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…
Oregon: Tax Amnesty Program Enacted Gov. Ted Kulongoski has signed legislation that authorizes the Oregon Department of Revenue (DOR) to initiate a tax amnesty program for taxpayers subject to the corporation excise (income) tax, the personal income tax, the inheritance tax, and the mass transit district tax on self-employment. The…
Louisiana: Tax Amnesty Program Enacted The Louisiana Tax Delinquency Amnesty Act of 2009, which requires the Department of Revenue () to develop and implement a tax amnesty program to be effective for a period not to exceed two consecutive calendar months between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, at…
Top Seven Tips for Taxpayers Starting a New Business IRS Summertime Tax Tip 2009-02 Anyone starting a new business this summer should be aware of their federal tax responsibilities. Here are the top seven things the IRS wants you to know if you plan on opening a new business this…
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…
Registered Warrants Can Pay Your State Income Tax Bill (Sacramento) – The Franchise Tax Board (FTB) announced it accepts California registered warrants (IOUs) as payment of current and past due personal and corporate tax obligations. To pay a tax liability with an IOU, endorse the IOU on the reverse side…
IRS Did Not Fail to Properly Credit Checks Against Married Couple’s Tax Liability (Kovacevich, TCM) The IRS properly credited five checks toward the outstanding tax liability of a law firm and not the individual tax liability of an attorney and his wife. For the tax year at issue, the taxpayer/husband…
Abusive Tax Evasion Schemes Resolve your tax problem and get tax relief today! Examples of Abusive Tax Scheme Investigations – Fiscal Year 2009 The following examples of abusive tax schemes are written from public record documents on file in the courts in the judicial district in which the cases were…
CA New Home Tax Credit Going Fast Sacramento – The Franchise Tax Board (FTB) announced today that the $100 million allocated by the state in new home tax credits will soon be gone. As of June 17, 2009, FTB had received more than 9,800 applications claiming nearly $95 million. Because…