by Fresh Start Tax | Sep 14, 2012 | Representation
If you are looking to hire a Former IRS Manager to represent you on a IRS Tax Issue, a Collection or Tax Audit Problem, call today , 1-866-700-1040
Free tax consultations.
Susan handles all IRS representation issues. She is employed at Fresh Start Tax LLC.
Fresh Start Tax LLC is comprised of Tax Attorneys, Tax Lawyers, CPA’s and Former IRS agents who have over 60 years of direct IRS work experience.
Susan Moss began her career with the Internal Revenue Service in the Office Audit Division in 1973. As an Office Auditor she examined individual and small business tax returns.
In 1978 she was promoted to Office Audit Group Manager. As a Group Manager she supervised a group of 25 IRS agents. She also worked briefly as a IRS Revenue Agent.
Susan received numerous awards for accomplishments with Fraud Discovery and Awareness; Examination of Business Returns; and The Tax Shelter Audit Program.
Susan retired from the Internal Revenue Service in 1983 and for the past 26 years has worked in private practice and now with Fresh Start Tax LLC as a tax consultant and IRS audit and collection specialist.
With her practice she has worked with many accounting firms representing corporations and individuals to resolve their IRS and State tax problems.
Susan has been a featured speaker at various tax industry functions.
She graduated from Florida Atlantic University with a B.A. degree and attended Arizona State University and Florida Atlantic University graduate school.
susan@freshstarttax.com
by Fresh Start Tax | Sep 12, 2012 | IRS Tax Advice, Representation, Tax Help
Hire Former IRS Agents who know the system and can settle your case!
Stop the worry today.
It absolutely baffles me at times. So many taxpayers with IRS Problems and yet people search the Internet for tax representation and hire companies and persons with no IRS experience, what are they thinking. They believe what they hear on TV.
Ask any IRS Agent currently working at the IRS and they laugh at the stupidity of taxpayers hiring these scam tax companies.However, taxpayers believe the lies of TV marketing.
Being Former IRS agents, managers and instructors we were amazed by the lack of genuine knowledge that other so called tax professionals have in dealing with their clients IRS tax problems. They work such few cases but it is a way to pick up an extra buck.
We are a professional tax firm consisting of Board Certified Tax Attorneys, CPA’s and Former IRS Agents.
As Former IRS agents we have a combined 60 years of direct IRS experience in the local, district and regional offices of the IRS.
Not only were we IRS Managers and Appeals Agents we also taught Tax Law at the IRS Regional Training Centers.
We actually taught new IRS agents there jobs. So why would you hire anybody else.
We handle all IRS tax issues and tax problems. See out home page for a complete list or representation. We are also available to answer questions, no charge!
All initial consultations are free and you can call our office and speak directly to a Former IRS Agent who can tell you exactly what is going on with your case and the fastest way to settle and close your case.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Sep 12, 2012 | Representation
IRS wants Whistleblower cases and this announcement is meant to have potential Whistle blowers come forward.
The largest single Whistle Blower claim was just announced and the IRS paid the whistle blower $104 million. Now that’s a whistle.
The Case that was exposed: exposing foreign accounts through UBS. Yes, the case.
Tax Attorneys and Tax Lawyers for a whistle blower Bradley Birkenfeld claims the Internal Revenue Service has awarded their client $104 million for providing information regarding UBS.
This Whistle blower case appears to be the single largest award ever paid out.
Ex-Swiss banker Bradley Birkenfeld is credited with exposing widespread tax evasion at Swiss bank UBS AG.
Bradley Birkenfeld himself served about two and-a-half years in prison for a fraud conspiracy conviction related to the case, which resulted in a $780 million fine against the bank and an unprecedented agreement requiring UBS to turn over thousands of names of suspected American tax dodgers and tax cheats to the IRS.
If you are a potential Whistle Blower and need help with representation on your situation please feel free to call us.
by Fresh Start Tax | Sep 9, 2012 | Representation, Tax Help
If you need to get your back or prior years tax return there is a very simple way to acquire this information.
Top Tips on How to get Back or Prior years Tax Returns:
Tax Return Requests – Cost $57
If you need an actual copy of a previously filed and processed tax return, it will cost $57 for each tax year you order. IRS always stick it to us.
You must complete Form 4506, Request for Copy of Tax Return, and mail it to the IRS address listed on the form for your area.
Remember send it only to the address found on the form, it can change from year to year.
Copies are generally available for the current year and past six years. If you need to go back further you are usually out of luck
To get copies over the telephone
You can get copies of your back or prior years federal tax return via the web, phone or by mail. Call 1-800-829-1040. this will take time, do not do this if you are in a rush.
A Tax Transcript:
Please Note – Tax Transcripts are free and are available for the current and past three tax years.
A tax return transcript shows most line items from your tax return as it was originally filed, including any accompanying forms and schedules.
