Using a Subchapter S Corporation to Reduce Payroll Taxes for a Sole Proprietorship or Partnership?
IRS Provides Guidance on Whistleblower Informant Program
Hiring A Tax Attorney to Abate A Tax Penalty
Innocent Spouse Relief Refund Claims
Qui Tam Settlements and the Tax Benefit Rule
IRS Details the Federal Income Tax Consequences of Gift Cards
Reporting Requirements for ISOs and ESPPs
Discharging Tax Debts in Bankruptcy: The Three Year Look-Back Period
Finding Tax Savings in a Lost Marriage: The Taxation of Alimony
IRS Recognizes Employee Tool and Equipment Plans
The Private Trust Company
New IRS Collection Tool: The “Disqualified Employment Tax Levy”
Interesting Interest Abatement Case: Getting Interest Abated Can be Challenging
Unpaid Taxes and Assets Held by Third Parties
U.S. International Tax Withholding and Reporting Requirements
Considering the Tax Return Preparer Penalty
Sluggish Economy May Help Taxpayers With Unpaid Tax Debts
Unique Tax Issues Faced by Pilots and Other Interstate Transportation Employees
A Smattering of Tax Measure Legislation
IRS Spin on the Corporate Income Tax
There is no Place Like Home (or is There?)
Use of Tax Fraud Resources
To Be a Tax Controversy Attorney….
Court Says No Fraud, So IRS Finds Friendlier Court
Tax Evasion Twist
Payroll Taxes: The Single Member LLC Owner (Again)
Real Estate Purchase Price Reduction
Doctrine of Substantial Compliance
2007 Tax Planning Figures
Paying Employment Taxes
Tax and Divorce Planning
Non-Profit No More
Taxation of Employee Donated Sick Leave
Taxpayer Anctics: Taxpayer Convictions
IRS Tax Attorney Office Reorganizes
City of Chicago Takes Church Property For Un-Owed Taxes
Florida Department of Revenue Harasses Taxpayer
Prepayment: to Deduct in Year 1 or Year 2?
Tax Blog URL Has Changed!
Offer in Compromise: The Coming Storm?
“We the People Foundation” Loses Court Battle, Wins Publicity
Tax Overpayments in Bankruptcy
Part 2: One Tax Attorney’s Opinion on How the IRS Could Improve
How Could the IRS Improve: One Tax Attorney’s Opinion
Disgruntled Ex-Spouses or Just Good Tax Procedure?
Two Taxpayers Commit Tax Fraud: Should They Get Separate Trials?
IRS Says When a Grape is No Longer a Grape
Yet Another Lottery-Related Tax Question
Does Anyone Really Win the Lottery?
IRS Obtains Promissory Note: Can it Collect on the Note?
“Rule of Thumb:” IRS Employees Not Subject to Ethical or Moral Standards
IRS Incentive to Delay Processing Cases: Extra Tax Penalties & Interest
Section 104 Survives Non-Murphy Constitutional Challenge
IRS Uses Taxpayer Records to Secure Tax Fraud Conviction
IRS Estate Tax Liens Might Not be as Helpful/Harmful as One Would Think
The IRS Appeals Office is NOT Independent or Unbiased
IRS Tax Attorneys Disagree With Courts on Tax Restitution
Referrals/Leads Group is Not a Tax Exempt Entity
Courts Should Not Rely on Information from the Wikipedia
Health Reimbursement Arrangements: Employer-Provided Medical Coverage
Tournament Poker Accorded Same Tax Treatment as Live-Action Poker
Automoble Dealerships Present Unique Challenges for the IRS
Tax Court Small Tax Case Procedures Do Not Apply to All Tax Cases
Common Small Business Tax Trouble: Hobby Losses
Traditional Estate Tax Planning Will Now Have to Include Sophisticated Income Tax Planning
IRS Data Gathering: I Couldn’t Have Said it Better Myself
Reconsidering Murphy: Restorative Payments vs. Return of Human Capital
IRS Clarifies Real Estate Broker Filing Requirement - Again
Tax Court Judge Can Rewrite Facts of Case That He/She Did Not Hear
Another Example of Why Taxpayers Should Hire a Tax Attorney
Tax Free IRA Rollovers as Short-Term Loans: Two Examples of What Not to Do
Tax Attorney Gets Taxpayer Favorable Sentence: Court Says Not So Fast
Race, Discrimination, Schools — and the IRS?
How Tax Attorneys Use Statutory Construction
Audit Defense: An Open Invitation to Play the Audit Lottery?
