by Fresh Start Tax | Jan 28, 2013 | Sales Tax
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Filing Back tax Returns
If you need to file back sales tax returns and you have very little tax records we can reconstruct any tax returns that need to be filed.
Owe back taxes
If you owe back taxes we can work out an installment agreement or we can contact the state and find out about their settlement tax procedures and go ahead and reduce the liability to the lowest amount allowed by the law when possible. You must be a qualified candidate.
Why do the STATE Governments follow up:
A. Enforce all State tax laws uniformly.
B. Deter State of Federal tax evasion.
C. Promote voluntary compliance.
D. Educate taxpayers.
State Filed Tax Returns
While State Governments accept most tax returns as filed, they audit some returns to verify accuracy and evaluate compliance.
State Tax Audits do not always result in the taxpayer owing additional tax, penalty or interest. The auditor may adjust a credit carryover or correct distribution without assessing additional tax. The auditor may even determine that a refund is due.
So, How and Why Are State Taxpayers Selected for Audit?
The methods for selecting a business or individual to audit vary from tax to tax.
Here are some examples of sources we use to identify a potential audit candidate:
1. Internal Revenue Service information.
2. Information sharing programs with other states and state agencies.
3. Computer-based random selection.
4. Analysis of State tax return information.
5. Business publications, periodicals, journals, and directories.
What Types of Records Will I Need to Provide for Issues regarding Sales Tax Problems?
When a State Agency notifies you of our intent to audit, the State will usually will also tell you what records you will need to provide. The types of records may include, but are not limited to:
a. General ledgers and journals
b. Cash receipt and disbursement journals
c. Purchase and sales journals
d. Sales tax exemption or resale certificates
e. State tax returns
f. Federal tax returns
g. Depreciation schedules
h. Property records
i. Other documentation to verify amounts entered on tax returns.
How long should you keep records
Generally, you must keep your records for three years since an audit can extend back that far.
The Department may audit for periods longer than three years if you did not file, or filed a substantially incorrect return or payment.
What Are My Rights During an Audit?
States vary from State of State. Generally there are a Bill of Rights that provides protection for taxpayers’ privacy and assets during their interactions with Revenue employees.
Your rights will generally include:
a. The right to fair treatment.
b. The right to get available information and prompt, accurate responses to your questions.
c. The right to have the Department begin and complete its audit in a timely manner after we notify you of our intent to audit.
d. The right to get simple, nontechnical statements which explain the reason for audit selection and the procedures, remedies, and rights available during audit, appeals, and collection proceedings.
State laws vary State to State. What applies in one state may not apply in another state. That’s why it is best to seek professional tax help on any issues that you may have in filing, owing back taxes, being involved in state tax audits, or settling back state tax issues.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Jan 28, 2013 | Tax Help
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If you have any sales tax issues contact our professional firm today and we can completely and permanently result any sales tax issues that you may have. We are comprised of tax attorneys, CPAs, enrolled agents and former IRS agents managers and instructors.
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Areas of Professional Tax Practice:
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- IRS and State Tax Audits
- IRS Hardships Cases or Unable to Pay
- Payment Plans, Installment Agreements, Structured agreements
- Abatement of Penalties and Interest
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Our Company Resume: ( Since 1982 )
- Our staff has collectively over 205 years of Professional IRS Tax Representation Experience
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by Fresh Start Tax | Jan 26, 2013 | Tax Help
Help with Income Tax Problems – Audits, Negotiations, Settlements
If you need help with income tax problems you should call the professionals at Fresh Start Tax LLC.
You can speak directly with Tax Attorneys, CPAs, or former IRS Agents and Managers.
We have over 60 years of direct tax experience working at the IRS in the local, district, and regional tax offices of the Internal Revenue Service.
We also taught tax law to new IRS agents.
We are tax specialty firm that deals with all areas of income tax problem.
We handle IRS tax audits, tax negotiations, tax appeals, and IRS tax settlements. All work is done in-house.
