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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Question: I’ve read a little bit about the Offer in Compromise and the Installment Agreement. Which one is better?
Answer:  The question
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The IRS recently announced a plan that will “try” to make it easier for homeowners in financial straits to refinance or sell their homes. The program supposedly focuses on people who ordinarily pay their taxes in full but “because of these extraordinary times are getting behind on their tax payments.”
IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said that plan would speed up a process where financially distressed homeowners may request that a federal
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My recent appearance on the WealthTV’s The Big Bizz Show had Russ, Sully and I realizing that IRS scams not only can catch you, but the experts too. As a Tax expert I have been dealing with the IRS and taxes for 11 years but even I am not immune to the IRS scams out there. Just the other day I received an email, complete with IRS logo saying if you click here we have $83 that
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The IRS busted one of its own.
Jesse Pedro Hernandez Jr., 30, of Fresno, Calif., is charged with an 11-count tax fraud indictment.Â
According to prosecutors, Hernandez was a Tax Examining Technician with the IRS in Fresno. Hernandez assisted other taxpayers to obtain refunds they were not entitled to receive by falsely claiming money had been withheld from rollover distributions on Individual Retirement Accounts. In some cases, the request for a refund
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Robert E. Lehman, 57, of Indianapolis, Ind., was sentenced to eight months in prison and six months home detention following his guilty plea to making a false federal income tax return. Lehman was a personal injury lawyer. The evidence presented indicated that Lehman signed and filed false Form 1040 personal income tax returns with the IRS for the years 2002 through 2004. The returns were false in that Lehman understated
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Self-proclaimed priest Earl R. Wolfe, 59, was convicted on charges of conspiring to defraud the United States and six counts of filing a false tax return. According to court documents, from 1999 to 2004, Wolfe reported $600 of income on tax returns. However, he in fact earned more than $750,000 as an unlicensed architect. Wolfe attempted to conceal his income by cashing more than $600,000 at a local check-cashing store and
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While on the air with KLOS 95.5FM, Michael Rozbruch got to spend some time talking with listeners and answering their tax questions. We wanted to share some of these questions in case anyone out there is in a similar situation.
Q: I have a question in regards to my father. He has not filed his income taxes for at least 20 years plus. And it has gotten to the point where
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A Treasury Department watchdog said in a report released April 9 that the IRS must do more to combat tax fraud identity theft, asserting that the IRS rarely pursues or prosecutes fraudulent tax returns filed by identity thieves.
Yesterday I posted about how tax fraud identity theft is on the rise. To make things worse, J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration, said the IRS does not do
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STIMULUS PAYMENTS
FROM THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
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Directly from the February 15, 2008 issue of the IRS Newswire:
“WASHINGTON–The Internal Revenue Service released additional information today about the upcoming economic stimulus payments in a specially designed section for taxpayers on IRS.gov.
The new information includes an extensive set of Frequently Asked Questions about the stimulus payments, with a special emphasis on recipients of Social Security and certain veterans’ benefits. Millions of people in this
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