The IRS has recognized that continuing to contact taxpayers with automated collection letters is not appropriate given the millions of pieces of mail the IRS has yet to process over the past six months, or longer. The IRS is interested in being helpful to taxpayers...
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California Businessman Indicted on Tax Charges
The importance of paying over employment taxes cannot be overstated. Larry Kudsk, a Berkeley construction businessman, learned this the hard way recently when he was indicted on seven counts of failing to pay over employment taxes he withheld from employee’s...
National Taxpayer Advocate Delivers Her Annual Report to Congress
Although the IRS performed well under difficult circumstances, Erin Collins, IRS National Taxpayer Advocate, dubbed 2021 the most challenging year taxpayers and tax professionals have ever experienced in her annual report to Congress issued in January. Among top...
One Good Tax-Related Increase
For those taxpayers who plan to reduce their estates by giving annual gifts during their lifetimes, the IRS recently announced that they will be able to increase the donation from $15,000 to $16,000 this year (per taxpayer, per donor). With a federal estate tax of...
Taxpayers Can Protect Their Identities with an IRS Identity Protection PIN
The IRS Identity Protection Personal Identification Number (IP PIN) is a six-digit number assigned to eligible taxpayers to help prevent other people from using their social security numbers or taxpayer identification numbers fraudulently. To obtain an IP PIN online,...
IRS Top 10 Criminal Cases of 2021
From bitcoin exchange owners to a former pastor, the IRS identifies the top 10 criminal cases of 2021 which includes frauds that were committed against charitable organizations, unsuspecting consumers of solar products, illegal investment scams known as Ponzi schemes,...
Malta Pension Funds Deemed Taxable in the U.S.
Receive a pension distribution from a Malta pension fund? If you are a U.S. citizen, you will be unhappy to learn that the distribution is taxable for U.S. purposes, following the discovery of abuse by U.S. taxpayers with no prior connection to Malta. Through a...
IRS Sees Dollar Signs in Marijuana Related Businesses
The IRS has determined it can collect far more in unpaid taxes from Marijuana Related Businesses (MRBs) than other industries ripe for audit. As a result, the IRS has been focusing on MRB audits for civil assessments which in some cases become criminal referrals. If...
Tax Fraud Teacher Charged
Traci Austin, the owner of Emeryville Tax Services in Brentwood, California, has been charged with not only preparing fraudulent tax returns for her clients, but also teaching students how to manipulate returns for profit as well. Austin allegedly charged her students...
Netflix Prevails Over County Tax
The Los Angeles County Superior Court has decided that streaming video providers like Netflix are not subject to local video service provider fees. This decision comes after the City of Lancaster filed a class action lawsuit (City of Lancaster v. Netflix et al.),...