Taxpayer is a Day Late: IRS Attorney Prevails
Prisoners Still Filing False Tax Returns: Yet Another Problem Facing the IRS
Doctor Battles IRS Summons (and Loses)
New IRS Tax Lien Regulations Issued
Tax Attorney Prevails Due to IRS Attorney Oversight
IRS Interest on Employment Taxes Can be Problematic
Taxation of Employer Provided Education: A Look At Section 127 Plans
Congress Works on the Ineffective and Poorly Administered IRS Informants Reward Program
Congress Enhances IRS Tax Penalty & Creates a New Penalty In the Process
Taxpayers Cannot Record IRS Telephone Interviews
Taxing Online Video Game Earnings
Tax Protestor has Constitutional Right to Choose his Tax Attorney
IRS Attorney Shows Up for Court, But That Is About All He Does
Taxpayer Prevails in Substantial Understatement Penalty
Five Things to do to Prepare for an IRS Audit
Documentation is Everything in Some Tax Cases
Should the IRS be Able to Rewrite Tax Laws that it Doesn’t Agree With?
IRS “Its All or Nothing” Stance Often Helps Taxpayers
Section 44 Small Business Disabled Access Credit Considerations
What Are the Chances of Being Audited?
IRS Statistics: Useful Information or Useless Propaganda?
An Example of How Our Tax Laws Favor the Wealthy
Merriam-Webster Dictionary Definition Not Sufficient to Support IRA Deduction
New Higher Business Expense Deduction May Decrease IRS Audits
IRS Appeals Arbitration Program
New Higher Business Expense Deduction May Decrease IRS Audits
Tax Resolution Firm Job Posting: The Industry Needs to be Regulated….
French Exempt Low Wage Employees from Payroll Taxes: Could it Work in the US?
New Offer in Compromise Article
Interest on IRS Tax Debts
Deducting Investment Advisor Fees Paid by Trusts
Colorado Tax Attorney Contests IRS Bypass Letter
The Realities of Working with the IRS….
Compensatory Damages May Not be Taxable: Let the Tax Refunds Begin
Increased Fees for IRS Tax Installment Agreements
The IRS "Last Known Address" Rule
Employment or Payroll Taxes and Limited Liability Companies
IRS Private Tax Debt Collection Agencies
State vs. Federal Tax Court Litigation
Estate Tax Valuation vs. Income Tax Valuation
Recent Colorado Tax Case is an Example of why Taxpayers Should Hire a Tax Attorney
The IRS Announces an Online Tax Payment Agreement System
Deposits vs. Payments: A Distinction Taxpayers Must Understand Before Making Payments to the IRS
Many IRS Audits Are All About What is Not Brought Up
More on IRA Beneficary Designation Planning Opportunities
A Look At A Typical IRS Audit
IRS Looks At Improving Informants Rewards Program
New Offer in Compromise Legislation
IRS Tax Collection Efforts
The Taxation of Military Benefits Provides an Example of How the Law Can Sometimes Go Awry
Abatement of Tax Penalties and Interest
Tax Treatment of Settlement Agreements (Again)
New Tax-Related Blog
Estate Plans in Uncertain Times
Entrepreneur Rollover Stock Purchase Plans
Basic Estate Administration and Taxes: Elections & Timing
Sometimes It is Best Not to NIMCRUT
Will the Gay and Lesbian Marital Rights Debate Come to the Tax Policy Arena?
Can the IRS be Friendlier and More Efficient at the Same Time?
The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act
Trust as the IRA Beneficiary
TIGTA Audit Reveals A Few of the Deficiencies in IRS Procedures
Judicial Misstatement: Intentional, Error or Oversight?
On Effective Tax Administration
The IRS Did What?
The (D)Evolution of our Tax Law
IRS Rejects Court Orders, Law and Logic: Modus Operandi or Isolated Case?
US Supreme Court Weighed In On Tax Court Violating its Own Rules - Yet Nothing has Changed
The Forgetful CPA
Tax Treatment of Settlement Agreements: A Review For Plaintiffs’ Attorneys
The IRS Should Not be able to Solicit Criminal Information from Non-Lawyer Tax Practitioners
Estate & Trust Attorneys Will Increasingly be Subject to Malpractice Actions Brought by Beneficiaries
The Art of Speaking out of Both Sides of Your Mouth
Soap Operas of the Tax World: Trust Fund Tax Disputes
Taxpayer: It’s All About Valuation; IRS: We’re Damned if We Do
More on The Tax Code Complexity Debate
The Tax Code Debate
Views on the Tax Code
The Case for the Internal Revenue Code
The Structure of Tax Revolutions
Fudge the Numbers on Your Tax Return? What if the Court Does the Same in Setting Criminal Sentences?
The Tax Collectors’ Chair
Congress Compromises Offers in Compromise
A Taxpayers’ Bill of Rights is Probably Coming to Your State – Lessons Learned from Colorado
A Sad Tale of a Encounter with a Tax Protester