by Fresh Start Tax | Oct 3, 2013 | Tax Help
I am a former IRS agent and teaching instructor with the Internal Revenue Service.
This is question I am asked quite frequent by taxpayers who needs to file multiple, back, late,past due tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service. There is one simple answer to this question.
Question – What is the best way to file your back tax returns?
Answer – All at the same time in one envelope.
If you’re attaching a check, make a separate check out for each tax period and staple it to each tax return.
The reality is most people filing back tax returns will owe money to the Internal Revenue Service and that has caused the nonfiling of their tax returns.
Question – Why is that the best way to do that? Will that raise a Red Flag ?
Answer – The Internal Revenue Service knows your entire history on the CADE 2 computer system. IRS already knows you have not filed your back tax returns.
That computer system is a beast and stores an incredible amount of information. The only reason they have not got to you or your Social Security number is simply because of the sheer volume of work that they have ahead of you.
At some time they will catch up with you and ask for your tax returns. By the way , if you do not file your tax returns, the IRS can file your tax return under 6020 B of the IRC code so is your in your best interest to file your own tax returns. If IRS file your tax return you will pay the highest amount allowed by law because they will give you no extra exemptions, dependents, credits or business expenses.
You want to put all tax returns in one envelope so they do not get separated.
As a former IRS agent I can tell you IRS knows that you have not filed your tax return so you have not slipped through the cracks as most people think.
Most people do not filed their back tax returns because they know they will owe money to the Internal Revenue Service.
As a result, a lot of fear sets. They falsely believe that the Internal Revenue Service is going to start seizing all their assets and taking everything they own, but this is simply not true.
If you owe back taxes to the Internal Revenue Service the process of an immediate resolution is quite simple.
If you owe IRS under $25,000, we can get a streamlined agreement for you without worry or even a financial statement.
If you are over $25,000, IRS will require a simple financial statement, a 433f that you can find directly on our website.With that financial statement documented, IRS will simply close your case in one of three fashions.
The Internal Revenue Service will either place your case into:
- a currently not collectible status which is called a tax hardship,
- IRS will insist on installment or monthly payment plan, or
- IRS could tell you that you are a eligible taxpayer candidate for an offer in compromise.
By calling us today, we can go over the different options and tax resolution strategies that fit your financial needs at the present time.
You can call us today for a free initial tax consultation and speak directly to a true tax professional.
As a firm, we have over 206 years of professional tax experience and over 60 years of working directly for the Internal Revenue Service in the local, district, and regional tax offices of the Internal Revenue Service.
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Do not be afraid to go ahead and file your back tax returns.
You are not alone millions of taxpayers who have not filed.
If you have lost your tax records being former IRS agents and instructors we can reconstruct your tax return so do not let that slow down.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Oct 3, 2013 | Tax Help
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by Fresh Start Tax | Oct 3, 2013 | Tax Help
File your back tax returns all at the Same Time and stop worrying.
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When a client walks into our office and they have not filed back tax returns for multiple years one of the first questions they ask me is should we send the men at the same time
Taxpayers have an innate fear that if the Internal Revenue Service sees multiple returns that that send up a red flag and the IRS will come looking for them, start an investigation or become very suspicious.
That simply is not true.
As a matter of fact the Internal Revenue Service is just happy you’re filing your back tax returns and that you are going back into the system.
This happens so much that it is commonplace with the Internal Revenue Service.
The Internal Revenue Service does not have enough people and manpower to go ahead and keep up with everybody who has not filed their back,late, past due tax returns.
File all your back tax returns and get back in the system and stop worrying.
Not only can you file all your back tax returns you can also reach a tax settlement with the IRS, yes, all at the same time.
We’ve been filing back tax returns for taxpayers since 1982 and to date by the grace of God we have not had one taxpayer audited as a result of multiple back filings.
If in fact a person did go through the audit process because of back tax return filing it was simply because their tax return fell out of the national standards or norms.
When FST files back tax returns we do everything we can audit proof your tax return so this never becomes an issue between you and the Internal Revenue Service
Other Information – Full compliance check
There is absolutely no reason not to file these tax returns at the same time in the same envelope.
The reason is simple.
Anytime the Internal Revenue Services processes your case and the case goes to the ACS unit or the collection field unit the Internal Revenue Service and the IRS must conduct a full compliance check.
A full compliance check is a complete review by the agent working your case of your tax history.
It lets IRS know how much you owe and what your tax returns have not been filed.