We have been in private practice since 1982 before starting our Internet company.
You can contact us today for free tax consultation and we will be able to put your mind at ease with any issue that you may be having.
IRS tax audits
IRS audits about 1% of all income tax returns.
They do so through mail correspondence, IRS office audits, or through IRS revenue agents. If you feel you have a very small matter and have no skeletons in the closet we recommend you handle the problem all by yourself.
For any matter that requires negotiation or any area that you feel uncomfortable about you should always contact a tax professional. If there are some real issues you have or have some real skeletons you should never ever go into IRS unrepresented.
Regarding IRS negotiations attack settlements.
If you owe IRS back taxes there are one of three available tax options.
Anyone who owes back taxes are required to fill out a financial statement along with all the documentation to match the numbers on that given financial statement.
After IRS reviews the financial statement the IRS will make you determination to put your case in a:
1. tax hardship,
2.installment agreement, or
3. may recommend an IRS tax settlement called and offered compromise.
IRS will be hitting the Tax Gap hard in the upcoming years.
What is the Tax Gap?
The tax gap is the difference between taxes owed and taxes paid to the IRS.
The Internal Revenue Service estimates that over the past thirty years the tax gap has ranged from 16 to 20 percent of total tax liability. I personally believe it is much higher. For 2012, the IRS estimates the gross tax gap at $345 billion, or slightly over 16 percent of tax liability, of which $55 billion will eventually be recovered through voluntary late payments and enforcement activities, leaving a net tax gap of about $290 billion.
Some tax experts view the tax gap as a major revenue source that can be used to close the federal budget deficit or to pay for reform of the alternative minimum tax, without raising taxes.
The potential revenue gains from proposals to improve enforcement can result in a large income stream to the United States government.
IRS is starting to put in place measures that will alert IRS of non-filers and ways to spot the delinquent activity. In one report I have read recently there is an estimate of 55% of all self employed businesses that do not report all their income to the Internal Revenue Service. IRS understands this is a huge problem and is awaiting manpower to go ahead and address this issue.
Non filing and underpayment of reported taxes account for less than 20 percent of the gross tax gap;,under reporting on timely filed tax returns makes up the bulk of the gap.
Under reporting on individual income tax returns alone accounted for about 70% of the gross tax gap in 2001.
Over 70% of under reported individual tax is for business and self-employment income which the IRS has no easy way to verify independently.
Only 11% percent of the under reporting gap is attributable to corporate income tax, and only 1.4 percent to the estate tax and excise taxes.
Individual income taxpayers fail to report about 54 percent of income from sources for which there is no information reporting, such as sole proprietorships.
In contrast, less than 5 percent of income from easily verified sources-interest, dividends, and pensions-goes unreported.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Jan 26, 2013 | Tax Help
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We are comprised of tax attorneys, CPAs, and former IRS agents, managers, and instructors who have over 60 years of direct work experience at the Internal Revenue Service.
We know all the tax policies, tax settlement procedures and closing options to remedy your case as fast as possible.
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It is very possible to get a bank levy released on your back tax debt today.
By contacting the IRS and providing them a current financial statement IRS has the ability to release your bank tax levy. IRS will require a valid form 433F along with complete documentation.
IRS has a very specific process regarding all levies on bank account and/or wages. It should be known that the IRS does not like to levy but taxpayers give IRS no choice.
If the taxpayer does not comply with IRS notices, bills, and letters the IRS is systematically set up to issue levies on bank accounts and wages.
By levying a bank account or your wages it forces the taxpayer to contact IRS to provide them with a current financial statement along with documentation to reach a reasonable settlement with the Internal Revenue Service.
Upon reviewing your current financial statement and all documentation to verify your financial statement, IRS will usually will release a bank tax levy.
When contacting IRS with your financial statement it is best to have an exit strategy.
We will go over with you all the different strategies and tax options there are to settle your case with IRS.
