by Fresh Start Tax | Apr 29, 2019 | Tax Help
An AFFORDABLE Tax firm composed of former IRS agents, since 1982 practicing in South Florida. We know the system. Since 1982.
Being former IRS agents we taught tax law. We know how to save you money.
While at IRS, we taught tax law and we have on staff former IRS audit managers, revenue agents, and former IRS appellate agents.
We specialize in any need that requires IRS or state tax help. We can help you during an IRS audit, back tax debt resolution, IRS payment agreements, IRS hardships, and IRS settlements called the offer in compromise. We have over 200 years of direct tax experience in over 100 years of working directly for the Internal Revenue Service.
Our firm can handle anything from an IRS notice or letter, going to the local agents for tax representation and going to the appeals division to get the success we need.
Some on staff are former IRS agents and supervisors who worked in the audit division of Internal Revenue Service. They worked as office auditors and revenue agents as well.
We know all the systems and the formulas and the settlement technique when going through an IRS audit.
If you have a back debt you need to resolve with Internal Revenue Service, after taking a current financial statement, we will find out which program you are eligible for.
As a general rule, you fall in one of three categories.
You will either be a hardship, currently not collectible candidate, a payment agreement candidate or you may be able to settle your tax debt for pennies on the dollar to the often compromise program.
Your current financial statement will determine the course of action IRS will take. Settlements with IRS have to be very carefully handled. As a former IRS agent and teaching instructor of the offer in compromise, you should know that everyone is not a candidate to settle their tax debt.
Upon our initial tax consultation within minutes, we will let you know the exact course of action you can take.
If you are experiencing an IRS audit need representation or you will owe back tax and need immediate resolution relief want or want to settle your case for pennies on the dollar and file the offer in compromise, call us today.
You’ll get a free initial tax consultation from a true tax professional located right here in South Florida.
Please feel free to call us, Skype us or visit our offices. We are a full-service tax firm practicing in South Florida since 1982.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Apr 29, 2019 | Tax Help
We are affordable Florida Sale Tax Expert, former agents who know the law, the system, and get you results.
Do not be bullied by Floria Sales Tax division. Know Your Rights.
Has your company has been issued a Notice of Intent to Audit Books and Records from the State of Florida?
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We can have the auditor come to our professional offices thus avoiding a State of Florida Auditor from taking up your space, your employee’s time, snooping around your business and asking questions to your employees.
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You should never have any tax auditor show up and audit at your location.
Factors that can trigger a Florida business to become a target of a Florida sales tax audit
The state of Florida Department of revenue audits taxpayers for various reasons.
The list below could have triggered your Florida sales tax audit.
1. Do you purchase supplies for your business from out-of-state vendors or through the Internet?
2. Did you sell goods at retail, or wholesale products which you manufacture,
3. Did you sell services in Florida, can you be sure you are collecting the appropriate amount of sales tax on the sale of your goods or services?
4. If the answer is “yes” to any of these questions you might be targeted by the State of Florida for a sales and use tax audit.
State of Florida targets all business you may have been randomly selected
The state of Florida Sales Tax Audits targets different businesses, different industries and different geographical boundaries to make sure they have a very balanced approach to the sales tax audits in the state of Florida.
State of Florida Sales Tax must ensure total coverage for the entire state therefore all industries and businesses are included in sales tax audits.
No industries are excluded. The state of Florida keeps a sharp eye on all industry, new industries in potential targets of abuse.
When the state of Florida sales tax division finds widespread industry abuse they will put a lot of their time and resources into correction.
As a general rule that could mean convictions, heavy penalties, fines and certainly media and newspaper publicity.
They do this to get the attention of the public and mainly to help control industry abuses.
As a general rule when the state or federal agency puts out a number of press releases it is attempting to let the public know there plan a future attack.
It also should be noted that the state of Florida sales and use tax division conducts random audits as well as targeted audits.
Other factors that have to be considered for Florida Sales Tax Audits:
1. industries presently selected as targets
2. prior audit history
3. amount of exempt sales being claimed
4. Amount of total sales being reported
5. ratio of exempt sales to total sales
6. location of the business
7. adverse information from customers or employees
Most of these factors are obvious but the state of Florida sales tax audit division is always coming up with more programming targeting the industries where revenue success is obvious.
Companies with a history of prior audits where there was significant recovery will definitely get audited again.
Larger companies with high amounts of sales and those reporting high amounts of exempt sales are also targeted.
You should also be aware that Florida sales tax audits occur many times when ex- spouses and former employees turn and companies, individuals, and corporations that have been tax cheats over the years purely for retribution.
