The Department of Justice recently announced that it will begin arguing that offshore tax defendants should be sentenced under different guidelines that are based on the balances of offshore accounts rather than the tax loss from failing to report income from those accounts.
The IRS has a new Chief in charge of its Criminal Investigations division, and that means a renewed focus on traditional tax crimes (overstating deductions, underreporting income), and a new data-drive approach that will mean more tax crime investigations in Phoenix, and the surrounding cities.
This article will help you understand when the federal tax lien arises, what effect the filing of a Notice of Federal Tax Lien has, and how you can get rid of the Notice of Federal Tax Lien.
If you owe more than $50,000 in tax liabilities, the IRS now has the power to certify you to the State Department for passport revocation, and it is starting soon! This article addresses this new power of the IRS, the criteria to be certified, the right to judicial review of the IRS certification, and how you can avoid being certified, and thus, prevent the State Department from revoking your passport.
The IRS sent you a letter titled Final Notice of Intent to Levy and Notice of Your Right to a Hearing (LT11 or Letter 1058). What should you do now? This article will help you understand the importance of this notice, assess whether the IRS followed the proper procedures, and explain what you can do.
If you are involved in a tax controversy with the IRS, you should expect that that the IRS will want your electronically stored information (ESI) and it will summons it. This article explains what ESI is, why it matters, what powers the IRS has to get it from you, and what you should do about it.
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