Happy Friday everyone, time for another tax news round up for the week!
The big tax news story of the week is the IRS crackdown on tax fraud. So scammers be warned, think you can steal from the IRS by filing false tax returns and identify theft? Think again:
IRS cracks down on fraud as tax return season begins
105 people were charged this week with fraud and identity theft
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Its Friday, and that means time for my weekly tax news round up. Here’s a look at some of the IRS and tax related stories that caught my eye this week.
Lets begin with one of my favorite topics: Avoiding an IRS Audit.
Being audited by the IRS is no laughing matter and I want to help taxpayers avoid it whenever possible. I was very happy to be quoted in How to
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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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A Colorado Springs, Colo., couple were sentenced to criminal obstruction and filing false income tax returns.
Gary Neuger, 56, was sentenced to serve 24 months in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release, along with paying $393,791.20 in restitution to the IRS. Beth Neuger, 54 and Gary’s wife, was sentenced to serve three years of probation, with the first 10 months in home detention.  She was also ordered to pay
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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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Another big week in tax relief and IRS news!  Here is my weekly round up of the stories that caught my eye this week:
Lets begin with my favorite post this week: My Best Tax Advice Ever, Part III: Make Friends With a Tax Pro, In this piece, Kelly Phillips Erb shares some great tips in choosing a tax professional.
In Taxpayer Advocate Service News:
When Nina Olson, head of The Taxpayer Advocate Service
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Question: I’ve likely waited way too long, but now that we’re into 2012, I really want to get a handle on my tax debt. In fact, I want to eliminate my tax debt. What advice do you have for me?

Answer: The first thing you should do — and you should do this immediately — is visit a qualified tax professional. He or she will discuss with you your current
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Take a break from your tax woes and enjoy a little bit of tax humor:

The head of the Internal Revenue Service described how the tax-collecting agency will place more pressure on tax cheats and companies that facilitate cheating. It’s time for tax cheats to worry.
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The Internal Revenue Service is “turning up the pressure” on tax cheats.
Those were the exact words from IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman when he spoke in December at the IRS/George Washington University 24th Annual Institute.
The IRS will direct much of the
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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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Now that tax season is here, we will be seeing more and more headlines about the IRS, tax filing tips, news and more. This has been a busy week in tax relief news; here is my weekly round up of the top stories. Enjoy!
Let’s begin with celebrity tax headlines of the week:
Feds: Lindsay Lohan owes $94,000 in unpaid taxes
Well, I am sorry to say there is no surprise to
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No shortage of tax news this first week of 2012! Here are some headlines that caught my attention this week in my new weekly “Tax Relief Mashup“
U.S. Charges 3 Swiss Bank Employees With Aiding Tax Evasion
3 Swiss Bank employees were indicted this week for helping United States taxpayers to hide more than $1.2 billion from the IRS.
Janice Dickinson in Hot Water with the IRS… Again!
Dickinson allegedly owes the
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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.

It has been an interesting week in tax news this final week of 2011. The last week of the year is always a big one in the tax relief industry since we have just days to take action to lower our 2011 tax bill. Here are  some of the top headlines that caught my attention this week:
IRS sues Yankees’ Hal Steinbrenner over tax refund
New York Yankees
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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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