An abusive tax shelter generally offers inflated tax savings which are disproportionately greater than your actual investment placed at risk. Usually you invest money to generate income or capital appreciation but an abusive tax shelter generates little or no income or capital appreciation, and/or the...
The Tax Credit for Employee Health Insurance Expenses of Small Employers is part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which was signed into law in March of 2010. The Act makes a credit available to small employers who pay at least 50% of...
The purpose of the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative (OVDI) as I understand it today is to provide reasonable assurance to a taxpayer who comes forward, before an investigation is started, that if they truthfully disclose all facts and circumstances about their unreported offshore account and...
Okay this is fun, writing about employee stock options that is. The biggest thing that kicked me in the jimmy as it were was the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) obligation associated with Incentive Stock Options that were exercised (converted to stock) but the underlining stock...
IF you find yourself 'running out of time' on the 90 day period, filing a tax court petition and paying court fees and representing yourself pro-se or hiring a tax court lawyer are last choice decisions. They are costly and tax court I hate to...
The Colorado state Vendor's Fee also known as the sales tax Service Fee has been restored at 2.22%. The fee may be claimed on timely filed and paid Colorado sales tax returns submitted on or after July 1, 2011 beginning with sales tax returns for June...
Regardless of the type of restaurant one fact that is consistent when it comes to IRS audits is that all restaurants have numerous sales transactions with small(er) dollar amounts, taking place in a short time frame, such as during lunch or dinner. Many restaurants, especially...
According to the Internal Revenue Manual Chapter 5.14.2.1.1 a full Collection Information Statement is required for all Partial Payment Installment Agreements (PPIA's). IRS Forms 433A or 433B must be completed to determine the taxpayer’s ability to pay Conditional expenses are not allowed for PPIAs. Only necessary...
According to IR-2011-20 published on Feb. 24, 2011, in its latest effort to help struggling taxpayers, the Internal Revenue Service announced a series of new steps to help people get a fresh start with their tax liabilities. The goal is to help individuals and small businesses...
Complete IRS Form 12153, Request for a Collection Due Process or Equivalent Hearing, or other written request with the same information and send it to the address shown on your lien or levy notice. To request an equivalent hearing, you must check the Equivalent Hearing box on line 6 of...