Tax evasion is not just a problem for the wealthy. It’s a widespread issue that costs the government and honest Americans much needed revenues. Small businesses and sole proprietors are the largest contributors to the $450 billion tax gap (the difference between taxes reported and taxes paid) by skimming and under reporting their taxes. For their efforts, tax cheats are the focus of IRS scrutiny.
With IRS audits and aggressive IRS
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I wrote a post for the Tax Matters blog post about a recent report that revealed higher IRS audit rates in five major metropolitan areas. The culprits: small businesses attempting to tax dodge. An article by the Los Angeles Times titled “Los Angeles, San Francisco top cities for tax dodgers, study says” cites a new study from the National Taxpayer Advocate that analyzed IRS data of five metropolitan areas: San
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The New Year is a great time to get a fresh start with financial issues specifically tax debt problems that can only get worse if ignored. I created the national network television show, TaxMan to show folks struggling with IRS debt the entire tax problem resolution process; from soup to nuts.
This episode of TaxMan focuses on the “resolution” phase and introduces a valued member of the Tax Team, Installment Agreement
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The year is ending, and this is the time for tax cheats and debtors to come clean.
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Charlie Sheen spent some time recently with Lindsay Lohan.
The two actors, both controversial and sources of tabloid fodder, were on the set of Scary Movie 5.
According to news reports, Lohan told Sheen about her tax problem. She owes, according to previous reports, as much as a quarter of a million dollars in back taxes
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Several months ago, I wrote an article explaining some of the challenges facing e-commerce titled “The E-Commerce Conundrum: Taxing Virtual Businesses and Their Investors and the Law.” At that time, e-commerce businesses were feeling pressure from state legislatures to collect and pay state taxes and grappling with the new 1099-K form and reporting rules.
A recent Reuters article Online sellers scrambling to understand new IRS 1099 form reports that the IRS
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Happy Friday! Here’s a recap of the tax relief news that made headlines this week.
Celebrity Tax Issues, IRS Audits and Enforcement
It seems like there is always a celebrity in the news currently facing down the IRS or other tax authorities.  This is not by accident. Since the Great Recession tax revenues have been down so to increase collections, the IRS has been going after celebrities and wealthy Americans to help
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Happy Friday! It’s time to review tax relief topics covering an array of IRS tax issues in recent news.

S-Corp Businesses-Target of IRS audits: Reuters reported in their article Small business audits often find no more taxes due-IRS watchdog about an increase in S-Corporation audits. IRS treasury inspector general for tax administration, Russell George went on record to denounce the increase after discovering the increase in “S-corporation” audits did not
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For over fourteen years, my firm, Tax Resolution Services, Inc., has provided tax relief services to great people who were badly in need of tax help.
In the latest Tax Man episode, I sit down with a Tax Resolution Services client, Dan R to ask him how he reacted after receiving his first IRS audit notification in the mail.

Dan was overwhelmed because he didn’t know what to do and were to
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For fourteen years, I have helped people just like you solve IRS tax problems including IRS audits and having no money to pay off back tax debt. For those currently needing IRS relief, I’m happy to announce that you are in luck; the Tax Man is here with a new tax help video series.

The purpose of this Tax Man video series was to give taxpayers in need of tax relief
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This week’s tax relief news has been quite exciting especially for Tax Resolution Services.
Here are some of the highlights:
Tax Resolution Services-2012 Stevie Award Finalists for Business
I am extremely proud to announce that both Brian Compton and I have been selected as 2012 finalists for the 10th Annual Stevie Awards. Brian was selected for Executive of the Year for Accounting, Banking, & Financial Services and I am a finalist for Maverick
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I recently posted tax relief tips on the Big Biz Show blog. Here is a link to the blog post and I would encourage readers who missed the tax deadline to take a look.
With tax season a recent memory and many still facing difficult tax issues, the topics covered in the post focused on how to deal with these common IRS tax problems:

IRS audits
Delinquent tax returns
Tax debt payment options: using
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Happy Friday! The common theme in last week’s news was aimed at giving tax relief advice to those who did not make the tax filing deadline of April 17.
Here are some of the highlights:

The IRS just released a video entitled Employee or Independent Contractor? aimed at getting employers to properly classify their workers as either an employee or independent contractor. Improper classification can result in steep IRS penalties but many
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The IRS just released a video entitled Employee or Independent Contractor? that gives guidance to unsure employers interested in properly classifying their workers as either an employee or independent contractor. Improper classification can result in steep IRS penalties for both employer and worker with many business owners getting into trouble simply because they don’t know the difference. Understanding this distinction can help a business owner avoid an IRS audit.
The IRS
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News agencies were abuzz about Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision stating the IRS could not use the extended, six-year statute of limitations to collect unpaid taxes from a business, Home Concrete & Supply, LLC in a tax shelter case. Robert Wood of Forbes in his article HUGE Taxpayer Win: Supreme Court Tells IRS 3 Years to Audit Is PLENTY! believes the historic decision regarding this tax shelter case will have a
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Like clockwork, about a week or two after the April 17 tax deadline, I begin fielding taxpayer questions regarding what tax documents to keep and for how long.  A recent article in Forbes by Tax Girl Kelly Phillips Erb entitled How Long Should You Keep Records after Tax Day? provided good guidelines on the subject.
Here are seven basic recommendations for keeping tax documents both individuals and small businesses can follow:
In
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