Another big week in tax relief and IRS news!  Here is my weekly round up of the stories that caught my eye this week:
Lets begin with my favorite post this week: My Best Tax Advice Ever, Part III: Make Friends With a Tax Pro, In this piece, Kelly Phillips Erb shares some great tips in choosing a tax professional.
In Taxpayer Advocate Service News:
When Nina Olson, head of The Taxpayer Advocate Service
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The head of the Internal Revenue Service described how the tax-collecting agency will place more pressure on tax cheats and companies that facilitate cheating. It’s time for tax cheats to worry.
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The Internal Revenue Service is “turning up the pressure” on tax cheats.
Those were the exact words from IRS Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman when he spoke in December at the IRS/George Washington University 24th Annual Institute.
The IRS will direct much of the
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No shortage of tax news this first week of 2012! Here are some headlines that caught my attention this week in my new weekly “Tax Relief Mashup“
U.S. Charges 3 Swiss Bank Employees With Aiding Tax Evasion
3 Swiss Bank employees were indicted this week for helping United States taxpayers to hide more than $1.2 billion from the IRS.
Janice Dickinson in Hot Water with the IRS… Again!
Dickinson allegedly owes the
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U.S. taxpayers are facing significant challenges in this miserable economy. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Unemployment Rate currently stands at 9.1% and over 46 million citizens have now fallen below the official poverty line.
So what are taxpayers living below the poverty line who currently owe back or current taxes supposed to do? Do they owe taxes for the current year? Do they still owe
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The Internal Revenue Service announced this week they received 12,000 new applications from the 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative (OVDI) that closed on September 9, 2011. This pushes the total number of voluntary disclosures up to 30,000 since 2009.
The programs gave U.S.taxpayers with undisclosed assets or income offshore a second chance to get compliant with the U.S. tax system, pay their fair share and avoid potential criminal charges.
The IRS
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Republican presidential candidate and Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann is causing quite a stir over her recent comments about her former position as an IRS tax attorney.  Bachmann said to a crowd in South Carolina last week:
“We change the economy by changing the tax code. How many of you love the IRS? No! It’s time to change it. I went to work in that system because the first rule of
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California Women Faces 143 years in federal prison and fines totaling $5.6 million for tax fraud
This seems like a no brainer, however Norma Coronel of Livermore, California, thought she could outwit the IRS by claiming 19 non-existent children on her federal tax returns.
Coronel, who now faces 143 years in prison and $5.6 million in fines, claimed she had 19 children on the same day: Dec. 11, 2002 in Los
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As a Yankees fan myself, I take this story to heart! Christian Lopez became an instant celebrity earlier this month when Derek Jeter’s 3,000th career hit landed in his section at Yankee Stadium in a game against Tampa Bay. The 23-year-old Lopez, who was there as a birthday gift from his girlfriend, beat out dozens of fans and caught the coveted ball.
Lopez could have sold the prized ball
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The Atlantic just shared an article called Examining Bachmann’s Years as an IRS Lawyer.
Michele Bachmann, idol of America’s tea party movement, used to do work for the Internal Revenue Service – as an IRS lawyer.
As the article describes, “Bachmann is more likely to describe herself as a ‘former federal tax litigation attorney’ — as she did in her first nationally televised debate — than as a three-term member of Congress.
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Identify Theft is on the rise and the IRS is warning taxpayers to beware of email scams that seek personal info. Phishing is a scam typically carried out by unsolicited e-mail and/or websites that pose as legitimate sites and lure unsuspecting victims to provide personal and financial information.
There are a number of these phishing scams out there designed to intimate taxpayers- and many of them are pretty convincing as
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At Tax Resolution Services we know that settling back tax debt can be scary.  Many people who use our tax resolution services feel that they may not be able to pay off their tax debt in it’s entirety.  If you feel this way, you are not alone.  Fortunately, consulting a Certified Tax Resolution Specialist is a great first step towards tax relief.  Our team of tax professionals will advise you on the
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The IRS Offer in Compromise program is a very powerful program.  It has helped our tax clients save over $52 million dollars in back taxes and tax penalties for more than 10 years. Tax Resolution Services has such a huge success rate in obtaining an Offer in Compromise for a client because we don’t mess around!  The Offer in Compromise program is a privilege, not a right, and if we feel
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Tax cheats, beware!  The IRS is watching you – I can’t tell you how, when or where, but the IRS can see you!  I’ve blogged about people evading taxes before – in fact the article below was an example of how the IRS is ramping up prosecutions of tax cheats – and I will blog about it again to let you know that we, a group of tax professionals and tax attorneys at Tax
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Whether you’d like to avoid the IRS, contact the IRS, settle with the IRS or just want to refer a friend, relative or client, I’d love to hear from you. I would be happy to provide you or that special person you refer a free no-obligation confidential tax consultation to explain every option available to solve IRS problems.   Tax relief client testimonials show some of the tax clients we have
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The IRS is the worst institution for taxpayers to owe money to. And no one should take comfort in knowing that the IRS clerks working for $9.75-$10.25 an hour have people’s financial fates in their hands, and by them flipping a switch, can generate a tax lien notice or a levy notice to any bank or employer. When I was on the LA Talk Radio show with TJ McCormack
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