As a former agent when I see taxpayers that file tax returns year-by-year in separate envelopes I became very suspicious.
It was not that they were doing anything wrong but I felt as though they were trying to sneak back in the system. If they are trying to sneak back in the system I would ask myself ,what else are they trying to sneak about.
If you will owe back taxes as a result of your back tax return filings call us today and we can work out some sort of tax strategy tax settlement that you will be able to financially live with.
Being former IRS agents, managers, and teaching instructors we know all the protocols, systems and all the exit strategy so you can live in peace without worry.
How IRS will resolve your tax bill if you owe money to the IRS
If you are going to owe money to the Internal Revenue Service as a result of your late, past due or back tax return filings, the Internal Revenue Service in all likelihood will require a current financial statement.
Based on that financial statement, the Internal Revenue Service will either place your case into an economic tax hardship, insist on a payment or installment agreement or let you know that you are an eligible candidate for an offer in compromise.
Contact us today and find out which of these programs works best for you.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Oct 2, 2013 | Tax Help
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by Fresh Start Tax | Oct 2, 2013 | Florida Sales Tax
Florida Sales Tax Audit Defense
- Is your business being audited for Florida sales and use tax?
- Has the Florida Department of Revenue contacted your company about a Florida sales and use tax audit or have you already received the Florida form DR 840 – Notice of Intent to Audit Books and Records?
Beware:
The Florida Department of revenue will use every effort to intimidate you in order to collect tax, penalty and interest from your business.Do not be bullied by a Florida tax agent. We know this because we were former government auditors.
Do not fear because of a Florida sales tax audit. Letter years of experience help you through this process.
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Sales Tax Audit Targets
Businesses and individuals that the DOR suspects have avoided for tax payment are targeted, but any business with significant business activity can expect to be audited eventually. Many times it is through third parties, sometimes through tax tips and more than not to angry employees. So you better treat your parting employees very well.
Lately we’ve seen the DOR target entire industries such as convenience stores, restaurants and bars, hotels, and manufacturers.
But let it be known that audits are also randomly selected or could have been turned in by a former employee or customer for the tax issue.
The auditor will ask for all kinds of records that they are not necessarily entitled to have such as electronic copy of your whole accounting records.
The auditor will also ask you to sign certain documents that could wave your rights as a taxpayer, such as agreeing to the states sample method.
Most of the time the auditor is chasing a lead that may not prove to generate any revenue for the state but in the chase they usually find other tax issues.
Companies that have done everything they can to comply with the Florida tax laws can still end up with serious complications on a Florida sales and use tax audit just because the auditor’s job is to find deficiencies.
Remember that the Florida State tax auditor gets paid to find money missing from the state coffers so they will do everything in their power to find some area of compliance to collect something is a result of the hour spent during a Florida state sales tax audit. .
If your records are squeaky clean have absolutely nothing to worry about and you can represent yourself during the tax audit without fear or worry. There are those who do not need a professional tax form because the records are immaculate and impeccable.
Insider Tips:
As a former Florida sales tax agent I can tell you in advance what type of questions the auditor will ask, how the auditor will conduct the audit, what the auditor will focus on and what types of documentation will be examined.
Remember that the auditor’s job is to find unreported or under reported revenue and use tax from purchases that did not have the proper sales tax paid and therefore the questions will be focused aggressively in the areas of high dollar recovery.
On sales expect the auditor to focus on these issues:
- review internal controls for a recorded/undocumented sales
- sales on the books as compared to sales per state tax returns
- sales per the federal income tax returns compared to sales per the state tax return
- deposits per bank statements compared to sales per sales tax return
- an analysis of the sales tax payable account to the sales tax actually remitted
- verify that tax being collected is at the correct rate for the locations
- review a representative test for each revenue account
On the use tax side the auditor will focus on these issues:
- purchases from out-of-state vendors of items that were not resold to customers
- review depreciation schedules and/or check register for assets purchased during the audit
- review County tangible personal property tax returns for asset acquisitions
- purchase of fixed assets and fixed asset additions
- verify and trace accruals from source documents to general ledgers and sales tax reports
- analyze consumables pulled from inventory
- analyze leases of tangible personal property for compliance
For commercial rent the auditor will focus on:
- rental income – ensure tax was collected on all components of the rent
- rental expense – ensure tax was paid on all components of rent
- on rent paid – ensure that the landlord is properly registered with the state of Florida.
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