by steve | Jun 27, 2011 | IRS Tax Advice, Tax News
Fresh Start Tax L.L.C. A Local South Florida Professional Tax Firm IRS Tax Experts Over 60 years work experience in the local South Florida IRS Since 1982
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Is IRS assessing you a trust fund tax penalty or have you received a tax notice on this issue?
Call one of the most experience , oldest and trusted tax firms in South Florida.
We have worked thousands of trust cases since 1982 right here in South Florida. we are true Tax Experts in Trust Fund Tax Penalties and Law.
We are former IRS Agents, Managers and Instructors who worked in the local South Florida IRS offices for over 60 years.
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Our Company Resume: ( Since 1982 )
- Our staff has over 205 years of professional IRS tax representation experience collectively
- On staff, Board Certified Tax Attorney’s, IRS Tax Lawyers, Certified Public Accountants, Enrolled Agents,
- Former IRS Managers, Instructors and Trainers
- Highest Rating by the Better Business Bureau “A”
- Fast, affordable, and economical
- Licensed to practice in all 50 States
- Certified by the Internal Revenue Service
- Nationally Recognized Veteran Former IRS Agent
- Nationally Recognized Published Tax Expert
- As heard on 90.3 FM Monthly Radio Show-Business Weekly
How we work IRS Trust Funds Cases, payroll taxes, 941 cases.
Having worked for the IRS for over 60 years our firms staff is uniquely qualified to work trust fund cases. We have processed thousands of these cases both for the IRS and in private practice.
1. We get a complete history of the company and secure the required documentation.
2. We fill out the necessary tax forms that IRS will request.
3. We secure a status report from the IRS.
4. We secure the information in the IRS file to better equip us in handling the tax case.
5. We make decisions and recommendations on how best to resolve your case.
6. Prepare all appeals as necessary.
7. Set up a long term solution to get the problem remedied once and for all.
8. Set up payments plans or offers in compromise if necessary.
by steve | Jun 27, 2011 | IRS Tax Advice, Tax News
Fresh Start Tax L.L.C. A Local South Florida Professional Tax Firm IRS Tax Experts “A”Plus Rated by the Better Business Bureau
Innocent Spouse Tax Relief Experts. We are former IRS Agents, Managers and Instructors that have worked thousands of IRS cases since 1982 with an “A” Rating.
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Explore if you are an Eligible Innocent Spouse
Unfortunately, in marriage and life, everything is not always “Happily Ever After”. If that is the case, now what????
If you filed
- a married filing separately return while living in a community property state and your situation is not “Happily Ever After”; the IRS wants to help!
Many married taxpayers file a joint tax return because of certain benefits this filing status allows.
If you did so, you may be held responsible for monies due, even if your spouse earned all of the income – And this is true even if a divorce decree states that your spouse will be responsible for any amounts due on previously filed joint returns.
In order to qualify for Spousal Relief, you must meet certain conditions. Please continue if you are interested in exploring whether you might qualify for relief.
Did you file a joint Federal tax return AND did the IRS take your refund to satisfy your SPOUSE’S OR FORMER SPOUSE’S past due Federal tax, child support, or Federal non-tax debt, such as a student loan?
Innocent Spouse Relief
By requesting innocent spouse relief, you can be relieved of responsibility for paying tax, interest, and penalties if your spouse (or former spouse) improperly reported items or omitted items on your tax return.
Generally, the tax, interest, and penalties that qualify for relief can only be collected from your spouse (or former spouse).
However, you are jointly and individually responsible for any tax, interest, and penalties that do not qualify for relief. The IRS can collect these amounts from either you or your spouse (or former spouse).
The IRS will figure the tax you are responsible for after you file Form 8857. You are not required to figure this amount.
But if you wish, you can figure it yourself. See How To Allocate the Understatement of Tax, within the Publication 971.
You must meet all of the following conditions to qualify for innocent spouse relief.
- You filed a joint return which has an understatement of tax due to erroneous items (defined below) of your spouse (or former spouse).
- You establish that at the time you signed the joint return you did not know, and had no reason to know, that there was an understatement of tax (See Actual Knowledge or Reason To Know, defined below).
- Taking into account all the facts and circumstances, it would be unfair to hold you liable for the understatement of tax. (See Indications of Unfairness for Innocent Spouse Relief, later).
- A request for innocent spouse relief will not be granted if the IRS proves that you and your spouse (or former spouse) transferred property to one another as part of a fraudulent scheme. A fraudulent scheme includes a scheme to defraud the IRS or another third party, such as a creditor, ex-spouse, or business partner.
by steve | Jun 27, 2011 | IRS Tax Advice, Tax News
Fresh Start Tax L.L.C. A local South Florida Professional Tax Firm Since 1982 IRS Tax Experts “A” Rated by the Better Business Bureau
Have former IRS Agents, Managers and Instructors who were former IRS Tax Settlement Agents and Negotiators work to settle your IRS Tax Case. We taught Tax Law at the IRS in South Florida.
