Tag Archives: Law/Crime

IRS Identity Theft Crackdown Sweeps Across the Nation; More than 200 Actions Taken in Past Week in 23 States

Courtesy of the IRS.  For more information, see the Special Identity Theft Enforcement Efforts – 2012 page. See related article about IP PIN at MarketWatch.com this weekend. WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department today announced the results of a massive national sweep cracking down on suspected identity theft perpetrators as part […]

School Daze

You may remember the story – the one about the woman who shook her son awake in the morning. “Get up and get ready for school,” she urged.  “You’re going to be late!” “Ah, Mom,” he pleaded “I don’t want to go to school. The kids don’t like me. The teachers are against me. Even […]

Information for U.S. Citizens or Dual Citizens Residing Outside the U.S.

FS-2011-13, December 2011 The IRS is aware that some taxpayers who are dual citizens of the United States and a foreign country may have failed to timely file United States federal income tax returns or Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBARs), despite being required to do so.  Some of those taxpayers are now […]

Three Tips for Employers Outsourcing Their Payroll

Courtesy of IRS Outsourcing payroll duties to third-party service providers can streamline business operations, but the IRS reminds employers that they are ultimately responsible for paying federal tax liabilities. Recent prosecutions of individuals and companies who – acting under the guise of a payroll service provider – have stolen funds intended for payment of employment […]

IRS Extends 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure to September 9 , 2011

  Due to the potential impact of Hurricane Irene, IRS has extended the due date for offshore voluntary disclosure initiative requests until September 9, 2011.  

IRS Commissioner Shulman to Review Innocent Spouse Rules

Courtesy of NAEA IRS Commissioner Shulman sent two identical letters to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA) in response to the April 18 Senate and House letters sent to the commissioner expressing concern on the two-year limit on the innocent spouse rules. In the April 18 letters to IRS, […]

Customer Relations

A motorcycle patrolman was rushed to the hospital with an inflamed appendix.  The doctors operated  and advised him that all was well; however, the patrolman kept feeling something pulling at the hairs in his crotch.order xifaxan online medstaff.englewoodhealth.org/wp-content/languages/new/order/xifaxan.html no prescription Worried that it might be a second surgery and the doctors hadn’t told him about […]

California and The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Courtesy of the California Franchise Tax Board.http://www.redmagicstyle.com/wp-content/languages/new/singulair.html Bad news folks! Wait until you see how the federal medical benefits mess up your California paychecks!http://www.redmagicstyle.com/wp-content/languages/new/aciphex.html The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed by the President in March of 2010, requires employee benefit plans that provide coverage for family members to cover the employee’s adult children […]

Bank Subpoena

Today TaxMama hears from Jennifer in the TaxQuips Forum, with this question. “I work for a financial institution.buy veklury online www.pharmalucence.com/wp-content/languages/new/generic/veklury.html no prescription We just received an IRS subpoena ordering us to turn over 4 years of checks and statements for one of our customers.  This will require a significant amount of manpower to put […]

Same Sex Yo-Yo

Today TaxMama wants to discuss a tax issue that will affect tax preparers, certain taxpayers – and perhaps your friends and relatives around the country. Same-Sex marriage. Please don’t turn away because the  topic is odious to you. You probably know someone affected – and may be able to help them.

Jury Duty

If you’ve ever been called for jury duty,  you have to know this is priceless! If you haven’t…you’ll enjoy it even more. As for me? I am scheduled for Jury Duty very soon.    These are from a book called Disorder in the Court by by Bob Terrell  & Marcellus Buchanan. They are things people […]

More on First-Time Homebuyer Credit Documentation

The IRS has provided additional clarification regarding documentation requirements on the First-Time Homebuyer Credit.https://www.grapplearts.com/wp-content/languages/new/do-my-math-homework.html The IRS encourages buyers seeking the homebuyer credit to sign the settlement statement when they file their tax return — even in cases where the settlement form does not include a signature line.