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Recently, a plumbing executive from Great Falls, Montana, pled guilty to employment tax fraud. It’s all too easy to get caught up in employment tax fraud. People often do when their businesses are in temporary trouble and need some quick cash. Although employment...
An offer in compromise (OIC) might allow you to pay off your back taxes completely, but it’s not a guaranteed choice. To begin, all an individual must do is file a request with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS.) The trick is getting the IRS to agree. How to convince...
Two IRS researchers and three professors recently conducted a study into how much income the wealthiest 1% of Americans are concealing from the IRS. They concluded that these taxpayers hide an average of more than 20% of their income from tax collectors, which implies...
If you operate a business with significant cash income, the IRS and state taxing authorities are always watching. These businesses offer the illicit opportunity to skim income or launder money, so your accounting practices must be thorough, or you could be charged...
Any time the IRS contacts you about a tax dispute is nerve wracking. But if the IRS accuses you of tax fraud, your anxiety likely escalates significantly. The penalties for committing tax fraud are very stiff. Those found guilty of tax fraud may have to pay fines of...
Have received a notice from the IRS that they haven’t received your federal return? If you filed, you may have received that notice in error. You see, the IRS is still catching up on its unprocessed mail from the pandemic. Currently, there are more than 11 million...
The Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement, or “J5,” represent the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and the Netherlands. They meet annually to work out enforcement plans for common types of tax evasion and other challenges. This year, the J5 met to discuss...
In principle, you pay your income taxes in the state where you earned the income. When people work in one state but live in another, that could result in two tax returns being filed -- one for your state of residence and one where you earn your money. A network of...
Though federal tax law has allowed a deduction for expenses associated with a home office for a long time, the fact that so many professionals began working from home for the first time in 2020 means that the deduction is receiving more consideration than usual....
Failure to pay your company’s payroll taxes. Time and again, business owners and chief financial officers take liberties with payroll taxes only to end up under criminal investigation by the IRS. Moreover, you could be personally liable for the taxes. Here are a...