As the economy grows gloomier, identity thieves are getting more desperate and creative to trick people into paying up. The latest IRS warning urges  people to be cautious of identity theft scams that involve using the IRS name, logo, and web address to fool people into believing the IRS is contacting them to request personal information.
Protect your finances and personal information from identity thieves by staying alert and cautious around
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For small business owners, it can get tricky in gloomy economic times to keep up with making payroll tax deposits to the IRS.  Oftentimes, the challenges could be simply about how to keep the lights on while still paying employees every month.
In recent months, the IRS has been pressured to close down on the $345 billion a year tax gap by going after the largest contributor of this tremendous sum
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An Essex County, N.J., man who sells watches and other merchandise through Internet sites such as eBay pleaded guilty to filing a fraudulent tax return.
Jaime Virtucio, 59, of Bloomfield, pleaded guilty to subscribing to a false personal tax return. At his plea hearing, Virtucio admitted that he received payment from Internet sources, including PayPal and CPS Merchant Services, directly into bank accounts he controlled in return for merchandise he sold
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Robert Henry Anderson, 59, of Bloomington, Ill., pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States and to commit mail fraud.
According to the plea agreement, Anderson conspired with others to defraud the IRS through a fraudulent tax-credit scheme. The Internal Revenue Code permits producers of certain fuels from non-conventional sources to claim a tax credit if the fuels are sold to unrelated third parties. From 2003 through 2006, Anderson and
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Every month I choose a very special Tax Client Of The Month.  It’s my way of acknowledging good friends and saying “thanks” to those who support me and Tax Resolution Services with tax help testimonials, referrals, word of mouth and repeat business.
This month’s Client Of The Month is Mr. Roger Barr.
Mr. Barr hired us for tax audit representation for the tax year of 2006. He owed over $22,000. We successfully reduced his tax
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UBS and the U.S. and Swiss governments are nearing a settlement over the Swiss bank’s forced disclosure of 52,000 names of  U.S. clients suspected of tax evasion.
While the final form of agreement is not yet in place, there are many implications for U.S. taxpayers, including innocent offshore account holders who did not use their Swiss accounts to evade taxes. They may be heavily investigated, so it will be
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The owner of a Texas-based trucking company has been convicted of three counts of making false statements on tax returns filed for the company for tax years 2000 to 2002.
Gladys Nell Bishop is the president of Quality Trucking Inc. in Houston. Trial evidence proved Bishop set up an accounting system at the company and maintained checking accounts at two different banks but only reported checks deposited into one of the
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The owner of several bars in Scottsdale, Ariz., was sentenced to 24 months in prison after pleading guilty to four counts of tax evasion for the year 2003. The total amount evaded was more than $500,000.
Brian C. Roehrich, 40, of Phoenix, attempted to evade the income tax due while he was the president and sole owner of several bars and nightclubs.
At the time of his guilty plea, Roehrich admitted that
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The current gloomy economy has put many ordinary law-abiding taxpayers in IRS trouble for unpaid taxes.
In response to this dire situation, Congress has been working steadfast to create a number of tax breaks for Americans who are struggling to make ends meet. In Feburary of 2009, Congress passed the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The nearly $800 billion economic stimulus package offers significant tax incentives.
However, due to the
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Obama’s latest program to promote environmental-friendliness has recently ran dry of funds. Congress was quick to reassure the American public that the program will continue by allocating $2 billion into the program. The CARS program has been hugely successful and the bill for more funding was passed with the final vote of 316 to 109.
The replenishment of the CARS fund will allow Americans to continue enjoying non-taxable cash vouchers when
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If you deliberately evade taxes by underreporting your income, you cannot always blame your accountant for the discrepancy. Underreporting income to skimp paying taxes is criminal and the penalties can be financially debilitating depending on the amount you owe.
Recently, an individual was convicted for tax evasion because he did not provide sufficient proof that he was unaware of the discrepancy between his reported income and his actual income. CCH (http://tax.cchgroup.com)
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It is extremely dangerous to sit and “ignore” IRS problems because a large accumulation of IRS tax penalties can lead you to eventually lose your home. Recently, an individual whose IRS penalties (debt and interest) were so high, she could not find a suitable alternative to pay back the IRS other than to give up her primary residence.
CCH (http://tax.cchgroup.com) reports:
Levy on Individual’s Principal Residence Judicially Approved
A levy on an
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Don’t let your back taxes add up!  Tax Resolution Services is a team of tax attorneys and tax specialists that can help you!  We even offer tax advice and answer questions – for free! – on our tax blog!  Got a tax question?  Call our office at 10866-IRS-PROBLEMS or visit www.taxresolution.com
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Question: I owe a lot of money in back taxes to the IRS. I’d prefer not to go into details,
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Mark Arthur Henriksen, of Monmouth, Ore., was sentenced to 12 months and a day in prison after pleading guilty to one count of income tax evasion for the 2001 tax year. Henriksen was a principal of Applied Technical Systems, a business in Lake Oswego. Henriksen evaded the assessment of his income taxes in 2001 by instructing employees of ATS to make his bonus checks payable not to him but instead
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Georgia resident Yolanda Canty and Jacqueline Kier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government following an IRS investigation that discovered their fraudulent tax-refund scheme.
The pair was involved in a scheme to file false tax returns based on fabricated W-2 forms in their own names and in the names of others.
Most of the “taxpayers” had no knowledge of the returns being filed in their names.
They would persuade individuals to provide
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