Every year the IRS and Franchise Tax Board send out thousands of questionnaires to taxpayers for clarification on their tax filing statuses. We regularly work with clients at our tax law offices in San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles to help them choose the correct filing status One of the most misunderstood tax filing
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I Paid My Taxes, Why Do I Still Owe Money to the Franchise Tax Board?
The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) collects personal income taxes and corporate taxes due to the state. When you pay your state taxes, you pay them through the FTB. One of the most common questions we get from our clients in cities like Newport Beach, Irvine and Santa Ana has to do with payments to
I Paid My Taxes, Why Do I Still Owe Money to the Franchise Tax Board?
The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) collects personal income taxes and corporate taxes due to the state. When you pay your state taxes, you pay them through the FTB. One of the most common questions we get from our clients in cities like Newport Beach, Irvine and Santa Ana has to do with payments to
What To Do If You Underpaid The IRS
It happens to the best of us. We carefully prepare for an appointment with our accountant or we gather all our documents and go through the process of preparing our tax returns. A short while later we receive a notice from the IRS letting us know that we underreported our taxable income. Now what? Our
What to Expect From an EDD Audit
There are few things in Southern California businesses that create more worry than a notice of audit by the California Employment Development Department (EDD). The good news is, with some guidance by experienced employment law teams in Orange County and San Diego like those at RJS LAW, companies can get through the audit process with
Five Things to Do if You Owe Money to the Board of Equalization
One of the most common problems we help our clients address at our tax law offices in San Diego and Orange County is taxes owed to the California State Board of Equalization. In this blog post we’ll take a look at the five best ways to address that issue and resolve them in a timely
Criminal Tax Audits
At the RJS LAW tax offices located in Los Angeles, Irvine in Orange County and San Diego, we not only deal with civil tax issues, we help clients who face criminal tax charges and possible jail terms. Criminal tax charges are becoming more common as the California State Board of Equalization cracks down on and
Understanding IRS Audit Notices
The number of IRS audits actually went down in 2015-of course that is of little comfort to the people coming into our tax law offices in San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles. The tax agency expects to complete approximately 1-million audits this year—which is down almost 400,000 from just three years ago. The reason—budget cuts
Successful Whistleblower Claims
Did you know that in the past few years the IRS has created dozens of newly minted millionaires? The tax agency paid Bradley Birkenfeld 104-million dollars. Another example is Lynn Szymoniak, who walked away with 18-million dollars. In 2015, close to a hundred people walked away on average with more than a million-dollars apiece according to
The IRS and Whistleblowers
For years, a Swiss banker named Bradley Birkenfeld took part in hiding millions of dollars for wealthy American clients. Birkenfeld eventually spent two and a half years in jail for his tax avoidance scheme. Five weeks after he was released from jail, the IRS sent Birkenfeld a check for 104-million dollars (minus taxes) as part
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