With tax season fast approaching, those who need IRS tax relief are encouraged to examine the qualifications of tax resolution specialists before they hire help. Searching the Better Business Bureau’s (BBB) TrustLink Reviews is a great resource for such an investigation. Every year, the BBB receives feedback from people suffering from IRS debt.
TrustLink reviews include comments from consumers acknowledging their experiences, good and bad. Tax Resolution Services, Co. (TRS) holds
[Read More]

Michael Reiss, New Jersey doctor, professor and medical researcher, was sentenced on January 11, 2012 for failing to report his offshore (UBS) bank accounts. According to the IRS, Reiss was sentenced to eight months in a community confinement center for failing to file Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) with the IRS. Reiss pleaded guilty in August 2011 and agreed to pay back taxes of at least $400,000
[Read More]

With tax day just around the corner, many taxpayers will soon scramble to get their documents organized in order to take full advantage of all the tax breaks available to them. Of these taxpayers, homeowners have a lot to gain but to getting the tax help they need, will mean preparing the dreaded and often confusing itemized deductions.  A Fox Business Article entitled Six Tax Breaks Every Homeowner Should Know
[Read More]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported 12 natural disasters in 2011 that each caused more than $1 billion in damages, ranging from Hurricane Irene, to severe wildfires, tornadoes and flooding.  As the victims of these disasters rebuild their lives from utter destruction, this tax season many are receiving IRS tax help.
USA Today’s article Tax Relief Possible for Losses in Natural Disasters reports the good news that taxpayers affected
[Read More]

Self-employment can be a liberating experience. You get to make your own rules, work your own hours and say goodbye to the horrors of a demanding boss. With this freedom comes responsibility and handling all your business affairs now solely rests on your shoulders, including paying your own taxes. A recent Ledyard-Patch article entitled Self-Employed? IRS Says You Should Read This reminds us that the self-employed are urged to get
[Read More]

While cutting government spending is often seen as a good thing, in the case of the IRS, it may be having the opposite effect. Forbes featured an article IRS Advocate: New Taxpayer Rights Crisis Is Brewing highlighting the release of a recent annual report to Congress by National Taxpayer Advocate, Nina E. Olson. Olson, known for being one of Washington’s most outspoken officials, states her concerns for current IRS policies
[Read More]

Most of us do everything online. From paying the mortgage to posting on Facebook, our lives are increasingly more apt to be managed by a computer or a mobile device. Social media has become a major player in how we gather information and communicate; a fact that even IRS has become quite aware of. As a result of this ubiquity, the IRS recently began providing the latest tax information, new
[Read More]

Happy New Year! This year, why not keep on top of your taxes? If you owe IRS back taxes, read on! The IRS has a new tool in tax collection, aimed at better recovering taxes owed from taxpayers. The IRS is now using analytics to:
–collect back taxes
–detect tax fraud schemes
–reduce the number of fraudulent refunds the agency pays out
The IRS has contracted SAS Institute for $6.25 million to use their data
[Read More]

2011 is quickly coming to a close. With a few days left in the year, the IRS has released some last minute tax tips that can help you gain a little tax relief and reduce your taxes! It is recommended that you take action on these tips no later than December 31st to claim most tax benefits so please keep that in mind as you read through these tips provided
[Read More]

I thought we’d take a literary detour from tax resolution for a moment to point out two novels written this year (just in time for the holidays) that feature a character we are all familiar with: the IRS. The novels: “Ghost Lights” by Lydia Millet and “The Pale King” by the late David Foster Wallace, feature main characters who work in or around the IRS in rote, overly analytical duties
[Read More]

The IRS has temporarily suspended its controversial plan to fingerprint tax preparers in large part due to objections raised by the American Institute of CPA’s (AICPA). An excerpt from Accounting Today’s article, IRS Delays Tax Preparer Fingerprinting Requirements, shows IRS chief Doug Schulman, acknowledging  they got the message and have decided “to hold off fingerprinting” while they consider all the information received by “interested parties.”  The AICPA letter to the
[Read More]

If you are considering seeking expert tax help for your back taxes or IRS problems, you might be feeling overwhelmed by the sheer amount of tax attorny and tax relief agencies available. Don’t rush into selecting the first tax resolution service that claims to rid you of your IRS debt for life. That is probably a scam and could cost you a lot more in addition to what you already
[Read More]

The IRS is seeking to return $153 million in undelivered tax refund checks to taxpayers in 2011. A total of 99,123 taxpayers are owed checks, averaging at total of $1547 per check, due to mailing address errors!
If you are one of the taxpayers still waiting to receive your tax relief refund, follow these steps provided by the IRS to get your earned income back where it belongs and how to
[Read More]

If you are a current college student or are considering going back to school to further your education you must know that higher education is expensive. You might be surprised to hear that there is some help in regards to taxes. Students actually have a variety of tax credits available to them, if they know where to look. We recently recommended a comprehensive article by Laura Saunders of the Wall Street
[Read More]

A recent article in Forbes, Officers of Non-profits Face Personal Liabilities for Taxes by Robert Wood made me think about small business, specifically the people behind non-profit organizations (NPO). The well-meaning people who set up NPO’s provide the community at large with charitable programs and services that are usually educational, literary, religious, or scientific in nature. In return, non-profits receive tax-exempt status. By not focusing on putting profits in shareholders
[Read More]