Tax Lady Roni Deutch’s Tax Resolution Company Sued by Attorney General
According to a complaint Part 2) filed by the California Attorney General against a well known tax debt problems through tax debt resolution services. Deutch tells clients that once they retain Roni...
View ArticleIRS Tax Problem Tips
I found the following tips to eliminate tax problems in an old file. Not sure if a tax lawyer came up with them, but thought I would pass them along. * Always put staples in the right hand corner. Go...
View ArticleJulius Baer Offshore Bank Account Information To Be Released
Rudolph Elmer, an ex Julius Baer executive turned over offshore bank account information to WikiLeaks today, according to Bloomberg News. According to the release, data on 2000 offshore bank accounts...
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Tax Attorney Blames OCD for Failure to File Business Income Taxes
Tax lawyers representing a man accused of failing to file business income tax returns told the judge that obsessive-compulsive disorder was responsible for their client’s tax problems, the Calgary...
View ArticleOPR (Office of Professional Responsibility) Disbars a CPA, and an Enrolled...
The IRS Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) alleged that Joseph Kozelsky did not file timely tax returns for 2001 through 2007 and did not timely pay his federal tax liability. As a result of...
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Tax Problem Attorney Blog Named to Top 20 Tax Law Blogs List
Brager Tax Law Group appreciates all the votes that came in for our Tax Problem Attorney Blog and is proud to announce that Tax Problem Attorney Blog has been named one of the top 20 Tax Law Blogs by...
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Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR)...
The IRS’ tax lawyer, who failed to disclose multiple conflicts of interest. While having an attorney-client relationship with the benefit plan’s promoter, the tax attorney wrote several opinions for...
View ArticleQuiet Voluntary Disclosures as an Alternative to the Offshore Voluntary...
Owners of foreign bank account reports (FBAR) have several options to clean up this ugly webinar, and in the related tax litigation attorneys (our firm included) have advised that in appropriate cases...
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US Taxpayers: Beware of these FATCA and Tax Scammers
Tax scams have likely been around for as long as taxes have been collected. In light of the significant penalties, fines, prison sentences and other consequences that can be imposed for tax...
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Filing Taxes Each and Every Year is Essential
If you were to ask people about the things that they should do every single year, they are likely to mention visiting the doctor for a physical, taking their car in for preventative maintenance, and...
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The Failure to File Taxes in a Timely Manner May Impact a Taxpayer’s...
The Internal Revenue Code and the Bankruptcy Code are each complex laws, but when they intersect things can get quite confusing, and seemingly inconsequential facts can have serious legal...
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IRS Taxpayer Advocate Releases Mid-Year Report; Dings IRS on Levying on...
The Taxpayer Advocate is a tireless champion of taxpayer rights. The Taxpayer Advocate is required by law to issue reports to Congress. Her most recent mid-year report was recently released. One of...
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IRS Appeals Division Slashes Taxpayer Rights
The IRS announced that effective Oct. 1, 2016, it will rarely conduct Appeals Conferences in person. More specifically, Internal Revenue Manual (IRM) 8.6.1.4, blandly entitled “Conference Practices,”...
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Brager IRS Survey Yields Surprises
Periodically, the Brager Tax Law Group surveys tax preparers and/or taxpayers on a variety of issues. Our most recent survey targeted tax preparers and their interaction with the IRS in a number of...
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Can a California Tax Lawyer Help Me with Tax Problems in Other States?
Tax laws vary greatly from state to state, and in fact, nine states don’t even charge a state income tax. With such diversity of tax laws, it isn’t feasible for a tax lawyer to be fully versed in the...
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Can You Request the IRS Waive Penalties Based on Medical Hardship?
The IRS may offer penalty relief for taxpayers who can show a reasonable cause for failing to file tax returns or pay taxes. IRS penalties can be waived in certain cases, but the IRS will examine all...
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What Are the Penalties for Failure to File a Tax Return?
If you owe tax and fail to file a return on time, the IRS can assess both civil and criminal tax penalties. The penalty for failure to file is separate from the penalty for failure to pay taxes, and...
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IRS “Substance Over Form” Argument Fails
The Sixth Circuit reversed a Tax Court decision and denied the IRS’s “substance over form” argument by allowing a clever tax reduction technique that was legal under the letter of the law. In Summa...
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What Expats Should Know About Their U.S. Tax Obligations
Expats may decide to leave the U.S. due to work, retirement, or other reasons. Tax reduction may also be a motivation for moving to a foreign country, but the United States uses citizenship-based...
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How to Discharge Property From an IRS Tax Lien
The blanket IRS tax lien automatically applies to all of your property whenever you owe taxes to the IRS. This lien does not result in immediate collection of your tax debt like a bank account seizure...
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