Covid-Related Late Filing Tax Penalties Many people have experienced covid-related tax problems that could lead to Covid-Related late filing tax penalties. COVID-19 has directly or indirectly caused many people to file tax returns and/or pay their taxes late resulting in tax penalties. One issue the California Office of Tax Appeals recently ruled on was how
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IRS Penalty Relief for Certain Taxpayers Filing Returns for Taxable Years 2019 and 2020
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.
IRS Form 8300 Compliance and Audit
If we deal with large cash payments of more than $10,000.00, we must report this to the IRS by filing the IRS Form 8300. The form needs to be finished timely, correct, and complete notices to the person(s) required to be identified on the Form 8300. The purpose of this requirement is to provide valuable
New Argument for Contesting the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty
Employers are responsible for withholding income and employment taxes from their employees. These taxes are referred to as trust fund taxes because the employer is only holding the money for the employee to pay the IRS. When an employer fails to withhold the money and pay it to the IRS, individuals who are “responsible” and
Is Health Insurance Mandatory?
Under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, Americans were required to have health insurance coverage for their household. Failure to have health insurance coverage triggered a tax penalty. However, as of January 1, 2019, health insurance coverage is no longer mandatory at the federal level. This means that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Head of Household Tax Mistakes
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 from head of household tax mistakes. Head
Understanding IRS Audit Notices
IRS Audit Notices The number of IRS audits and IRS Audit Notices actually went down in 2015-of course that is of little comfort to the people coming into our tax law offices in San Diego, El Cajon and Orange County. The tax agency expects to complete approximately 1-million audits this year—which is down almost 400,000
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
Stop Identity Theft in its Tracks-Part One
Stop Identity Theft Stop Identity Theft! It seems like we keep reading the same stories over and over again—thieves have cracked a corporate network and stolen credit card and personal information from thousands of people. The latest breach comes from of all places, the IRS where thieves stole personal and sensitive information from more than
Should You Hire a Tax Attorney?
Should You Hire a Tax Attorney? It’s the kind of mail nobody wants to receive—a letter from the IRS. It’s pretty much given that any mail you get from the agency is most likely not going to contain good news. If you receive a letter from the IRS you have an important decision to make.