several years of unfiled tax returns and owe around $25 thousand dollars in back taxes to the IRS for my small business. I know I need to take care of this huge burden but I’m overwhelmed, what help is out there get me out of this mess?
Answer:
First, addressing your IRS tax issues right now is the first step towards finding the tax relief you need. There is a
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It is always a pleasure to be able to speak to others about the work I do as a tax resolution expert.
I recently had the unique opportunity to be interviewed by Opportunist Magazine’s Managing Editor, Leslie Stone for her article Talking With the Tax Expert-Michael Rozbruch.  She asked about the business of tax resolution, a subject of which I am WELL informed. The questions ranged from how my early business
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The Internal Revenue Service recently proposed new guidelines aimed at providing tax relief for more innocent spouses who request equitable relief from their income tax liability. A Forbes article entitled IRS Lowers The Bar For Innocent Spouse Relief, details how the new proposals address the criteria used in making innocent spouse relief determinations in equitable relief cases and adjust the factors used in granting equitable relief.
Since 2003, the Internal Revenue
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Two articles recently published in the Wall Street Journal demonstrate that current Swiss offshore collection tactics are working to bring Swiss banks and American account holders into U.S. tax compliance. The latest bank to feel the heat of enforcement efforts is the Julius Baer Group, the largest private bank in Switzerland.  Julius Baer, hoping to avoid U.S. indictment, is already preparing to incur stiff fines from U.S. authorities for hiding
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Michael Reiss, New Jersey doctor, professor and medical researcher, was sentenced on January 11, 2012 for failing to report his offshore (UBS) bank accounts. According to the IRS, Reiss was sentenced to eight months in a community confinement center for failing to file Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) with the IRS. Reiss pleaded guilty in August 2011 and agreed to pay back taxes of at least $400,000
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A lawyer in Port Huron, Mich., was sentenced to 24 months in prison for tax evasion.
David Douglas Black, 49, owner of Black, Black and Black law firm also was sentenced to two years of supervised release and ordered to pay a special assessment of $100.
According to court records, during the 2004 tax year, Black diverted income from his law firm by using checks made out to him, his wife or
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Every month Tax Resolution Services chooses a very special Tax Client Of The Month.  It’s our way of acknowledging good friends and saying “thanks” to those who support Tax Resolution Services with referrals, word of mouth and repeat business.
This month’s Tax Client Of The Month is Mr. Joe F.
Mr. Joe F. owed the IRS $16,000 in back taxes when he sought help.  After several months of negotiations, we were able
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A Gilbert, Ariz., woman was sentenced to 78 months in prison for evading more than $3 million in taxes on income earned from real estate commissions and land sales.
Sue J. Taylor, 67, was found guilty by a federal jury on April 28, 2011, of four felony counts of tax evasion and four misdemeanor counts of willful failure to file tax returns. Taylor was taken into custody at the conclusion of
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Walter Allen Johnson, a former Tennessee Department of Correction inmate, was sentenced to 92 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to submit false tax returns on behalf of prison inmates. Johnson admitted that, while incarcerated from 2006 to 2007, he conspired with others to submit false tax returns that claimed refunds on behalf of other inmates. Johnson and his co-conspirators collected 87 checks totaling approximately $57,880.

A Blackwood, N.J., man was sentenced to 33 months in prison for defrauding the United States by filing tax returns with the IRS with false, fictitious and fraudulent information. Jose Adames, 32, was convicted following an eight-day trial. His wife, Angelita Adames, 34, who previously pleaded guilty to the same indictment, is scheduled to be sentenced.
Jose and Angelita Adames negotiated 102 tax refund checks totaling $668,298.73 at a Camden check
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After pleading guilty to failure to pay employment taxes, Gene R. Wendt, 56, Rhinelander, Wis., was sentenced to nine months in prison and fined $10,000.
From 2004 to 2008, Wendt owned and operated Crown Point Classics, a business in Hazelhurst, Wis., that restored antique cars and boats.
As the owner of the business, Wendt was responsible for collecting, accounting for, and paying over employment taxes withheld from the wages of CPC employees.
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Following a three-day trial, Douglas M. Cavanaugh, Jr., 45, formerly of Binghamton, N.Y., was convicted of six counts of filing false claims for tax refunds from the Internal Revenue Service.
Cavanaugh was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport shortly after he arrived on a flight from Australia, where he resided. Evidence presented during the trial showed that Cavanaugh knowingly made and presented to the IRS six claims for payments of refunds
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Question: I’ve been struggling with IRS debt for a couple of years now. How do I know whether the Offer in Compromise or Installment Agreement is the right program for me?

Answer: Ultimately you’ll need to consult in person with a qualified tax professional to find out exactly whether the Offer in Compromise or Installment Agreement is right for you, but it might help if you understand each program and
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Richard Werdiger, a former client of Swiss bank UBS, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service. He had hid more than $7.1 million at UBS and evaded nearly $400,000 of taxes.
Werdiger pleaded guilty in March 2011 and agreed to pay a civil penalty of more than $3.8 million for his failure to report his overseas accounts to the IRS.
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Every month we choose a very special Tax Client Of The Month.  It’s our way of acknowledging good friends and saying “thanks” to those who support Tax Resolution Services with referrals, word of mouth and repeat business.
This month’s Tax Client Of The Month is Mr. Larry B.
Mr. Larry B. owed the IRS over $179,000.00 when he contacted our office. Our negotiations and advocacy resulted in the Franchise Tax Board accepting
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