A Texas woman faces up to three years in prison after pleading guilty to tax charges.
Donna J. Nelson, of Sulphur Springs, Texas, pleaded guilty to false income tax reporting. According to information presented in court, Nelson admitted to understating her 2006 income by $136,100 on her Form 1040 U.S. Income Tax return. Other court documents also showed she had similarly underreported earnings for tax years 2003 through 2007, totaling $479,781.36.�
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Check out my small business tax tips on AccountingSolver.com: Don’t Let Payroll Taxes Sink Your Small Business.
There are plenty of ways to bring down the wrath of the IRS, but failing to file and pay payroll taxes is one of the swiftest and most efficient ways to close your doors. Trouble with payroll taxes can be the downfall of otherwise successful small businesses. I’ve been picking the brain of tax
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Just a quick note that the Small Business Teleseminar “Standing Up to the IRS Un-Armed Can and Will Cost You” scheduled for Feb. 18 has been cancelled.
It has been rescheduled for Wednesday, May 13.

I came across an interesting article in the Los Angeles Times about how the Better Business Bureau grades companies on a peculiar curve. It calls attention to the fact that paying the BBB to be listed as an accredited business appears to have instant benefits in the agency’s ratings.
So an accredited business automatically receives a half-grade boost to its rating. A B-minus business, in other words, will become a B.
And
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For solving IRS tax problems, the general time line from submission to settlement is about 9-12 months. Longer if your case goes to Appeals. 65% of our cases are settled at the Appellate level.
Fees are usually fixed - based on the particular services to be rendered to permanently solve the taxpayer’s IRS problems for the lowest amount allowed under law. Most “run of the mill” Offers in Compromise are about
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Thanks to YOU, the word is spreading.  Thanks to my clients and friends who graciously referred me to their friends, clients and relatives this past year!  I enjoy building my business based on the positive comments and referrals from people just like you.  An especially warm thank you to Harvey Dulgatch and Stuart Goodman.
I just couldn’t do it without you!
I’d Like To Hear From YOU!
Whether you’d like to avoid the IRS,
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There are actually only 3 persons permitted to practice before the IRS - represent taxpayers at Appeal Hearings, Audits and Appeals that are held administratively and in the civil arena (per IRS Circular 230).
Those three persons are an Attorney, CPA or Enrolled Agent (EA). Certified Actuaries can also represent taxpayers in some cases.
In addition to being a Certified Tax Resolution Specialist (CTRS), I have been an active licensed
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I’m being interviewed by Frank Pastore on KKLA Thursday, October 2nd at 4:25 PST.  I’ll be talking tax relief, tax tips, IRS and more!

My recent appearance on the WealthTV’s The Big Bizz Show had Russ, Sully and I realizing that IRS scams not only can catch you, but the experts too. As a Tax expert I have been dealing with the IRS and taxes for 11 years but even I am not immune to the IRS scams out there. Just the other day I received an email, complete with IRS logo saying if you click here we have $83 that
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Some people are forced to do the unthinkable, for instance, Paul Hansen, 57, of Apple Valley, Calif. shot his son in an attempt to develop a “duress” defense after IRS investigators uncovered a tax fraud scheme.
Hansen had a guilty conscience because he filed false claims with the IRS that totaled approximately $629,000 in just seven months in 2002. Additionally, Hansen admitted to engaging in a second scheme in 2005 in
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Dominic Chang, 61, a California auto-repair shop owner was sentenced to four years of probation and ordered to pay $163,498 in restitution for tax evasion.
In pleading guilty, Chang admitted that he owned and operated Dominic’s Auto Service, in Milpitas, Calif., during 1999, 2000 and 2001. Chang filed individual income tax returns reporting taxable income of zero for the calendar years 1999, 2000 and 2001 but knew that his taxable income�
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A Los Angeles man who made donations to several charitable organizations associated with a New York-based orthodox Jewish group — donations that were in fact refunded in many cases — has agreed to plead guilty to federal tax evasion charges.
In the plea agreement, Uri Mandelbaum, 70, also agreed to pay back taxes totaling more than $1.5 million.
The plea agreement with Mandelbaum is the first one involving a “donor” to charitable
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Russ and Sulley had lots of great tax relief questions for me when I appeared on their Big Biz TV show last week. One of them had to do with whether enlisting former IRS help to get out of tax debt is a good idea or not.
And actually, getting former IRS agents to help you with your tax problems is not something I recommend.
Some tax relief firms pride themselves by
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Robert E. Lehman, 57, of Indianapolis, Ind., was sentenced to eight months in prison and six months home detention following his guilty plea to making a false federal income tax return. Lehman was a personal injury lawyer. The evidence presented indicated that Lehman signed and filed false Form 1040 personal income tax returns with the IRS for the years 2002 through 2004. The returns were false in that Lehman understated
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Tax-collecting agency is questioning how many Americans have offshore accounts and how they’re being used
By Michael Rozbruch
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Have a bank account overseas?
Be sure to tell the IRS about it.
The U.S. tax-collecting agency asked Americans with overseas accounts to report them by June 30. If you haven’t done so, you could be in trouble.
Owing to globalization, more people in the United States have foreign financial accounts. There is nothing improper about setting
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