Tax Relief – Get tax debt relief today Reasonable Cause/Good Faith Defense: Even if the taxpayer did not have substantial authority for a position and failed to make adequate disclosure, the substantial understatement penalty does not apply if the taxpayer had reasonable cause for the tax underpayment and acted in…
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Payroll tax fraud
ORLANDO MAN SENTENCED FOR $181 MILLION PAYROLL-TAX FRAUD Orlando, Florida – United States Attorney A. Brian Albritton announces that U.S. District Judge John Antoon, II, today sentenced Frank L. Amodeo (age 48, of Orlando) to 22 years and six months in federal prison for conspiring to commit wire fraud, to…
Details of IRS Tax Penalties
IRS Tax Penalties in Detail Mike Habib, EA Tax Relief & Tax Problem Resolution The Internal Revenue Code imposes many different kinds of penalties, ranging from civil fines to imprisonment for criminal tax evasion. If you do not file your return and pay your tax by the due date, you…
Summary of IRS tax penalty rules
Summary of IRS tax penalty rules Mike Habib, EA Tax Relief & Tax Problem Resolution Taxpayers who do not file their tax return and pay their tax by the due date may have to pay a penalty. Here are seven things you should know about failure-to-file and failure-to-pay penalties. The…
No More Tax Problems
No More Tax Problems in 2009 Mike Habib, EA Here is a New Year resolution you can’t afford to ignore… No more tax problems!! Yes, you can get rid of your tax problems in 2009. You can solve your tax problems and get tax relief through our tax resolution services.…
Trust Fund Recovery Penalty
Once is enough as far as collection of the trust fund recovery penalty is concerned Chief Counsel Advice 200838027 The IRS has issued a new Chief Counsel Advice (CCA) on the trust fund recovery penalty. The IRS notes that the CCA may not be used or cited as precedent. IRC…
WHFIT & WHMT Tax Relief
IRS provides WHFIT penalty relief for 2008 and WHMT reporting relief for 2007 Notice 2008-77, 2008-40 IRB In a Notice, IRS has informed trustees and middlemen of widely held fixed investment trusts (WHFITs) that it will not assert penalties under Reg. § 1.671-5(m) (dealing with WHFIT reporting rules) for calendar…
IRS Tax Help for IRS Tax Problems
IRS Tax Help by Mike Habib, EA UNFILED BACK TAX RETURNS Do you have back tax returns that are Unfiled? Are you missing the records and forms necessary to file your tax returns? I have the experience and procedures to help you in reconstructing the records necessary to file your…
Hiding Income Offshore?
To disclose or not to disclose, that is the question. Hiding Income Offshore is not the way to go. Mike Habib, EA For years, offshore accounts have been a hot topic in popular culture and for the IRS; most recently Liechtenstein has been mentioned, however the IRS is interested in…
Tax Return Preparer Fraud
If It Seems Too Good to Be True, It Probably Is Tax Return Preparer Fraud Mike Habib, EA Dishonest tax return preparers can cause many problems for taxpayers who fall victim to their schemes. These scam artists make their money in a number of ways including skimming a portion of…