Florida’s voluntary disclosure program ( VDP )
Florida’s voluntary disclosure program allows a taxpayer to report previously unpaid or underpaid tax liabilities for any tax administered by the Department of Revenue. It is the taxpayer’s opportunity to voluntarily pay these taxes without being penalized.
Who is eligible for VDP?
Anyone who has any tax liability for a tax administered by the Florida Department of Revenue and who has not been previously contacted by the Department concerning the liability. Disclosures relating to delinquencies or deficiencies that are obvious and would routinely generate a billing if not otherwise self-disclosed are not eligible for the program.
What are the benefits to the taxpayer?
When the tax and interest liabilities have been paid, all penalties will be waived unless tax has been collected and not remitted. In those instances, a five percent penalty will be imposed, unless reasonable cause is presented.
How far back will the Department look?
Three years immediately preceding the postmark date of the voluntary disclosure request. Failure to take advantage of this program could result in the Department holding the taxpayer liable for the applicable (longer) limitation periods of the relevant taxes.
Have you been contacted by the criminal division?
If you have been contacted by a State of Florida criminal investigator it is in your best interest to contact one of our attorneys or lawyers.
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Florida Sales Tax Defense
by Fresh Start Tax | Apr 28, 2019 | Tax Help
Do not be suckered in or be bullied into the Florida Department of revenue. Fight back by using former agents who know the system and are not bullied. AFFORDABLE, SINCE 1982
Using Former agents who know the system gives you a big advantage.
State of Florida loves cash a business.
The state of Florida sales tax is hitting our gas station and convenience stores because of unreported cash income. They find easy targets because they find people dealing in cash scared of the government. But you should not be scared because when you receive cash you still have many expenses.
What sales tax is currently doing is taking gross revenues and saying that 85% is taxable and adding penalties and interest without looking at any records or real numbers.
If this happens to you contact us today as we are what are your best source for state of Florida sales tax defense.
The state of Florida sales tax is doing this to streamline their processes and hoping that some people would bite to scared to answer the Department of revenue sales tax division.
Do not be scared of the state of Florida sales tax audit contact former agents who know the system.
Also a big no-no, if you have received a self audit notice from the state of Florida Department of revenue do not send that in it is a trap.
What to Expect from a Florida Tax Audit
The Florida Department of Revenue audits businesses to find out whether state taxes were collected, reported, and paid correctly.
Although an audit is an enforcement tool to monitor and evaluate tax compliance, it can also be educational and promote voluntary compliance.
During an audit, the Department can help businesses identify and correct bookkeeping problems that could cause additional tax liabilities.
Audits may not always result in an assessment of 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.
How/Why Was I Selected for an Audit?
The methods of audit selection vary by tax. Some examples of sources used for audit selection are:
• Internal Revenue Service (IRS) information
• Information sharing programs with other states and state agencies
• Computer-based random selection
• Analysis of Florida tax return information
When notified of the Department’s intent to audit, you will be informed as to what records you will need to provide.
The types of records needed may include, but are not limited to:
• General ledgers and journals
• Cash receipt and disbursement journals
• Purchase and sales journals
• Sales tax exemption or resale certificates
• Florida tax returns
• Federal tax returns
• Depreciation schedules
• Property records
• Other documentation to verify amounts entered on tax returns
You must keep your records for three years for auditing purposes.
The Department may also audit for periods longer than three years if you did not file a return or payment, or filed a return or payment that was substantially incorrect.
After the audit is complete, you may review the audit findings and proposed changes. The auditor will give you a copy of the work papers and explain your rights, including deadlines for filing protests.
If you agree with the audit findings, you are expected to pay the amount due in full, if any. You have the right to protest the proposed changes if you disagree with them.
Throughout the audit process, communication is vital.
After the Notice of Intent to Audit Books and Records is issued, the auditor will work with you to set a date to begin the audit. The auditor will give you deadlines for providing information or documentation.
If you need additional time to prepare, or need to request a delay for other reasons, contact the auditor. The auditor will make every effort to accommodate your requests.
If you fail to respond or provide the requested information, the Department may issue an assessment and file a warrant based on the best available information.
Call us for a free tax consult.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Apr 28, 2019 | Tax Help
Michael Sullivan, We are a team of former IRS agents, managers and teaching instructors. Our offices specialize around IRS tax debt relief and filing taxes. Local Firm, Since 1982.
You will never have to speak to the Internal Revenue Service.
We handle anything from a basic IRS notice, letter dealing with the service center, the agent of the local office going to appeals, and pre-trial work.
We have over 200 years professional tax experience in over 100 combined years of working directly for the Internal Revenue Service. We worked out of the local South Florida Tax Offices.
