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The Internal Revenue Service has launched a new initiative "designed to more quickly identify employers who are falling behind on their payroll or employment taxes and then help them get caught up on their payment and reporting responsibilities."The initiative will...
Being accused of violating state or federal tax laws is a very stressful situation to be in. Not only are the consequences severe if you are found guilty, the state and federal tax systems are both extremely complex. This video explains what action a person should...
Today the IRS announced the release of the Criminal Investigation 2015 Annual Report. The report covers current investigative priorities, statistics on investigations and prosecutions, staffing decreases, summaries of high profile prosecutions, and a variety of other...
Individuals and businesses often take advantage of the benefits offshore banking provides. You may have opened an account to ensure that you get to keep more of your hard-earned money with a favorable tax rate. You may have used a trust or foundation to protect your...
The IRS now recognizes same-sex marriage for income tax purposes as well as estate, gift, generation-skipping and employment tax, following the recent Supreme Court holding that state bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional, Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 US ___...
The tax code is highly complex. Yet, any number of mistakes and missteps may result in interest and penalties that can outweigh the cost of your initial tax liability. Under some circumstances, you could face criminal charges and jail time.With consequences such as...
The IRS continues to battle identity theft of taxpayers and is proactive for 2016 filing with its authenticity verification test when taxpayers e-file their income tax returns. The IRS is working with specific Payroll Service Providers to use a verification code on a...
The IRS' federal advisory committee, known as the Information Reporting Program Advisory Committee (IRPAC), has issued its 2015 report identifying several areas in need of improvement including a revision of certain forms, improvements to the IRS use of FAQs and...
California law remains out of conformity with the federal statutory exclusion for certain discharges of qualified principal residence indebtedness for discharges of indebtedness occurring on or after January 1, 2014. However, as explained in detail in FTB's February...
The Law Office of Williams & Associates, PC has been informed that the California Employment Development Department has recently won at least two administrative decisions against Uber in appeals of Obstructed Claims for Unemployment Insurance Benefits, before the...
