Countdown to tax day: 13 days
Small businesses look for ways to save money and especially this time of year as they evaluate their tax credits and deductions to make sure they get the tax relief they need. Yet for those employers who provide health insurance for their employees, they may not know they are eligible to claim a healthcare tax credit that could save them money.
A March 2012 IRS bulletin
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Tax day Countdown: 15 days left until April 17. With only two weeks left, I want to encourage taxpayers to start the year off right and resolve any back tax issues they may be facing. It is doubly important if those issues include unreported foreign income and offshore accounts. A recent March IRS bulletin entitled IRS Offers Tax Tips for Taxpayers with Foreign Income reminds us that U.S. citizens and
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Once again, we have celebrities in the news facing tough IRS problems.  The most recent failure to file tax case involves the sons of the late Sylvia and Joe Robinson who in the late 70’s formed the Sugar Hill Records label and created hip-hop’s first commercial hit, the Sugar Hill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight.” According to an NJ.com article entitled From ‘Rapper’s Delight’ to tariff-collector fight: sons of hip-hop pioneers face
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The latest chapter of the IRS versus the Swiss bank saga shows just how far some Swiss bankers are willing to go to protect assets of their wealthy American clients from IRS detection. A Bloomberg article Swiss “Tax Evasion Advisers” Hid Assets, Used Kids reports on two recently indicted Swiss tax evasion advisors and their role in helping U.S. clients hide hundreds of millions of dollars from tax authorities using
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As we are in the tax day homestretch, I have noticed a hefty percentage of articles in the financial pages that naturally have to do with taxes.  A series by Forbes’ Kelly Phillips Erb Taxes: A-Z offers insight into tax issues that many might be facing as they are tackling (or avoiding) their yearly tax obligation.
Her article L is for Levy highlighted the IRS levy and those who avoid the
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The Obama Administration and the Department of Treasury are continuing their aggressive efforts to catch tax evaders.  One strategy they are considering is a collaboration between the IRS and local law enforcement agencies to help catch people committing tax fraud, tax evasion and identity theft crimes.  Canada Free Press journalist Jim Kouri wrote an article entitled IRS may draft cops to catch tax cheats, official tells Senate to report on
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The IRS has announced it will give needed tax relief to farmers who could not properly file their taxes due to not receiving their 1099 by the March 1 deadline from the now defunct MF Global.  A Reuters article entitled IRS Waives Fines for Farmers Missing Tax Info from MF Global reports that farmers who underreported their taxes because of missing information from MF Global will not be penalized.
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In case you haven’t noticed, the IRS is doing quite well collecting taxes from wealthy Americans. An article in the LA Times by Tiffany Hsu titled IRS collected $2.4 trillion in taxes, audited more multimillionaires demonstrates how IRS audits of millionaires has helped to contribute to the first revenue increases the IRS has seen since 2008.
From October 2010 through September 2011, the IRS collected $2.4 trillion in taxes from 234
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As April 17th draws near, it’s important that taxpayers have information to prevent any IRS tax issues from occurring to them. In a previous blog post called IRS Warns of Dirty Dozen Tax Scams, I highlighted in detail the top four most common tax scams circulating throughout the tax system so that our readers would not fall victim to “IRS deals” and false promises that could ultimately hurt their
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While taxpayers are allowed to represent themselves before the IRS, it doesn’t mean they should. There are instances where hiring a tax resolution expert such as a tax attorney or certified tax resolution specialist is highly recommended especially if your personal or business tax problems are too large, complicated and risky to handle on you own.
For example cases that involve IRS audit, IRS criminal prosecution, payroll/corporate tax issues and IRS
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“How the U.S. wound up with the income tax is the story of two wars, a Supreme Court justice on his death bed, and Donald Duck” begins an article from NPR’s Planet Money Team entitled From Abe Lincoln to Donald Duck, the Story of the Income Tax. This interesting article illuminates the obstacles income taxes faced so that ultimately every citizen was responsible to pay their share to help the
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Hot off the Reuters newswire is an article entitled IRS Forms “SWAT Team” for Tax Dodger Crackdown that confirms the IRS’ intent on collecting taxes and in this case, going after one of the most difficult sources; multinational corporations. The IRS has stepped up efforts to go after businesses that shift money from country to country in an attempt to limit their corporate tax liabilities. While The IRS has attempted
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A previous blog post entitled Tax Advocate Warns Taxpayers Rights at Risk mentioned the release of the annual report to Congress by National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson.
Olson, an outspoken official whose staff works within the IRS to resolve taxpayers tax issues, was very critical of several IRS practices and processes that end up putting taxpayers last.
In the Forbes article IRS Advocate: New Taxpayer Rights Crisis Is Brewing detailing the
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In a recent episode of my guest appearance as the TaxMan on the Big Biz Show, we discussed two tax plans aimed at wealthy taxpayers that intend to reduce the deficit; the Zuckerberg tax and the Buffet Rule. We also spoke on ways to prevent identity theft schemes and avoid the IRS problems they bring. Here are the subjects we covered:
Zuckerberg Tax
This tax could move the needle more in the
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This March has been epic! Not only did we launch TaxMan TV on the Biz TV Network early this month, I have been invited to share tax relief tips on Midday Sunday Fox 11 with host Tony Valdez, that airs on Sunday, March 18 at 9am/PST.
I appreciate the opportunity to speak on a subject I know so well; tax debt resolution. I think what makes me uniquely qualified is
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