Whether you’re facing an IRS tax audit or need to set up some estate planning, you need to hire a tax attorney. These professionals spend years in school obtaining Bachelor’s degrees, juris doctorates, and even further advanced degrees, such as Master’s degrees and doctorates in accounting, in order to represent…
Receiving a notice from the IRS about a pending tax examination or tax audit can be intimidating. These notices are a sign that your tax return and financial records are going to be scrutinized, and you might have to either go to the IRS office and drop off your information…
While the IRS has spent years developing methods to find and prosecute people and businesses who commit tax fraud, they have recently begun ramping things up in order to make their efforts more effective. As a result, more people are being audited, and even more discrepancies are being found. In…
Audits are not a welcomed entity in anyone’s eyes. So, if you’ve just received a notice informing you of an impending IRS audit, do not panic. In some cases, people or businesses are selected for an audit at random. In others, an IRS audit is triggered by issues with your…
There are few things worse that receiving a notice in the mail of an impending IRS audit. People tend to associate this uncomfortable process with the IRS finding mistakes and assessing bills for hundreds of dollars in penalties and fees. However, it does not have to go that way. There…
When someone, either an individual or a business, fails to submit a yearly tax return, the IRS uses the information that it has available to create one for them. After they do this, they’ll send out a proposed tax assessment, which includes the amount of money that they believe you…
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a number of temporary changes in the tax code, as well as several incentive programs designed to help small businesses stay afloat during this trying time. For example, one option, the Paycheck Protection Program offers loans to small businesses that need the funds to…
It seems at times as though the IRS is an all-knowing, all-powerful entity that no one can escape. You can’t run, and you can’t hide. They know how much money you make, how much you have in your bank and investment accounts, and even how much you won while playing…
Audits are not a welcomed entity in anyone’s eyes. So, if you’ve just received a notice informing you of an impending IRS audit and state audit, do not panic. In some cases, people or businesses are selected for an audit at random. In others, an IRS audit is triggered by…