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Justice Department Ramps Up Tax Avoidance & Fraud Investigations
ByMark April 22, 2021December 31, 2021
Taxpayers are being urged to pay careful attention to the upcoming reporting and filing obligations according to the Department of Justice’s Tax Division. Willfully filing false tax returns or deliberate tax avoidance are serious criminal offenses. “Our criminal prosecutors are prepared for tax filing season too,” said Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Stuart M. Goldberg…
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Unpaid Taxes Might Curtail Your International Travel Plans
ByMark April 7, 2021May 10, 2021
In 2018 the Internal Revenue Service, at the direction of Congress, began a new policy of instructing the U.S. State Department to revoke or refuse to renew passports of taxpayers who owed $54,000 or more in unpaid taxes. Last year, due to Coronavirus concerns, the program was put on hold. Now it is back. What…
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Can a Good Tax Attorney Really Help Reduce Your Taxes?
ByMark March 22, 2021April 13, 2021
The answer is a very strong YES. Whether the case involves a failure to file tax returns, the failure to pay all of the taxes that are owed for prior years, the involvement in a bad investment, a spouse who did not pay all of the family’s tax, or a troublesome audit of your return,…
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The Taxpayer Bill of Rights Series: The Right to Pay No More than the Correct Amount of Tax
ByMark February 17, 2021August 23, 2023
Taxpayers have the right to pay only the amount of tax legally due, including interest and penalties, and to have the IRS apply all tax payments properly.
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Collection Agencies Will Now Be Helping The IRS Collect Back Taxes
ByMark December 30, 2020April 13, 2021
Originally published at AVVO.com Pursuant to a law passed by Congress last year, the IRS has hired four private debt collection agencies to contact taxpayers about their back taxes. This is highly unusual, and can cause fear and confusion among citizens who owe tax, but also have heard of the many tax scams currently going…
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Understanding Bankruptcy and IRS Law: Can I Get Rid of my Tax Debt?
By April 8, 2018January 25, 2021
There is an age-old saying – the two things in life that are guaranteed are death and taxes. Surprisingly, when tax law intersects with bankruptcy law, some taxes may actually be dischargeable in bankruptcy. Understanding taxes and how they are handled in bankruptcy can be complex. If you are considering bankruptcy, you will want to…
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How Can Natural Disasters Affect My Tax Filings?
By March 17, 2018July 22, 2021
In most years, for most people, natural disasters play no part in filing their federal income tax returns. Nonetheless, 2017 was that rare year when natural disasters likely affected millions of tax filings. In August and September 2017, three powerful hurricanes in rapid succession struck U.S. territory: Hurricane Harvey created historic flooding in Texas, Hurricane…
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Innocent Spouse Cases
By December 28, 2017June 14, 2023
Innocent spouses shouldn’t suffer IRS collection actions when they aren’t to blame for errors on a tax return, but you’ll need an aggressive tax attorney in your corner.
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Mediating an IRS Dispute
By December 19, 2017January 19, 2018
Sometimes the IRS makes mistakes. And when they do, you should fight to receive a fair and just result. Fortunately, the IRS has created an appeals process that involves negotiated settlement instead of litigation, which can save you time and money. However, you shouldn’t appeal any IRS decision without an experienced IRS tax lawyer by…
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Can I Ask the IRS to Reconsider an Audit?
By December 10, 2017January 10, 2018
Going through an audit is bad enough as is, but what happens if at the end of the process you think the IRS is wrong about how much you owe? Helpfully, a process exists to ask for reconsideration. You must carefully follow the correct steps to ask the IRS to take a fresh look at…
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Tax Collections

Justice Department Ramps Up Tax Avoidance & Fraud Investigations

Unpaid Taxes Might Curtail Your International Travel Plans

Can a Good Tax Attorney Really Help Reduce Your Taxes?

The Taxpayer Bill of Rights Series: The Right to Pay No More than the Correct Amount of Tax

Collection Agencies Will Now Be Helping The IRS Collect Back Taxes

Understanding Bankruptcy and IRS Law: Can I Get Rid of my Tax Debt?

How Can Natural Disasters Affect My Tax Filings?

Innocent Spouse Cases

Mediating an IRS Dispute

Can I Ask the IRS to Reconsider an Audit?

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