Happy post-Tax Day everybody! I hope for most of you, this means a big sigh of relief and a weight off your shoulders. However, if you didn’t have enough money to pay your taxes or have not yet filed, do not despair just yet. There’s still plenty ways you can get tax help to stay out of IRS trouble and keep those penalties low.
Last week I sat down with Russ
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Don’t miss tomorrow’s Big Biz Show at 1:10pm PST where I will be joining Russ & Sully to talk about the IRS Dirty Dozen for 2011!
In case you’re unfamiliar with the IRS Dirty Dozen, it’s a list of 12 frivolous arguments the IRS does not want to hear from you. Most of these are scams that craft a reason for you to be discharged of your tax liabilities, including:

Filing taxes
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We only have about a week to go before Tax Day 2011. I hope that at this point, you have started your tax preparations–remember: even if you don’t have the money to pay your taxes in full, it’s better to file your taxes and send in a check for $5 than to “ignore” your tax liabilities which will only incur more IRS penalties on top of your unpaid back taxes.
Last
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There are just less than 2 weeks left before Tax Day 2011! Don’t miss my next appearance on the Big Biz Show tomorrow, Wednesday April 6th at 12:40pm PST where I’ll be sharing more tax help tips for 2010’s returns. I will be covering topics such as:
* Claiming Making Work Pay Credit
* Claiming Breaks for Supporting Struggling Relative
* Deducting Medicare Insurance and Long-Term Care Premiums
* Deducting Fees to Charge Taxes
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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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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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Last week I appeared on the Big Biz Show to continue the Tax Resolution Tax Day Countdown with Russ & Sully to talk about the 7 top things business owners must know about payroll tax problems.
The IRS assigns a much higher priority to the collection of payroll taxes mainly because at the end of the year, most employees can claim the taxes deducted on their W-2s as a credit and
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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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As I continue my weekly appearances on the Big Biz Show for the Tax Resolution Tax Day Countdown, I sat down last week for a chat about the latest IRS announcement to offer tax relief for struggling consumers by making changes to the lien process.
We’ve heard this before: the IRS is kinder and gentler by promising to speed up tax relief for homeowners who are looking to refinance (2008) and
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Recently the IRS announced its new efforts to help struggling consumers by making changes to the lien process that are meant to give people “a break.”
But what does that really mean? Are consumers really going to have an easier time financially now that the IRS adjusted their lien process? You may be asking yourself: wait, aren’t the IRS supposed to be going after my money and not helping me? Is
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Last week I appeared on the Big Biz Show to continue my Tax Day Countdown advice. This time, we focused on top tax help tips for the self-employed.
Filing tax returns for the self-employed can get complicated. Independent contractors and small business owners must be extra careful about claiming deductions on their tax returns to avoid IRS problems. Oftentimes, claiming too many deductions will raise the IRS red flag for an
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With Tax Day quickly approaching, struggling consumers who can’t pay their IRS bills come April 18th will need to know their rights and how to get effective tax help. I will be returning as a weekly guest on the nationally syndicated radio/TV program The Big Biz Show to help educate consumers on tax problem resolution strategies that will help the public resolve their IRS difficulties.
As you may already have read
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Recently, I appeared on the Big Biz Show with Russ and Sully to continue my Tax Day Countdown with what I call the “IRS Dirty Dozen”–which is a list of tax frauds that the IRS is looking to catch and penalize for.
You may have heard of some of these in the past or on the news; taxpayers and tax preparers are getting themselves in some serious trouble by trying to
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