The economy has been tough on a lot of taxpayers this year. Whether you are a small business owner or you’re employed but short on funds, you are not alone in your financial struggle.
So what do you do this tax season if you can’t gather up enough cash to pay what you owe Uncle Sam? Do you file an extension? Do you “ignore” your taxes in hopes that the IRS
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Robert Kahre, the owner of six construction businesses in Las Vegas who paid employees over $100 million in cash wages as part of an elaborate scheme to defraud the IRS, was sentenced to more than 15 years in prison.
“Citizens who pay their fair share of taxes can rest assured that the Department of Justice will continue to utilize all of its resources to prosecute those who choose to cheat and
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As much as you may fear the wrath of the IRS to levy back taxes and IRS penalties, the tax man is afraid of exposure too. In the audit battle, the IRS fears two things: 1) You hiring a tax attorney or Certified Tax Resolution Specialist, and 2) You learning these seven little secrets about reducing back taxes and IRS penalties.
With years of record deficits (and even more in the
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Taxpayers need to be careful about getting their numbers crunched correctly for their 2010 tax returns. As the government grows more desperate for revenue and as the IRS steps up its game to collect more taxes, this is no time for the taxpayer to “neglect to pay certain taxes.”
A recent case involved Jesus Mena, of Miami, who pleaded guilty to filing a false income tax return for an S corporation
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Some taxpayers make the mistake of believing that if they can get away with tax evasion, then it’s worth the risk to save the money. However, as the IRS steps up its game to collect more taxes, it’s beginning to get more risky and less worthwhile to do so.
A common problem I hear from my clients is that they want to pay their taxes but don’t have enough money.  As
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Lately, the rich and the famous who have been creatively evading taxes have been transformed by the IRS into the financially desolate and infamous.
The recent guilty plea by Joe Francis, founder of the soft-porn empire “Girls Gone Wild” demonstrates how omitting nearly $563,000 in interest tax can turn into 301 days in jail.
LA Times reports:
“Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis pleaded guilty Wednesday to filing false tax returns and will
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If you are currently dealing with tax problems, now is a good time to get tax help before the new tax hikes kick in. The Obama Administration is continuing with its steadfast endeavor to collect back taxes as well as to collect more taxes from the wealthy and powerful.
Currently planned for 2011, Obama’s biggest tax hike will affect married filers making over $250,000 and singles making more than $200,000. In
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Although there never was a “good” time to cheat on taxes, now is worse than ever for taxpayers and tax preparers to file fraudulent tax returns. With the IRS getting more funding and 800 more agents to collect taxes, taxpayers and CPAs who deliberately report fraudulent information on tax returns will be hit with severe IRS penalties.
If the IRS detects and proves beyond a reasonable doubt that fraudulence was deliberate,
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Whether or not you are legally obligated to report tip as income has been somewhat of a fuzzy area (especially cash tips!). Skimping on reporting your full tip (100% of your tip retained) is considered deliberately underreporting income and may be subject to severe IRS audits and penalties.
If you made more than $20 in tips in any one month, you will have to report the full amount of the tip
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With the new surge in IRS enforcements, you could find yourself in serious IRS trouble if your tax returns are falsified—even if you hired someone else to file your taxes for you. Be careful about signing your tax returns to ensure that you will not be audited and penalized for false returns prepared by someone else.
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Question: I just received a letter from Maine Revenue Commission asking me to file amended
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If you are being accused of tax evasion by the IRS but you have reasonable cause to fight the charges, you will need to provide concrete evidence to substantiate your claim. With IRS audits on the rise due to stricter enforcement, it will be wise to keep important records that may later help you prove your innocence to the IRS.
Due to a lack of substantial evidence, a highly educated CPA
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It can happen to any of us–you go through all the paperwork, fill in all the necessary information to the best of your abilities, and you drop the tax return in the mail. No sooner had you sent out your tax return did you remember that you forgot to add something from another W-2 or 1099. Now you have to file an amended tax return…
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Question: How do I go about
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Check out our latest TRS IRS tax help newsletter for tax tips, IRS insider news, and income tax relief advice.
Many taxpayers who are in IRS trouble have found it difficult to be approved for IRS settlements such as the Offer in Compromise program. Historically, OIC application approval rates have remained under 25%. Recently, the IRS has updated the OIC application forms so that it is easier for applicants to understand.
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As a part of recent IRS efforts to find wealthy Americans who have been deliberately evading taxes by using offshore bank accounts, a deal has been reached today with UBS. The US Government and Switzerland have come to an agreement today that will force the Swiss bank, UBS, to turn over 52,000 names of suspected tax evaders.
According to the New York Times (www.nytimes.com), “UBS and the Swiss government have been
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Small business owners and sole proprietors have been identified as the largest group that is contributing to the increasing tax gap of $350 billion/year. It is extremely difficult for the IRS to investigate each small business owner to uncover tax evasion acts such as under-reporting income.
In the current economy, the astonishing yearly tax gap is alarming to policymakers who are desperately short of funds. They find that they cannot fulfill
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