Did you know that you have a right to file your delinquent tax return, no matter how late it is?  Whether you have willfully failed to file your tax returns and now want to set your tax record straight, or you have failed to file your tax return in the past for some other reason, you still have time!  Tax Resolution Services offers tax help services that includes late tax filing
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The IRS does gives people breaks – here and there.  One IRS break that some people are not aware of is tax relief for spouses who are being subjected to IRS problems because of their spouse’s (or ex-spouse’s) actions.  It is appropriately called “Innocent Spouse” tax relief and, if a person qualifies and meets IRS guidelines, they will not be responsible for the tax problems of their spouse.  Of course, this does not apply to
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As a Certified Tax Resolution Specialist, one thing I know for certain, is that if you try to cheat the IRS, you will not win.  You may get away with it for a few years, but the IRS will catch up to you!  The IRS is serious about enforcing collection of back taxes, interest and penalties, with a $5.5 billion budget from Congress to enforce tax collection, so just know that
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The IRS offers Innnocent Spouse Tax Relief for people who find themselves in tax trouble due to the actions of their spouse or ex-spouse.   The IRS has set Innocent Spouse Guidelines to determine if a spouse will be held jointly responsible for the tax crime.  If you find yourself in an unpleasant tax situation where you believe that you may qualify for the IRS Innocent Spouse Tax Relief, do the following:  review
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Every year, for all sorts of reasons, people fail to file their taxes.  When the IRS catches up to you, and they will, it is a crime that is punishable by prison time, a hefty fine, and often, both.  The good news is, if you failed to file your taxes in years past, you still have time to do it.  Many people do not know that you have the right to
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Jeremy S. Schmid, 31, of Sevierville, Tennessee, was sentenced to three years of probation and six months of home detention. He was also ordered to pay $204,723.47 in restitution to the IRS. Schmid pleaded guilty to three counts of failing to file tax returns with the IRS. According to the stipulation of facts filed with the court at the time of his plea, Schmid admitted to willfully failing to file
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Gary P. Mallows, of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, was indicted on charges of tax evasion and failure to file tax returns.
The government alleges Mallows concealed assets and income that he received from various sources. It also alleges Mallows evaded payment of a Trust Fund Recovery Penalty assessed by the IRS in 2001 in the approximate amount of $86,237.08. In addition, Mallows allegedly failed to file timely tax returns for 2002, 2003 and
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Brazilian race-car driver and “Dancing with the Stars” winner Helio Castroneves faces a tax-evasion trial in March 2009 in a Miami federal courtroom.
Castroneves, 33, a two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, pleaded not guilty in October and is free on $10 million bail.
Federal prosecutors charged the driver-turned-dancer with one count of conspiracy and six counts of tax evasion, alleging he failed to report $5.5 million in income from 1999 to
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