IRS will be either looking for a tax settlement called the offer of compromise, or they will be looking for a payment or installment agreement, or based on your current financial statement IRS may determine that your case is a tax hardship at the current time.
You can learn more about economic tax hardships on our website.
At fresh start tax we contact the Internal Revenue Service with a power of attorney, provide the IRS your financial statement with all documentation and work out a tax settlement.
As a general rule, the day we provide IRS with your financial statement and documentation the Internal Revenue Service will release a bank tax levy.
What is a levy
A levy is a legal seizure of your property to satisfy a tax debt.
Levies are different from liens.
A federal tax lien is a claim used as security for the tax debt, while a tax levy actually takes the property to satisfy the tax debt.
If you do not pay your taxes , the IRS may seize and sell any type of real or personal property that you own or have an interest in. IRS has the ability to seize and sell almost any asset that you have.
IRS has the right to seize other assets
We could seize and sell property that you hold (such as your car, boat, or house), or
We could levy property that is yours but is held by someone else such as your wages, retirement accounts, dividends, bank accounts, licenses, rental income, accounts receivables, the cash loan value of your life insurance, or commissions.
IRS usually levies only after these three requirements are met:
1. IRS assessed the tax and sent you a Notice and Demand for Payment;
2. You neglected or refused to pay the tax and,
3. IRS sent you a Final Notice of Intent to Levy and Notice of Your Right to A Hearing (levy notice) at least 30 days before the levy.
Delivery of the IRS notice – IRS has options
IRS may give you this notice:
a. in person,
b. leave it at your home or
c. your usual place of business,
d.or send it to your last known address by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
The IRS may also levy your state tax refund, you may receive a Notice of Levy on Your State Tax Refund, Notice of Your Right to Hearing after the levy.
You may ask for the manager to review your case
You may ask an IRS manager to review your case, or you may request a Collection Due Process hearing with the Office of Appeals by filing a request for a Collection Due Process hearing with the IRS office listed on your notice.
You must file your request within 30 days of the date on your notice. This 30 days is a firm date and no extensions are granted.
Some of the issues you may discuss include:
a. You paid all you owed before we sent the levy notice,
b. We assessed the tax and sent the levy notice when you were in bankruptcy, and subject to the automatic stay during bankruptcy,
c .IRS made a procedural error in an assessment,
d. The time to collect the tax (called the statute of limitations) expired before we sent the levy notice,
5. You did not have an opportunity to dispute the assessed liability,
6. You wish to discuss the collection options, or make a spousal defense.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Jan 25, 2013 | IRS Tax Audit
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If you have received an IRS notice or letter that your income tax or your business tax return is to undergo an IRS audit call us today and speak directly to tax attorneys, CPAs, or former IRS agents.
Our professional staff is comprised of former IRS agents, office auditors, revenue agents, former IRS managers, and former IRS appeals agents who have over 60 years of direct work experience at the IRS and the local, district, and regional offices of the Internal Revenue Service.
We can handle and negotiate any tax audit of any size and should you wind up owing any money to IRS we can work out a tax settlement for you.
Do not be afraid of an IRS tax audit.
Our former IRS agents you know all the tax strategies and tax positions of the Internal Revenue Service and we will be able to minimize any difficulties or problems that may arise.
Being former IRS instructors we have trained former IRS agents and therefore know the strategies to get you the best possible results.
So, What is an IRS audit?
An IRS tax audit is a review or examination of an organization’s or individual’s accounts and financial information to ensure information is being reported correctly, according to the tax laws, to verify the amount of tax reported is accurate. IRS audits about 1% of all tax returns.
The IRS Publication 556, Examination of Returns, Appeal Rights and Claims for Refund explains the audit process in more detail or you can contact our office today and we can go over other details and options with you.
The IRS Tax Audit Selection
Selecting a return for audit does not always suggest that an error has been made. however about 75% of the time changes are made after the tax audit.
