With just two short weeks before Tax Day 2011, I sat down once again last week with Russ & Sully of the Big Biz Show to talk about some top tax help tips for 2010 returns.

Filing Delays Does Not Mean You Have to Wait. With recent changes to the tax code, the IRS estimated they won’t be ready for prime time till mid to late February which has already passed.
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Today’s Tax Resolution Tip:
If you owe the IRS a large amount of money and can’t afford to pay the lump sum at once, don’t panic. Consider an Installment Agreement, which is a payment plan used to break up payment on a monthly basis. This is a common route taken by qualifying consumers to settle their back taxes.

Read the Installment Agreement FAQ for more information on IRS Payment Plans and Installment
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Today’s Tax Resolution Tip:

Check your mail! The IRS will send you the occasional letter. Make sure you open all letters from them! If it happens to be unpleasant news (such as an audit letter), the location of your audit is a good indicator of how severe that audit could be. The IRS can audit you by mail, in their offices, or in your home.
For more information on IRS tax audits, what
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Today’s Tax Resolution Tip:
The BIGGEST red flag that results in triggering a tax audit for yourself or your business is claiming false business expenses. Don’t do it!
Read about IRS tax audits and what you should be doing to avoid them. Visit our tax relief FAQ page for more tips on audits and the red flags to be wary of.
For a daily dose of tax relief tips, check out 365 Ways to
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Today’s Tax Resolution Tip:
Gearing up for tax day 2011? Check out these key tax tips I discussed  recently on the Big Biz Show:
Tax Tip #1: Get help now! Find out if you qualify for tax relief.
Tax Tip #2: Prove you can’t pay.
Tax Tip #3: If you qualify for an IRS payment plan – get one!
Visit our FAQ Page to find answers for your tax questions or check out our Facebook page, 365
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As news of tax resolution scams flood the media, the leaders of tax relief services  such as enrolled agents, tax lawyers, and CPAs, have united to form the Tax Problem Resolution Services Coalition (TPRSC).
Founded by myself, Kathy Hill of Tax Tiger, Inc., Lawrence Lawler of the American Society of Tax Problem Resolvers, and Byron Pedersen of Instant Tax Solutions, LLC, the coalition’s purpose is to promote and ensure
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I recently came across an interesting article on CNN with some surprising stats. In Tax cheats: Single, young and male, an annual survey conducted by DDB Worldwide Communications Group found that the typical American tax cheat is male, single and under the age of 45. According to the survey:

15% of Americans surveyed fessed up to fudging their tax returns
64% of those people were men, according to the survey of consumer attitudes and behavior.
35%
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Tax day is fast approaching and if you are still getting your 2010 tax return in order, you don’t want to miss tomorrow’s Big Biz Show at 1:10pm PST on the top tax tips for your 2010 return.
To continue my weekly appearance on the Big Biz Show to share tax help tips with consumers, I will go over some important things you don’t want to leave out of your 2010
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We are getting closer to tax day with 20-something days on the countdown till April 18th. Have you gotten your ducks in a row yet?
Last week I sat down with Russ & Sully from the Big Biz Show to share the top four tax help tips for 2011. If you happened to miss the show, here’s the scoop:
Tax Help Tip #1: Severance & Unemployment are Taxable. Many people don’t realize
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If you owe back taxes and the IRS is coming after you, they can seem like a heartless organization!  This is really not the case.  In fact, the IRS has set up quite a few tax relief programs that encourages consumers to pay their tax debt – including the Offer in Compromise program, where a consumer can potentially save thousands (provided they qualify) and the IRS Installment Agreement, a payment
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Bringing you another edition of tax help news from the blog-o-sphere, including tax tips, tweets and everything tax! At Tax Resolution Services, Co. we like to keep up with what is going on in the tax world. Not only does this enable us to offer expert tax help, but we strive to educate consumers on current news and relevant tax content.
Check out some of the recent tax buzz we’ve Stumble(d)Upon upon
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According to Reuters news service, the Obama Administration’s proposed 2012 budget includes a $1.13 billion increase in funding for the IRS.  About $460 million of the increase, which brings the total IRS budget to a whopping $13.3 billion, is slated for tax enforcement programs. The increase allows the IRS to hire 5,100 new employees, most of whom will go after delinquent taxpayers both large and small.
I’ve come across too many
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IRS audits are the highest they’ve been in a decade and if you find your business getting audited, this is what you need to know: Do not go up against the IRS on your own!
According to a recent Bloomberg article, IRS agents say business owners that choose to represent themselves without professional tax help are the easiest to incriminate during an IRS audit.
The article suggests a number of helpful strategies
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As the Tax Day Countdown series continues on the Big Biz Show, don’t miss tomorrow’s segment on the 7 Things small business owners should know about payroll tax problems! It will air at 1:10pm PST.
As the tax day quickly approaches, are you prepared as a small business owner to own your tax returns? Are there things about payroll taxes that you may not know about? Oftentimes, what you don’t
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Armed with a large federal budget and under pressure to close the whopping $345 billion tax deficit, the IRS has increased audits by 11% last year-targeting both consumers and business owners.
Last week I sat down on the Big Biz Show to continue the Tax Day Countdown and to share some top red flags that trigger IRS audits. So here are some things to watch out for:

Hire a professional. On average,
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