We have over 205 years of professional tax experience and over 60 years with the local South Florida IRS Office.
Areas of Tax Practice:
- Immediate IRS Tax Representation
- Offers in Compromise/ IRS Tax Debt Settlement
- Immediate Release of Bank Garnishments or Wage Levies
- IRS Bill/Notice of “Intent to Levy” or Final Notices
- IRS Tax Audits Small and Large Dollar
- Hardships Cases / Unable to Pay
- Payment Plans, Installment Agreements
- Innocent Spouse Relief
- Abatement of Penalties and Interest
- State Sales Tax Cases
- Payroll/ Trust Fund Penalty Cases
Our Company Resume: ( Since 1982 )
- Our staff has over 205 years of professional IRS tax representation experience collectively
- On staff, Board Certified Tax Attorney’s, IRS Tax Lawyers, Certified Public Accountants, Enrolled Agents,
- Former IRS Managers, Instructors and Trainers
- Highest Rating by the Better Business Bureau “A”
- Fast, affordable, and economical
- Licensed to practice in all 50 States
- Certified by the Internal Revenue Service
- Nationally Recognized Veteran Former IRS Agent
- Nationally Recognized Published Tax Expert
- As heard on 90.3 FM Monthly Radio Show-Business Weekly
How we work your case to immediately resolve your IRS problem and get you immediate and permanent tax relief:
1. We immediately send a power of attorney ( POA ) to the IRS letting them know we are now your tax representative. You will never speak to the IRS. We handle everything.
2. We will make sure your tax returns are filed and current. If your tax returns are not up to date, IRS will refuse to work your case. This is leverage that the IRS uses to get you compliant. Lost tax records, no problem. We can pull tax transcripts, file and prepare your tax returns within days.
3. IRS requires a current financial statement. We will secure a required 433-F (IRS financial statement), verify the income and expenses and work out a settlement agreement. IRS will require a closing settlement method for each case.
IRS Settlement Agreements/ Tax Debt Programs can be in different forms:
a. Hardship Settlements. Cases usually go into a 3 year suspended status because of an inability to pay. This is also called currently noncollectable. Your case will go into a hardship status because you do not have the income coming in to meet your current expenses. The IRS will use the National Standards Program to assess hardship.
b. Payment Agreements. Cases can be closed with agreed upon monthly installment payments to the IRS. We will review the different programs IRS uses to find you the lowest possible amount required.
c. Offer in Compromise /IRS Settlements / Tax Debt Settlement Programs. There are three types of OICs:
The IRS may accept an Offer in Compromise based on three grounds:
1. Doubt as to Collectibility – Doubt exists that the taxpayer could ever pay the full amount of tax liability owed within the remainder of the statutory period for collection.
2. Doubt as to Liability – A legitimate doubt exists that the assessed tax liability is correct. Possible reasons to submit a doubt as to liability offer include:
(1) the examiner made a mistake interpreting the law,
(2) the examiner failed to consider the taxpayer’s evidence or
(3) the taxpayer has new evidence.
3. Effective Tax Administration – There is no doubt that the tax is correct and there is potential to collect the full amount of the tax owed, but an exceptional circumstance exists that would allow the IRS to consider an OIC. To be eligible for compromise on this basis, a taxpayer must demonstrate that the collection of the tax would create an economic hardship or would be unfair and inequitable.
Call us for a free tax consultation. Free video conferencing is also available.
by steve | Jun 27, 2011 | IRS Tax Advice, Tax News
Report: Problems With IRS’s Financial Management Systems Continue
The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) financial management systems are unlikely to comply with Federal law before 2014, according to a report publicly released today by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA).
The Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (FFMIA) requires that Federal financial management systems provide accurate, reliable, and timely financial management information to Government managers.
In November 2010, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that the IRS’s financial management systems do not comply with FFMIA requirements. Specifically, the IRS does not post tax-related transactions in conformance with Federal Government requirements and its records lack adequate traceability for taxes receivable.
The IRS also has material weaknesses in its internal controls over both information security and unpaid assessments. The information security material weakness compromises the accuracy and availability of the IRS’s financial information and places sensitive information regarding taxpayers and IRS operations at risk. The unpaid assessments material weakness impacts the IRS’s ability to effectively manage unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest.
As required by FFMIA, TIGTA assessed the status of the IRS’s efforts to meet its target dates for remediating its noncompliance. In their remediation plan, IRS officials stated that they plan to close this material weakness over unpaid assessments by November 30, 2014, pending successful implementation of the Customer Account Data Engine Release 2 (CADE 2). However, TIGTA found that the IRS’s FFMIA remediation plan did not include any remediation actions and costs for CADE 2.
Because CADE 2 is the key piece of the IRS’s strategy to address its material weakness related to unpaid assessments, TIGTA believes these actions should be included in the remediation plan. Until the IRS updates its FFMIA remediation plan with actions related to its CADE 2 strategy, TIGTA will be unable to fully assess its overall progress in resolving noncompliance with its financial management systems.