If you have any back IRS issues contact us today and we can tell you exactly how to solve your problem.
We are former IRS agents, managers and teaching instructors and know all the methodologies, settlement theories and negotiation strategies to resolve any tax debt that may be facing you.
. We are one of the best and highest rated national tax relief firms with an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau.
Our principal has been on FOXBusiness news ABC and your own NBC and CBS station.
Since 1982 we have been resolving tax debt issues for thousands of clients. we can solve any IRS tax matter or issue and review with you carefully weigh possible to solve an IRS problem.
We have worked thousands of cases and we have been former IRS agents, managers, supervisors and teaching instructors.
Within five minutes of hearing about your current situation we can give you an exact remedy to end your IRS tax problem file your back tax returns and settle your back tax problems.
Many of the taxpayers who call us need to file back tax returns and their variety of reasons why taxpayers have not who have not filed.
The reason makes no difference.
The bottom line is, sooner or later you have to file back tax returns. We have a very easy and simple process to file all your back tax returns and settle your debt all at the same time.
Filing your back taxes with IRS
With or without records we can complete all your tax returns due to our enormous amount of experience we have in filing back tax returns.
Since 1982, we are one of the country’s oldest tax firms in dealing with back tax issues and settling tax debt.
Settling IRS Tax Debt
There are different ways to settle IRS tax debt and there are generally three programs that the taxpayer can qualify for.
The first is a hardship or currently non-collectible program.
There are good news and bad news about this program. After IRS takes a current documented financial statement, IRS may determine you are not collectible at the current time. IRS will suspend your case for a period of 1 to 3 years and put a freeze on it.
The good news is IRS’s off your back for a couple of years and the bad news is penalties and interest still run on it. With that said, your case will come out for financial review in a couple of years later.
The second program is the installment agreement or monthly payment. After IRS takes a current financial statement they will determine how much money they expect from you on a monthly basis.
The third way to sell your debt is to qualify for an offer in compromise, this is where you can settle your debt for pennies on the dollar.
After review of your current financial statement, we will let you know which of the program to qualify for and start to remove IRS out of your life.
Call us today for free initial tax consultation and we will walk you through the process and tell you how many years you have to file and let you know the different tax strategies based on your current financial conditions.
You will never have to speak to the Internal Revenue Service. We handle all the communication. Feel free to call us by voice or Skype us directly. We are a full-service firm with all work being done in-house.
Don’t settle for less than IRS experience. If you have any tax problems whatsoever and need to resolve your IRS tax debt or file back taxes, struggling with IRS notices or letters, call us today for a free initial tax consultation.
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by Fresh Start Tax | Apr 27, 2019 | Tax Help
An AFFORDABLE Tax firm composed of former IRS agents, since 1982 practicing in South Florida. We know the system.
Being former IRS agents we taught tax law. We know how to save you money.
While at IRS, we taught tax law and we have on staff former IRS audit managers, revenue agents, and former IRS appellate agents.
Our firm can handle anything from an IRS notice or letter, going to the local agents for tax representation and going to the appeals division to get the success we need.
Some on staff are former IRS agents and supervisors who worked in the audit division of Internal Revenue Service. They worked as office auditors and revenue agents as well.
We know all the systems and the formulas and the settlement technique when going through an IRS audit.
If you have a back debt you need to resolve with Internal Revenue Service, after taking a current financial statement, we will find out which program you are eligible for.
As a general rule, you fall in one of three categories.
You will either be a hardship, currently not collectible candidate, a payment agreement candidate or you may be able to settle your tax debt for pennies on the dollar to the often compromise program.
Your current financial statement will determine the course of action IRS will take. Settlements with IRS have to be very carefully handled. As a former IRS agent and teaching instructor of the offer in compromise you should know that everyone is not a candidate to settle their tax debt.
Upon our initial tax consultation within minutes we will let you know the exact course of action you can take.
If you are experiencing an IRS audit need representation or you will owe back tax and need immediate resolution relief want, or want to settle your case for pennies on the dollar and file the offer in compromise, call us today.
You’ll get a free initial tax consultation from a true tax professional located right here in South Florida.
Please feel free to call us, Skype us or visit our offices. We are a full-service tax firm practicing in South Florida since 1982.
IRS Tax Help + Audit Representation + Back Tax Debt Resolution Relief + Settlements + Delray, Deerfield, Boynton, Riviera, Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter
by Fresh Start Tax | Apr 27, 2019 | Tax Help
We are a staff of tax professionals that include former IRS agents and managers who have over 200 years of combined tax work experience and have 100 years of working directly for the Internal Revenue Service.
We have worked thousands of cases since 1982 and we are A+ rated by the Better Business Bureau.
