This month I came across a couple of interesting articles from my StumbleUpon I wanted to share with you. Here is a recap of tax news covering topics on all things tax, from news on Innocent Spouse relief, giving to charity, tax scams and more celebrities tax problems.
IRS does ‘the right thing’ for the ‘innocent spouse’ – Michelle Singletary discusses the IRS and their decision to remove the two-year limitation
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I came across an article called Individual Taxation: Digest of Recent Developments that summarizes recent changes and developments on individual taxation. The article goes into a good amount of detail to outline both last and this year’s tax regulation changes that will affect individual consumers. I highlighted some “best of’s” from the individual taxation article below. It is important to keep informed on tax law changes as most of these changes in taxation
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There are a myriad of reasons why people have tax issues.  In my decade plus of expertise in guiding people to resolve theirs, I’ve just about seen them all. Our tax mediation firm specializes in working with the IRS to secure the best deal for clients seeking relief for their tax problems. Years of practice in careful listening and observing combined with a brazen approach and natural proclivity
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The Government Wants Your Money – was a timely theme for this old interview I did with Fox Business News’ Brian Sullivan (see the video below). Our candid discussion outlined policy changes within the IRS and their stepped up enforcement efforts in the name of tax collection. While the country is slowly digging out of a deep economic hole, it’s not surprising to see the IRS building a solid foundation
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Being audited by the IRS can be a scary and stressful situation. Whether you are being audited for tax problems from investment mishaps, offshore accounts or any other reason, it is important to make sure a tax professional is there to make your audit goes as smoothly as possible. Karen E. Klein of the LA Times offers great advice to a reader about to be audited:
Karen: You answered a question
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Laguna Beach resident Stephen McDow woke up one day to find that the IRS had deposited a refund of $110,000 into his checking account. And so he spent it; Over the course of a year McDow spent more than half of the money in paying off his student loan debt, his mortgage and towards the purchase of a new. The catch… the refund did not belong to McDow and it
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Today’s Tax Resolution Tip:
Are you self-employed? Make your tax filing easier by creating a ‘tax’ account. Then place 30% of every dollar for Social Security, Income Tax and FICA  into that account and use it to make quarterly payments from it.
Avoid filing problems and make your life easier!
Do you owe back taxes to the IRS? Settle your debt with expert tax help. Check out our tax relief FAQs for more information
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Today’s Tax Resolution Tip:
Quick tax lessons: The Statute of Limitations are laws regarding IRS timings:
- The IRS have 3 years to issue a refund to consumers
- The IRS have 3 years to audit your tax return
- The IRS have 10 years to collect any tax due from consumers
Find our more about the Statute of Limitations and expiration of back taxes. For more tax help, check out our tax relief FAQs and keep
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Today’s Tax Resolution Tip:
Staying organized! Organization is important, and when it comes to taxes keeping track of your expenses is no different. With summer in full swing, make sure you’re keeping all receipts (business lunch anyone?). Scanning in your receipts is one way to keep on top of tax season. You can use products like ‘Neat Receipt‘ or even scanning receipts with your smart phone. The IRS has accepted scanned
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Today’s Tax Resolution Tip:
Tax rules regarding spouses are changing. Check out the article, A New Push To Protect Spouses recently posted on the Wall Street Journal. The rules for protecting spouses from their partner’s tax wrong doings do not always work. At the moment, both Congress and the IRS are rethinking them. If you’re a spouse, make sure you’re in the loop! You need to be aware of your rights.
For
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I am very excited to announce that the Stevie Awards has named me as a finalist for the Executive of the Year in 2011!
Started in 2002, the Stevie Awards has been honoring and generating public recognition of the accomplishments and positive contributions of the companies and business people worldwide each year.
Other finalists for Executive of the Year include Maryann Von Seggern of Cisco, Talbott Roche from Blackhawk Network, and Michael
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Check out this week’s edition of Tax Help News Round Up – bringing you news for anything and everything tax! At Tax Resolution Services, Co. we offer expert tax help not only by fighting on your behalf to settle back taxes and resolve any IRS debt, but we strive to educate consumers on tax news and developments to be aware of. The tax world is not stagnant – just because
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I’m happy to share with you this recent good news: I have been selected by an independent judging panel made up of previous winners of the award, leading CEOs, and private capital investors and other regional business leaders to be a semi-finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
This award is meant to recognize innovative, market-leading
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Have you heard of the Dirty Dozen? The IRS calls them “frivolous arguments,” which are 12 frivolous tax arguments you should keep away from.
They usually involve tax scams predicated on ridiculous claims that you don’t have to pay income taxes because of X or you can become exempt from paying income taxes by doing Y.
Every year, in fact, the U.S. Tax Court hears from hundreds, sometimes thousands, of people who
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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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