Tax Returns, both business and personal are selected using a variety of methods, including:
Random selection and computer screening.
Sometimes returns are selected based solely on a statistical formula.
Document matching – when payor records, such as Forms W-2 or Form 1099, don’t match the information reported. These type of tax audits are usually handled through mail correspondence. There are approximately 1.4 million audits handles this way.
Related Tax Audit Examinations.
Tax returns may be selected for audit when they involve issues or transactions with other taxpayers, such as business partners or investors, whose returns were selected for audit. Generally if a revenue agent from the Internal Revenue Service is auditing a company’s tax return they will many times find personal adjustments that have to be made on returns.
IRS Tax Audit Methods
An audit may be conducted by mail or through an in-person interview and review of the taxpayer’s records.
The interview may be at an IRS office (office audit) or at the taxpayer’s home, place of business, or accountant’s office (field audit).
The IRS Agent, group or mail correspondence office will tell you what records are needed. Tax Audits can result in no changes or changes. Any proposed changes to your return will be explained by follow-up letters and notices.
Audit Notification
Should your tax return be selected for a tax audit, you will be notified in two ways:
1. By mail or,
2. By telephone
In the case of a telephone contact, the IRS will ALWAYS send a letter confirming the audit.
E-mail notification is not used by the IRS.
Should you ever get an email notification regarding a tax audit we can tell you definitively this is a tax scam and should be reported to Internal Revenue Service
Your Rights During an IRS Tax Audit
Publication 1, Your Rights as a Taxpayer, explains your rights as a taxpayer as well as the examination, appeal, collection, and refund processes.
These tax audit rights include:
a. A right to professional and courteous treatment by IRS employees.
b. A right to privacy and confidentiality about tax matters.
c. A right to know why the IRS is asking for information, how the IRS will use it and what d. will happen if the requested information is not provided.
e. A right to representation, by oneself or an authorized representative.
f. A right to appeal disagreements, both within the IRS and before the courts.
IRS Tax Audit Length
The length of each audit varies depending on the type of audit, the complexity of items being reviewed, the availability of information being requested, the availability of both parties for scheduling of meetings and your agreement or disagreement with the findings. Office audits usually last about a month and tax audits from revenue agents can last anywhere from two months to two years depending on the complexity of the case.
Tax Records that may be Needed
IRS will provide with a written request for specific documents needed. IRS also reserves the right to make other documents available as it’s going through the tax audit.
The law requires you to retain records used to prepare your return.
Length of time tax record need to be kept
Generally, tax records should be kept for three years from the date the tax return was filed.
The IRS does accept some electronic records.
If records are kept electronically, the IRS may request those in lieu of or in addition to other types of records.
Contact your auditor to determine what can be accepted to ensure a software program is compatible with the IRS’s.
IRS Tax Audit Determinations
An audit can be concluded in three ways:
1. No change. An audit in which you have substantiated all of the items being reviewed and results in no changes.
2. Agreed. A tax audit where the IRS proposed changes and the taxpayer understands and agrees with the changes.
3. Disagreed. An audit where the IRS has proposed changes and the taxpayer understands, but disagrees with the changes.
AGREE With The Audit Findings
If you agree with the IRS audit findings, you will be asked to sign the examination report or a similar form depending upon the type of audit conducted.
If money is owed
If money is owed, there are several payment options available. Publication 594, The IRS Collection process, explains the collection process in detail.
As a general rule IRS will ask for a financial statement before determinations are made of how paying back taxes are determined.
IRS will ask for a current financial statement with complete documentation. As a general rule IRS will either put your case in an economic tax hardship, ask for an installment agreement, or may recommend or consider you for an offer in compromise.
Once again your current financial statement will dictate the closing method that IRS will use.
DISAGREE with the Audit Findings
A conference with a manager may be requested for further review of the issue or issues. In addition, Fast Track Mediation or an Appeal request may be filed.
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