We are the fast, affordable and one of the highest rated tax firms in the nation.
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IRS Tax Debt Relief
Despite what you hear on TV about every one being able to settle their tax debt for pennies on the dollar, there is a realization that all taxpayers can settle their tax debt. The airwaves, media outlets and social sites are putting in the minds of people who IRS is willing to settle these tax debts.
It is time to understand the truth.
As a former IRS agent and teaching instructor it was my job to teach new revenue officers how to collect back tax debt.
The information your hearing is the only truthful information that you need to know regarding relieving yourself of a federal or state tax obligation.
How IRS Will Deal With a Federal Tax Debt
IRS has a very specific system to deal with federal tax debt.
Throughout the United States there must be a oneness and a fairness so all taxpayers are treated equally. With that said, many taxpayers who owe under $25,000 can simply go online and make a payment agreement as long as they meet all of the qualifications.
Filing All Tax Returns
One of the qualifications that hold most people up on settling your IRS tax debt is the fact that all federal tax returns have to be filed.
IRS will not close a case in their working inventory nor take you off of the IRS enforcement computer unless you are in full compliance with all filings. It is a must and IRS will not compromise on this issue.
If you need to file back tax returns contact us and we can file all your tax returns with or without records. If you’ve lost your tax records we can pull IRS tax transcripts and reconstruct your tax returns and get you back in the system worry free.
For those of you who cannot enter an online payment program with the Internal Revenue Service, the IRS has a particular format in place to decide how they are going to deal with your federal tax debt.
IRS uses tw/three forms to make those determinations.
Those cases at the service center will use form 433F, and those in the local office, mainly revenue officers will use the 433 a. If you have a business they will assist you fill out the 433B which is a business financial statement.
After the IRS receives these financial statements they will insist that all documentation accompanying the financial statements be presented to them as well.
They will ask for the last six months with the bank statements, verification of all expenses, pay stubs, and any other pertinent information to determine collectibility. Basically, IRS is conducting a mini audit on your financial statement to verify that you are truthful and accurate for them to make a correct decision.
IRS has also a format as to what expenses that they will allow because they cannot allow people to spend what they want and not pay federal taxes.
The IRS has a list of all allowable expenses and their boundaries that they will allow.
These boundaries have been set up by the Department of Labor and are used by the United States trustee in bankruptcy court so all federal agencies use the same guidelines and boundaries.
IRS will insist that you stay within the boundaries in:
1. housing and utilities,
2. food and clothing,
3. car payments, and,
4. insurance.
The federal charts are available on our website or you can contact us today and we can review the process.
How Will IRS Proceed To Close Your Case
IRS after a careful review of your financial statement and documentation IRS will generally will conclude one of three closing methods.
Number one:
IRS may determine that you’re in a current hardship in place you into a non-collectible file.
The good news is you will not have to make payments or deal with IRS for a period of 1 to 3 years however penalties and interest will still run. IRS will bring the case back out to the field to review at a later time within a prescribed period of time.
IRS will place a refund freeze on your account so all refunds go to the Internal Revenue Service. If you fail to file another tax return on time or pay it in full your case will automatically be generated back to the field. If IRS does this are going to be a lot stricter in working your case
40% of all open cases and IRS collection inventory are placed in hardship.
Number two:
IRS may determine after a careful review of your income and expenses that you are a payment, installment or a monthly agreement candidate.
IRS will discuss with you after review of that statement exactly how much that payment will be and set up the terms of that agreement.
6.5 million taxpayers enter into monthly payment agreements, with one-third of all taxpayers default.
Number three:
After a review of your financial statement it could be determined that you are an offer in compromise or tax debt settlement candidate which means you can settle for pennies on the dollar.
The offer in compromise is not for everyone and we are very careful to proceed and filing your offer unless you’re a truly qualified candidate.
We will review your current financial statement to see if we can settle your tax debt for pennies on the dollar. We will file no offer in compromise unless we know with a reasonable degree of high accuracy your offer will be accepted by the Internal Revenue Service.
This is an area were more companies rip taxpayers off making them think or believe IRS is going to settle their cases. There is a very specific formula, guidelines and charts that IRS uses to settle their tax debt. I am more warning you now, don’t be fooled by other companies.
Last year, 78,000 offers in compromise were filed, IRS accepted 38% for an average of $9500. But keep in mind this was just a national average.
If you want to hear the truth about IRS tax debt relief help and whether you’re eligible for a tax settlement or want to find out if you can be a payment agreement candidate or you may be placed in hardship, call us today for a free initial tax consultation and you will learn the truth.
Since 1982 we have been resolving IRS tax debt.
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