Getting Tax Relief Help By Mike Habib, EA Even when you’re really careful about filing your income tax returns, something’s always bound to go wrong when you least expect it. It’s not uncommon to find even the most discerning and meticulous individuals and businesses to find themselves searching for tax…
Thinking of hiring a $5000 tax attorney? HOLD IT. If you do not qualify for an IRS Offer in Compromise, an attorney CANNOT help you. That’s $5000 down the drain. Many of the unnamed tax attorneys that advertise are nothing but fast-talking salesmen trying to get your money without really…
CEO of Long Distance Phone Service Reseller Personally Liable for Unremitted Taxes (Brinskele, FedCl) An individual who was the chairman, president and CEO (“the CEO”) of a company that resold long distance telephone service had to pay the IRS an assessed penalty plus interest. The term “markup,” in the context…
IRS May Mine Mortgage Data To Flush Out Tax Cheats Source: Dow Jones WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Internal Revenue Service might scrutinize mortgage interest data more closely to help catch tax cheats, after prompting from an IRS auditor. The tax collector said it will study whether it should make greater…
IRS Urgent Letters and Notices That YOU MUST ATTEND TO Mike Habib, EA IRS Audit & Examination Letters Letter 525 – General 30 Day Letter This letter accompanies a report giving you a computation of the proposed adjustments to your tax return. It informs you of the courses of action…
Hawaii Cash Economy Enforcement Act of 2009 On June 18, 2009, Governor Linda Lingle signed Senate Bill 972 SD2, HD1, CD1 into law as Act 134, the “Cash Economy Enforcement Act of 2009.” This Act provides the department with additional resources and tools to target high-risk, cash-based transactions to shore…
Florida Department of RevenueAdministrative Collection Processing Fee Beginning September 1, 2009 Effective May 30, 2009, a new law imposes a 10 percent administrative collection processing fee on any outstanding debt older than 90 days. The fee is equal to 10 percent of the total amount of tax, penalty, and interest…
IRS Releases List of Transactions of Interest (Notice 2009-55) The IRS has provided a list of transactions that have been identified by the Service as “transactions of interest.” The IRS will consider transactions similar to any of the transactions on the list to be transactions of interest for purposes of…
Construction Industry Tax Issues Accumulated Earnings Tax Closely held C corporations are more likely to accumulate earnings and profits beyond the reasonable needs of the business in order to avoid income taxes on its shareholders than are large C corporations. Each accumulated earnings case is unique. No pro forma guide…
Enrolled Agent vs. Tax Attorney / Tax Lawyer Dealing with tax problems entails a good amount of hard work and stress, which is why it is not advisable to deal with such problems on your own. It requires that you have a fair understanding not only of the taxation process…