Important Note :
It does not reflect any changes made after the return was filed.
A tax account transcript shows any later adjustments either you or the IRS made after you filed your tax return. This transcript shows basic data including marital status, type of return filed, adjusted gross income and taxable income.
Online Directions
To request either type of transcript online, go to IRS.gov and use the online tool called Order A Transcript.
To order a tax transcript by phone, call 800-908-9946 and follow the prompts in the recorded message.
To request a 1040, 1040A or 1040EZ tax return transcript through the mail, complete IRS Form 4506T-EZ, Short Form Request for Individual Tax Return Transcript.
Businesses, partnerships and individuals who need transcript information from other forms or need a tax account transcript must use Form 4506-T, Request for Transcript of Tax Return.
If you order online or by phone, you should receive your tax return transcript within five to 10 days from the time the IRS receives your request. Allow 30 calendar days for delivery of a tax account transcript if you order by mail.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Aug 31, 2012 | FBAR, Representation, Tax Lawyer
Use Former IRS Agents and Appeals Officers to abate your FBAR penalties and interest.
Call us today for a no cost consult. 1-866-700-1040
What happens if an account holder is required to file an FBAR and fails to do so?
Failure to file an FBAR when required to do so may potentially result in civil penalties, criminal penalties or both. There is no two cases the same.
If you learn you were required to file FBARs for earlier years, you should file the delinquent FBAR reports and attach a statement explaining why the reports are filed late.It is best to hire or consult a FBAR expert.
No penalty will be asserted if the IRS determines that the late filings were due to reasonable cause.
There are numerous reasons that IRS will allow taxpayers to abate both penalties and interest. More can be found on our website. Go to the homepage.
Reasonable Cause for Late FBAR
Whether a failure to file or failure to pay is due to a reasonable cause is based on a consideration of the facts and circumstances of each unique case.
Reasonable cause relief is granted by the IRS when a taxpayer demonstrates that they used exercised ordinary business care and prudence in meeting your tax obligations but nevertheless failed to meet them.
In the abatement of penalties and interest, determining whether you exercised ordinary business care and prudence, the IRS will consider all available information,
1. The reasons given for not meeting your tax obligations,
2. Your compliance history with the IRS,
3. The length of time between your failure to meet your tax obligations and your subsequent compliance, IRS will want to see you took immediate steps to correct the action,
4. Documented circumstances beyond your control.
FBAR reasonable cause may be established if you show that you were not aware of specific obligations to file returns or pay taxes, depending on the facts and circumstances. Among the facts and circumstances that IRS will considered are:
a. Your education level, the higher the level the lesser the chance,
b. Whether or not you have previously been subject to the tax,
c. Whether you have been penalized by the IRS before,
d. Whether there were recent changes in the tax forms or law that you could not reasonably be expected to know about,
e. The level of complexity of a tax or compliance issue,
f. Reliance upon the advice of a professional tax adviser who was informed of the existence of the foreign financial account and the tax laws that apply,
g. Evidence that the foreign account was established for a legitimate purpose,
h. Evidence that there was no effort to intentionally conceal the reporting of income or assets.
As a general rule, Ignorance of the Law, if reasonable, along with a good faith effort to comply with the law if you could not reasonable be expected to know of the FBAR requirement.
As Former IRS agents there are many other compelling facts and factors for late FBAR Filing relief.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Aug 26, 2012 | Income Tax Preparation, Representation
Fresh Start Tax L.L.C. of South Florida is a local tax specialty firm dealing with income tax, business and corporate tax preparation and planning. We also are IRS and State Tax Representation Experts. 954-492-0088
You can have your tax return ( income or business tax preparation ) prepared and filed through former IRS agents and managers who worked out of the local South Florida IRS offices. 954-492-0088. Free Consults for income tax preparation.
Tax Tips for our clients and potential clients in regard selling your home.
Taxpayers are eligible to exclude the gain from income if you have owned and used your home as your main home for two years out of the five years prior to the date of its sale. Make sure you can prove all sell dates.
If you have a gain from the sale of your main home, you may be able to exclude up to $250,000 of the gain from your income ,$500,000 on a joint return in most cases. Check with us to make sure.
You will not eligible for the full exclusion if you excluded the gain from the sale of another home during the two-year period prior to the sale of your home.
If you can exclude all of the gain, you do not need to report the sale of your home on your tax return.
If you have a gain that cannot be excluded, it is taxable.
You must report it on Form 1040, Schedule D, Capital Gains and Losses.
You cannot deduct a loss from the sale of your main home.
Special Note : If you have more than one home, you can exclude a gain only from the sale of your main home. You must pay tax on the gain from selling any other home.
If you have two homes and live in both of them, your main home is ordinarily the one you live in most of the time.
Call us to find out more, 954-492-0088.
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