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A CP504 Notice is a reminder that the IRS has not received payment for an outstanding balance. The point of the notice is to allow you to resolve your debt before the IRS begins to take any action.

IRS Notice CP2000 is formally called, "Notice of Proposed Adjustments for Underpayment/Overpayment", and you must read it carefully. Receiving this notice means that there was a discrepancy made while calculating the income reported on your tax return.

Learn about what you should do if you have received an IRS Notice CP23.

A CP11 Notice is to alert you that IRS has made adjustments on your tax return, and you now have a balance due. The IRS sends this Notice when they believe you have miscalculated something on your tax return.

Learn about the different options available to you if you have received a Notice of Federal Tax Lien.

Notice CP504 is the IRS alerting you of an unpaid balance, do not ignore this notice. Ignoring this notice will result in the IRS aggressively seizing your property, assets, bank accounts etc. What you should do is pay the amount right away if you can, set up a payment plan, or contact a tax professional to discuss your options.

The Internal Revenue Service is an executive branch agency that is subject to the same limitations as all government agencies. Meaning there are procedues In CIC Services v. Internal Revenue Service, the Supreme Court decision will allow taxpayers to validly challenge the legality of IRS regulations that have to properly gone through the appropriate administrative process.

Trying to hide money from the IS by lying, never ends well, and cryptocurrency is no exception. As a result of being identified for Bitcoin laundering, Russian-Swedish administrator Roman Sterlingov of Bitcoin Fog, was arrested and charged with laundering hundreds of millions of dollars worth of bitcoin. In the end, a lesson to be learned is that one should not try to hide cryptocurrency from the IRS, as blockchain activity is forever.

Receiving a collections notice from the IRS can add stress to an already stressful situation. As it turns out, if the IRS learns that you cannot make your payments against your debt, they may determine your account to be 'currently not collectible'. While this does not eliminate your debt, it simply means collection efforts will be in vain.

While it may seem that IRS rules and regulations are always black and white, that is not usually the case, much is often left open for interpretation. This post will introduce you to a tool that can be used to protect yourself from accuracy-related tax penalties.

Money issues are the third leading cause of divorce, so hiding a tax problem or money issue could mean serious damage for your marriage. But these issues don't have to mean the end of your marriage, here are some Do's and Don'ts to protect your marriage and keep the trust between you and your spouse.

Learn about the appropriate time to hire a tax attorney to assist you with an IRS collection matter.

Learn about the different ways the IRS learns about misreported, unreported, and under-reported income.

Is your spouse liable for tax debt? Find out whether you might be liable as well, and what your options are to address it.

Learn about the different tax professionals and when you might need a tax attorney to help solve your tax problems.

If you’re financially unable to pay your taxes, you may qualify for the IRS to assign your account to “currently not collectible” (CNC) status. CNC is the IRS status assigned to debts that it deems the taxpayer unable to pay, deferring you from wage garnishment or levies on your bank accounts.

Can the IRS Collect from a Decedent's Estate? When a loved one dies, their debts don't disappear, and that includes debts and taxes owed to the Internal Revenue Service. The estate administrator must settle the debts, including back taxes owed to the IRS and any taxes owed for the current year t...

Up until now, holding cryptocurrency in accounts outside of the U.S. didn't garner any Internal Revenue Service reporting requirements. But after criticism from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), that time is coming to an end. This report is only the beginning of a growing trend toward m...

According to a recent Treasury Department’s Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) report, the IRS is losing billions in unreported income and it has the information, reported on Forms 1099-K, that it is ignoring.

Cannabis related businesses face special tax challenges, which can in part be alleviated through proper deduction of costs of goods sold (COGS).

Previously abused IRS streamlined procedures have been amended to prevent penalty avoidance by those who purposefully failed to report foreign assets.

Payroll tax avoidance can result in substantial personal liability, and in some cases even imprisonment. Business owners should consult with tax counsel to discuss the proper payment of payroll taxes to minimize fines and other unintended consequences.

Tax counsel can assist business owners in utilizing COVID relief options provided by the IRS to fulfill their current tax obligations.

Assets held in foreign countries can result in unintended penalties if left unreported or reported inaccurately. Proper Foreign Bank Account Reporting (FBAR) is essential to avoiding penalties and fines from the IRS.

The IRS's Criminal Investigation Division (CID) works with other areas of the IRS to uncover fraud and income earned from illegal activities. This cooperation resulted in the IRS's CID uncovering $10 billion in tax fraud financial crimes for the 2020 fiscal year.