Posts Tagged ‘tax relief for innocent spouse’

Joint Tax Return Issues? What Marriage Means to Taxes

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011

An article I just wrote about, Innocent Spouse Relief highlights a couple’s need for better understanding that after saying the “I dos” for better or for worse, each spouse inherits the other’s tax history. Should the marital bliss fade, the couple’s tax liability will not.
The reason for this is simple: the IRS views couples as individuals and holds both taxpayers responsible, commonly referred to as “joint and severally liable”. This means
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Is Tax Relief for an Innocent Spouse Possible When Man Claims $5 in Income?

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

I see tax cases every day where a person has evaded taxes, hidden assets, failed to file a tax return and more.  What happens to their spouse (or ex-spouse) if they had nothing to do with the bad tax decisions of their partner?  These situations occur and the IRS has set up a provision for people in this situation, provided that they qualify.  It is known as Innocent Spouse Relief (or
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Innocent Spouse Tax Relief May Help Wife of Louisiana Mayor Guilty of Tax Evasion, Corruption

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

We all know that accepting bribes is not acceptable.  Call it what you may, “gifts and gratuities”, but we all know that a person with a governing position, like a mayor, who accepts gifts and gratuities is basically accepting a bribe.  When the bribe happens to be cash, or something of great cash value, it is still taxable.  But because it is a bribe, the mayor decides to evade taxes
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