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    • Sabri P. Shamoun
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    • Remy Hogan
    • Judith Jeremie
    • Melanie Chan
    • Tanner DeMera
    • Asia Smith
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          • Contesting an IRS Levy
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          • How to get a tax levy released
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          • Jeopardy Assessments and Jeopardy Levies
          • National Tax Agencies
          • RJS LAW Approach to Collections
          • IRS Statute of Limitations on Collections
          • Streamlined Installment Agreements
          • Tax Penalty Abatement
          • Taxpayer Assistance Orders
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          • Independent Contractor Reclassification Audits
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          • Payroll Tax Liability Payment Options
          • Trust Fund Recovery Penalties
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        • IRS Criminal Investigation Division Tactics
        • Criminal Tax Defense – Tax Crimes
        • Currency Transaction Records & Suspicious Activity Reports
        • IRS Methods of Proof: Tax Fraud and Evasion
        • Methods IRS Agents Use to Locate Assets
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        • Are You a Criminal Investigation Target?
        • Criminal Tax Attorney vs. White Collar Defense
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    • 7th Annual USD School of Law – RJS LAW Tax Controversy Institute – July 15th 2022
    • 6th Annual USD School of Law – RJS LAW Tax Controversy Institute
    • 5th Annual USD School of Law – RJS LAW Tax Controversy Institute
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Tax and Vice – Are IRS Deadlines Set in Stone?

IRS Deadlines | RJS LAW | Best Tax Attorney | San Diego

A Discussion of Deadlines to File Collection Due Process Appeals and Other Filings – IRS Deadlines This installment of Tax and Vice discusses a Tax Court case involving a marijuana dispensary. To set the scene, a cannabis dispensary owner, Snoop Dogg, and Willie Nelson were having an epic sesh when they were rudely interrupted by

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Navigating IRS New Guidance on Transfer of Publicly Traded Partnership Interests

Publicly Traded Partnership | New IRS Guidance | Best Tax Lawyer

Publicly Traded Partnership Interests The Internal Revenue Service recently issued new guidance to provide more clarity on the transfer of Publicly Traded Partnership (PTP) interests to foreign investors. While the guidance is a step forward, it brings with it its own sets of questions and considerations. Here is a breakdown of these updates and what

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What is the Tax Gap

The “tax gap” is a term coined to describe the amount of tax taxpayers fail to pay each year. Also known as noncompliance taxpayer debt, it is the gap between what taxpayers legally owe to the government and what is actually paid and collected from taxpayers for the year. The primary reasons behind the tax

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Required Minimum Distribution – IRS Provides Some Relief for Retirement Accounts and IRA Rollovers

Required Minimum Distribution The IRS recently issued official guidance providing relief to some taxpayers who may not have made a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) from their IRA or other retirement accounts.  The official guidance also provides relief to some taxpayers who took a distribution in 2023 from a retirement account and wish to make a

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Understanding IRS Notices:  Notice of Intent to Seize or Levy Your Property, CP504 Notice and CP504B Notice

Notice of Intent to Seize or Levy Your Property, CP504 Notice and CP504B Notice

The IRS CP504 Notice and CP504B Notice We continue our series on IRS notices by discussing the Notice of Intent to Seize (Levy) Your Property or IRS CP504 or CP504B Notice. While the verbiage of this notice can be somewhat confusing and cause some undue alarm, this blog post will discuss what the notice means

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Frivolous Tax Returns Can Be a Serious Matter

Frivolous Tax Returns Can Be a Serious Matter to the IRS.

Frivolous Tax Returns The IRS can charge penalties of $5,000 for Frivolous Tax Returns and other Frivolous submissions made to the IRS. The US Tax Court may impose penalties of up to $25,000 when a Taxpayer makes frivolous arguments in Tax Court. A list of some of the frivolous arguments that can lead to penalties

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IRS Releases New Collection Financial Standards for 2023

IRS Collection Financial Standards The IRS recently released the new Collection Standards for 2023.  The IRS Collection Financial Standards are significant because they often determine what a Taxpayer can “reasonably afford” when a Taxpayer makes a payment arrangement  such as an Offer in Compromise, Currently Non-Collectable Status, or an Installment Agreement with the IRS for

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Received an IRS Notice of Tax Lien?

Notice of Tax Lien Have you received an IRS Notice of Tax Lien? This is a notice stating a tax lien is about to or already has been placed on your property or other assets. Here is what it means and what you should do next. What?A tax lien is a legal claim against your

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IRS Tax Brackets 2023

Will New Tax Brackets for the 2023 Calendar Year Help You? The IRS updates tax rates annually based on inflation—and with this year’s monthly inflation numbers struggling to dip below seven percent, income tax thresholds are changing fairly dramatically compared to past years. The new IRS Tax Brackets 2023 reflect the substantial changes to prices

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IRS Penalty Relief for Certain Taxpayers Filing Returns for Taxable Years 2019 and 2020

IRS Penalty Relief

IRS Penalty Relief The IRS announced on August 24, 2022, it will be waiving late-filing penalties and processing refunds to taxpayers who missed the filing deadlines on their 2019 and 2020 federal income tax returns (IRS Notice 2022-36). Before this IRS penalty relief announcement there were two ways to petition for a waiver of penalties.

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