Posts Tagged ‘unfiled tax return’

Your Unfiled Delinquent Tax Return Checklist: Stop the IRS Now and Avoid Steep Interest and Penalties from Accumulating

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

Unfiled delinquent tax returns can weigh on you like a disease. Every unfiled delinquent tax return eats at you, year after year, compounding fear until you feel hopeless. So if you’ve got a late delinquent tax return, follow the simple steps outlined in this unfiled delinquent tax return checklist and get expert help from a tax attorney or a Certified Tax Resolution Specialist to check the IRS off your worry
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Reasonable Cause Not Established for Failure to Timely File Returns and Pay Taxes; Penalty Imposed

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Failure to file your legally required tax returns can cause you to incur significant penalties and may be construed as a criminal (misdemeanor and potentially a felony!) act by the IRS. However, there are circumstances where an individual may have “reasonable cause” for not filing or paying taxes due (divorce, job loss, death in the family, illness, etc).
The law allows for the abatement of penalties for reasonable cause, which is
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Kansan Responds to IRS with Tax Protestor Material

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

When IRS agents contacted Gregory E. Pflum, 38, St. Marys, Kan., he responded by giving them materials supplied by lawyers and tax advisers who were part of a tax protester movement. Pflum challenged the tax system and told IRS officials he did not intend to pay income taxes.Now, Pflum has pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to evade income taxes by failing to file a tax return.
Pflum’s father, David
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FORMER ARIZ. RESIDENT GETS 1 YEAR FOR INCOME TAX EVASION

Monday, June 4th, 2007

Robert N. Shearburn, Sr., 66, of Washougal, Washington, and formerly of Glendale, Ariz., was sentenced to 12 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to making and subscribing to a materially false tax return.Shearburn admitted he had signed and filed a tax return for the year 2000 that he knew contained false information. Shearburn said he filed the U.S. Individual Income Tax Return that falsely reported his adjusted gross income
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Texas Businessman Gets Fives Months

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

Wesley Craig Ownby, a Tarrant County, Texas, businessman, was sentenced to five months in prison to be followed by 150 days of home confinement. Ownby pleaded guilty to one count of failing to file an income tax return.
A real estate professional, Ownby admitted in court documents he knew of the requirement to file a federal income tax return and that he wilfully failed to do so for the calendar year
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