“The IRS’s continued noncompliance with FFMIA will need to be closely monitored,” said J. Russell George, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. “Complete and reliable financial information is critical to the IRS’s ability to accurately report on the results of its operations to both internal and external stakeholders, including taxpayers,” George said.
TIGTA recommended that the IRS include necessary actions and costs associated with the implementation of CADE 2 in future FFMIA remediation plans and ensure the remediation plans contain complete and accurate information for non-security items.
The IRS agreed with TIGTA’s recommendations except the recommendation that the IRS include all necessary actions and costs associated with the implementation of CADE 2 in its FFMIA remediation plan.
by steve | Jun 27, 2011 | IRS Tax Advice, Tax News
Fresh Start Tax LLC A Local South Florida Professional Tax Firm IRS Tax Experts Since 1982 “A” Rated by the Better Business Bureau
Let former IRS Agents, Managers and Instructors who taught Tax Law at the local IRS in South Florida get you the TAX RELIEF you need.
We have over 205 years of professional tax experience and over 60 years of working directly for the IRS in the South Florida IRS Offices.
We taught Tax Law at the Internal Revenue Service in South Florida.
Also on staff Board Certified Tax Attorneys and CPAs.
Areas of Tax Practice:
- Immediate IRS Tax Representation
- Offers in Compromise/ IRS Tax Debt Settlement
- Immediate Release of Bank Garnishments or Wage Levies
- IRS Bill/Notice of “Intent to Levy” or Final Notices
- IRS Tax Audits Small and Large Dollar
- Hardships Cases / Unable to Pay
- Payment Plans, Installment Agreements
- Innocent Spouse Relief
- Abatement of Penalties and Interest
- State Sales Tax Cases
- Payroll/ Trust Fund Penalty Cases
Our Company Resume: ( Since 1982 )
- Our staff has over 205 years of professional IRS tax representation experience collectively
- On staff, Board Certified Tax Attorney’s, IRS Tax Lawyers, Certified Public Accountants, Enrolled Agents,
- Former IRS Managers, Instructors and Trainers
- Highest Rating by the Better Business Bureau “A”
- Fast, affordable, and economical
- Licensed to practice in all 50 States
- Certified by the Internal Revenue Service
- Nationally Recognized Veteran Former IRS Agent
- Nationally Recognized Published Tax Expert
- As heard on 90.3 FM Monthly Radio Show-Business Weekly
by steve | Jun 27, 2011 | IRS Tax Advice, Tax News
Fresh Start Tax L.L.C. A Local South Florida Professional Tax Firm IRS Tax Experts Since 1982
Immediate and Permanent Tax Relief. Former IRS Agents/Managers that know all the IRS tax strategies and formulas.
Former IRS Instructors who taught IRS Tax Law in South Florida.
Former IRS Agents, Managers and Instructors that worked out of the local South Florida IRS offices for over 60 years.
Hire a local South Florida professional tax firm.
How we handle your IRS case to get you immediate tax relief/help and permanently end your IRS Tax Problem
- We obtain all the information from our clients and get an accurate description of the problem.
- We immediately send a power of attorney to the IRS so you never have to speak to them.
- We immediately have the IRS stop all of their enforcement action with that first call.
- We make sure the tax liability is correct by pulling tax transcripts and documents from the IRS’ computer.
- We file any returns that the IRS needs to get you current. All tax returns must be filed before the IRS will consider any agreements.
- We make sure your case is settled for the lowest possible amount allowed by law by going over all the different options that are available to you.
Areas of Tax Practice:
- Immediate IRS Tax Representation
- Offers in Compromise/ IRS Tax Debt Settlement
- Immediate Release of Bank Garnishments or Wage Levies
- IRS Bill/Notice of “Intent to Levy” or Final Notices
- IRS Tax Audits Small and Large Dollar
- Hardships Cases / Unable to Pay
- Payment Plans, Installment Agreements
- Innocent Spouse Relief
- Abatement of Penalties and Interest
- State Sales Tax Cases
- Payroll/ Trust Fund Penalty Cases
Our Company Resume: ( Since 1982 )
- Our staff has over 205 years of professional IRS tax representation experience collectively
- On staff, Board Certified Tax Attorney’s, IRS Tax Lawyers, Certified Public Accountants, Enrolled Agents,
- Former IRS Managers, Instructors and Trainers
- Highest Rating by the Better Business Bureau “A”
- Fast, affordable, and economical
- Licensed to practice in all 50 States
- Certified by the Internal Revenue Service
- Nationally Recognized Veteran Former IR
Areas of Tax Practice:
- Immediate IRS Tax Representation
- Offers in Compromise/ IRS Tax Debt Settlement
- Immediate Release of Bank Garnishments or Wage Levies
- IRS Bill/Notice of “Intent to Levy” or Final Notices
- IRS Tax Audits Small and Large Dollar
- Hardships Cases / Unable to Pay
- Payment Plans, Installment Agreements
- Innocent Spouse Relief
- Abatement of Penalties and Interest
- State Sales Tax Cases
- Payroll/ Trust Fund Penalty Cases
