The Obama Administration is continuing aggressive efforts to stamp out tax crime by appointing the right people with the right experience to get the job done. A recent Bloomberg article entitled, Keneally Confirmed to Lead Justice Department Tax Division announced Senate confirmation of Kathryn Keneally as the assistant attorney general of the Justice Department’s tax division. She is expected to continue the crackdown of tax crimes such as identity theft
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Retired and on a fixed income, our client Carol and her husband ended up owing the IRS $18,000 after a bad real estate situation.  With no options, Carol started to do some research and discovered the great help Tax Resolution Services had done for others in her situation. Tax Resolution Services negotiated with the IRS and Carol and her husband’s IRS debt was reduced to $5300. To hear Carol’s personal
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Our client Bill was incredibly ill and racked up three years of failure to file his tax returns. All said and done, Bill owed the IRS $66,000 dollars in taxes, penalties and fines. With nowhere to run and no means to pay the full amount, Bill turned to Tax Resolution Services for help.  The Tax Resolution Services team was able to step in and help Bill to clear his debt
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As an independent contractor, Sharon fell behind on her quarterly estimated taxes, resulting in penalties and back taxes totaling $93,000. When Sharon knew she would never be able to catch up she turned to Tax Resolution Services to help negotiate down her penalties, saving her around $70,000 dollars. You can listen to Sharon’s story below to hear how Tax Resolution Services helped her:
Tax Resolution Service Client Testimonial: Sharon

If you are
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As a self employed individual trying to make it, Sharon ran into huge IRS problems when she fell behind on her quarterly estimated tax payments. The penalties were horrific and in the end Sharon ended up owing around $93,000 dollars in back taxes and fines. That’s when Sharon decided to call Brian at Tax Resolution Services.  TRS stepped in to take over Sharon’s dealing with the IRS and we were
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In recent U.S. Tax Court News, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, who owed $34,000 in back taxes and didn’t pay all of it until Obama nominated him, was not granted penalty abatement. His defense that he relied on TurboTax to prompt him to pay his self- employment taxes was rejected and does not excuse him from penalty or errors on his tax return.
I know from negotiating cases with the IRS day
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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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For self-employed taxpayers whose taxes are not automatically deducted by their employer, it is especially important that they stay on top of their tax returns to avoid IRS penalties. Income from interest and proceeds due to real estate and stock sales are considered taxable income. If you receive money from your real estate or stock sales and do not report these revenues as taxable income, you are inviting yourself
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With today’s tax scam horror stories and so many choices for tax lawyers, choosing the right tax attorney may seem a daunting task. When you’re faced with IRS tax problems such as back taxes and delinquent tax returns, there are many different tax attorneys in the yellow book who will “deal” with these issues. How do you know that you’ve chosen the correct representation for your unique situation? You must
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Some lawmakers have asked the IRS to stop imposing what they say are excessive penalties on small businesses that use questionable tax shelters.
These businesses are being hit with big fines – an unintended consequence of a law aimed at corporations that use the shelters to avoid taxes. The IRS penalties, which can reach $300,000 a year, are automatic under the law.
The 2004 law setting up the automatic penalties was designed
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A recent article in the Wall Street Journal looked at how the broad-based tax increases may be just around the corner in 2009 as many state budgets are being ravaged by the recession.  There may also be a push to boost personal income taxes as well as state sales taxes.
The article suggested a few revenue tricks for states to employ to stave off major tax increases including:
Dangling tax amnesties. Offering
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Tune in to Strictly Business on BlogTalkRadio.com on Thursday, December 4 at 12:00 PM to learn about what you can do if you are a business owner or individual struggling to overcome your tax burdens.
Stop looking over your shoulder in fear of the IRS! Obtain the knowledge to be proactive in finding solutions to break free from the crushing burden of financial woe.
I will be discussing some insider secrets of
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Funnyman and U.S. Senate Candidate Al Franken told the Associated Press he’s paying about $70,000 in back income taxes and penalties he’s racked up in 17 states since 2003.
Franken is a former Saturday Night Live cast member known for his liberal commentary whose his recent IRS troubles are certain to threaten his Minnesota Senate candidacy.
The remarkable thing about this case is the man who has sent Franken’s campaign reeling. Republican
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The IRS Offer in Compromise program provides taxpayers that owe the IRS more than they could ever afford to pay, the opportunity to pay a small amount as a full and final settlement.

This program also allows taxpayers that do not agree that they owe the tax or feel that the tax has been incorrectly calculated, a chance to file an Offer in Compromise and have their tax liabilities
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