Celebrity rapper and actor Ja Rule was sentenced to 28 months in prison and ordered to pay 1.1 million dollars in unpaid taxes on Monday. Ja Rule was quoted by the Associated Press as saying; “I was a young man who made a lot of money — I’m getting a little choked up — I didn’t know how to deal with these finances, and I didn’t have people to guide
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I recently came across a post on The Global Resolution from the Thorn Law Group. The Global Resolution is the agreement the U.S. government and European banks are currently working on in a continued effort to put a stop to offshore tax evasion.
How will it work:
1) Any foreign bank under U.S. investigation will pay a fine to the government
2) Said bank will disclose U.S. client names to the government
3) U.S. government
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The IRS, while a fierce and aggressive  agency, does not discriminate. Whether you’re rich or poor, young or old, male or female, if you owe them money, they will come after you regardless of your current financial standing. I recently blogged about that in regards to a Survey Revealing Tax Cheats to be Young, Single and Male.
Now CNNMoney.com reports the IRS is paying particular attention to millionaires – and cracking down
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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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Tax Day 2011 (the day your tax returns are due) is drawing closer. The government’s enforcement efforts are in high gear. Are you comfortable with your tax situation?
You’ll have to thank Abraham Lincoln. He’s given you three extra days to file your tax returns this year. This year, tax returns are due April 18, instead of April 15, because Emancipation Day will be observed April 15. Emancipation Day, a holiday in the District
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As more IRS-burdened consumers are seeking relief from their tax troubles during a record year of federal spending on tax enforcement, Rush Limbaugh has endorsed Tax Resolution Services, Co. as a provider of solutions for taxpayers with IRS problems.
“If you owe $20,000 or more in back taxes, are under audit or have unfiled returns they can help,” said Limbaugh, one of America’s leading talk show hosts. “Tax Resolution Services will
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The Jan. 31 deadline for filing Form 1099s for independent contractors is around the corner. A major target on the IRS hit list is worker status.
Why would the IRS care how a business owner classifies workers? Because the tax burden on the owner changes dramatically depending on how a worker is classified. The IRS is on the lookout for worker misclassification—it doesn’t matter if it is deliberate or inadvertent—to capture
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Many taxpayers in the current economic downturn are struggling to make ends meet, have lost theirs job, are living off their 401K plans – and are facing a hefty debt to the IRS. The IRS is serious about its debt collection actions, appointing thousands of new collection personnel to ensure the federal agency collects on outstanding debts.
Owing thousands of dollars in back taxes to the IRS puts you in a
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We are in a recession. This is no news. But you may be surprised to know that the IRS is taking the current poor economic state as an opportunity to double and triple their efforts to collect taxpayers’ back taxes and outstanding debts.
Why? Have a look at the video below where I quickly summarize the current economic condition and why taxpayers who owe the IRS need to get expert tax help now and
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September was a busy month! In addition to sharing our regular tax relief news on our website and blog, our team at Tax Resolution Services also launched a series of short tax help videos on Youtube to reach even more taxpayers in need of tax resolution.
So with October just rolling in, I’d like to take a moment and recapture some of our top blog posts from September, just in case
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Another case of the rich and famous owing back taxes to the IRS! In recent news, California’s lieutenant Governor, Abel Maldonado’s family paid $111,146 in back taxes to the IRS last month, after the government placed a tax lien on the business, the family farm.
The governor’s father and brother paid the back taxes sum, though stating they were doing so “under protest” as they were disputing the charge. According to the
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Leonid Zaltsberg has lived an extraordinary life. The 76-year-old from Milltown, N.J., played for the Soviet Union’s national soccer team, competed in the World Cup, and now works with Ukraine’s national team.
He’s also now part of another extraordinary group: U.S. tax cheats who’ve been convicted of evasion following the release of account information from Swiss bank UBS.
Zaltsberg pleaded guilty in New Jersey to subscribing to a false tax return, admitting that
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The IRS is increasing enforcement to unprecedented levels and with tax relief firms making regular headlines for misrepresenting their ability to resolve IRS problems, it is now more important than ever for taxpayers to check the reputation of prospective tax relief providers, such as their BBB (Better Business Bureau) rating.

The tax resolution industry has become fierce in light of the wobbly current economic conditions – this means that the
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Every day, in cities across the country, people are being prosecuted or convicted of tax crimes. If you have IRS problems and are in need of tax relief, you should view these cases as warnings and act accordingly. If you’re struggling during these tough economic times, there are many options to consider for resolving your back taxes or other IRS woes.

Thomas and Brenda Ellis of Richmond, Va., had what
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I recently came across an article by Bloomberg’s Ryan J. Donmoyer, IRS Demand for Tax Shelter Lists Has Companies Fearing Audits, that talks about how IRS Commissioner, Doug Shulman, is requesting that companies provide a detailed road map of their tax returns in order to simplify the work of IRS tax auditors.  The Internal Revenue Service has created a form that will require corporations to “list of all tax-saving transactions
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