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The IRS trust fund tax is a specialty within a specialty.
There are certain criteria the IRS must follow and having the knowledge of the system is a key element to provide your very best tax defense for IRS on taxes.
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The Internal Revenue Service is very methodical in setting up a trust fund taxes, I should know I have worked hundreds upon hundreds of cases as a former IRS agent, teaching instructor and also in private practice.
If you do not believe that the assessment itself is legitimate you can file an offer in compromise doubt as to liability.
At that point IRS will reopen the case and you provide a defense why you should not have been assessed the penalties.
If you owe the tax IRS will take a current financial statement and either put you into a hardship, payment agreement or you can file for an offer in compromise doubt as to collectivity.
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We can appeal your IRS trust fund penalty with the best possible tax defense used by strategies known to former IRS agents who have worked and know the system.
If you have received IRS form 2751 with the accompanying IRS letter 1153 , the IRS is in the process of asserting a trust fund penalty against the name on the form.
You have 60 days to file a formal appeal to stop the assessment and stop future IRS collection action.
This is a time sensitive letter in all time sensitive letters must be handled in that fashion.
As a former revenue officer and I taught tax law regarding the TRUST FUND TAX to new employees with the simple review of your case I will be able to give you a full evaluation to let you know how to defend yourself against the IRS trust fund recovery penalty.
There are no two cases the same so it is important to understand the fact pattern before one files an appeal for the trust fund case.
The revenue officer who will be making this determination will spend a number of hours before making a determination for who is responsible for this penalty.
It is extremely important to get the best tax advice events possible. Many times experienced help can get you out of this penalty and tax assessment.
Call me today for a free initial tax consultation. I will speak directly to you about your particular aspects on your unique case and all of them are different.
Within a couple of minutes will be able to make a determination on how to proceed forward.
As a former IRS agent I would set up the trust fund penalty against responsible persons who were held liable for this tax.
I also set up hundreds upon hundreds of trust fund penalties against responsible persons and know the system inside and out.
I also know all the best tax defense strategies to use.
The IRS Form 4180, Is one of the key documents the assertion of the trust fund recovery penalty.
It is very important to know that one of the main forms used by revenue officers is form 4180.
The Internal Revenue Service asks the revenue officer to have a sit down meeting with any persons that will be completing this form.
As a former revenue officer, I would urge any persons who has to fill this form out to be represented so you can have the best possible tax defense.
There are many set up questions on this form.
The revenue officer tries to take this 4180 statement from as many persons that were involved with the company so as to make a clear determination as to who was truly responsible.
The revenue officer uses a variety of sources to confirm that this statement is true and correct.
The revenue officer looks at bank signatures cards, copies of cancelled checks, at corporate resolutions, at loan documents, at those who sign leases or sign key documents involving day-to-day business of the company.
Another indicators IRS will look for:
1. IRS will look for who determined the financial policy for the business,
2. who authorized payments or bills to other creditors,
3. who opened & closed bank accounts,
4. who guaranteed loans,
5 . who authorize payroll,
6. who authorized federal tax deposits,
7. who prepared and review and sign payroll tax returns,
8. who had the right to hire or fire.
At the end of the day IRS looks at where the axe falls based on the flags raised on those who had authority and control.
There is not just one factor but a number of instructors and an experienced revenue officer can get to the bottom of this real quick but keep in mind there are many tax defenses that one can raise to file an appeal against this assessment.
Also keep in mind that if this taxes assessed against you can always file an offer in compromise doubt as to liability and ask IRS them to reopen the case.
There are many other documents that IRS will look at e are just a few.
It is not hard to determine who is responsible for the trust fund, the bottom line is, follow the money, follow decisions, follow who was really in charge.
If you need any help or need an initial consultation call me today and I can walk you through the process of the trust fund tax.
Why this tax is so deadly????
Many persons have no idea that if their payroll taxes are not paid that they can be held personally responsible for the tax debt, that is, the so-called trust fund taxes.
The article below will go into detail what those trust fund taxes are and the computations of assessment.
If IRS sets up the trust fund penalty against responsible persons or employees it can impose their true enforcement action including seizure, garnishments, bank levies, tax liens against any and all assets.
Our firm, fresh start tax is your best tax defense for the trust fund tax, appeals or collection defense.
What is the Trust Fund Tax ? The IRS Code 6672 Penalty
A trust fund tax is money withheld from an employee’s wages (income tax, social security, and Medicare taxes) by an employer and held in trust until paid to the Treasury.
When you pay your employees, you do not pay them all the money they earned. As their employer, you have the added responsibility of withholding taxes from their paychecks. The income tax and employees’ share of FICA (social security and Medicare) that you withhold from your employees’ paychecks are part of their wages you pay to the Treasury instead of to your employees.
Your employees trust that you pay the withholding to the Treasury by making Federal Tax Deposits (PDF). That is why they are called trust fund taxes.
Through this withholding, your employees pay their Contributions toward retirement benefits (social security and Medicare) and the income taxes reported on their tax returns. Your employees’ trust fund taxes, along with your matching share of FICA, are paid to the Treasury through the Federal Tax Deposit system.
The withheld part of e taxes is your employees’ money, and the matching portion is their retirement benefit.
Employment tax deposits are a current expense. Postponing paying them is not the same as making a late payment on your phone bill or to a supplier.
Congress has established large penalties for delays in turning over your employment taxes to the Treasury. The longer it takes to pay that money, the more it will cost you.
Who Can Be Responsible for the TFRP
The TFRP may be assessed against any person who:
Is responsible for collecting or paying withheld income and employment taxes, or for paying collected excise taxes, and
Willfully fails to collect or pay them.
A responsible person is a person or group of people who has the duty to perform and the power to direct the collecting, accounting, and paying of trust fund taxes
This person may be:
An officer or an employee of a corporation,
A member or employee of a partnership,
A corporate director or shareholder,
A member of a board of trustees of a nonprofit organization,
Another person with authority and control over funds to direct their disbursement,
Another corporation or third-party payer,
Payroll Service Providers (PSP) or responsible parties within a PSP
professional Employer Organizations (PEO) or responsible parties within a PEO, or
Responsible parties within the common law employer (client of PSP/PEO).
For Consultations to exist, the responsible person:
Must have been, or should have been, aware of the outstand ing taxes and
Either intentionally disregarded the law or was plainly indifferent to its requirements (no evil intent or bad motive is required).
Using available funds to pay other creditors when the business is unable to pay the employment taxes is an indication of Consultations.
You may be asked to complete an interview in order to determine the full scope of your duties and responsibilities.
Responsibility is based on whether an individual exercised independent judgment with respect to the financial affairs of the business.
An employee is not a responsible person if the employee’s function was solely to pay the bills as directed by a superior, rather that to determine which creditors would or would not be paid.
Figuring the TFRP Amount:
The amount of the penalty is equal to the unpaid balance of the trust fund tax. The penalty is computed based on:
The unpaid income taxes withheld, plus
The employee’s portion of the withheld FICA taxes.
For collected taxes, the penalty is based on the unpaid amount of collected excise taxes.
Assessing the TFRP:
If we determine that you are a responsible person, we will provide you a letter stating that we plan to assess the TFRP against you. You have 60 days (75 days if this letter is addressed to you outside the United States) from the date of this letter to appeal our proposal. The letter will explain your appeal rights.
Caution:
Once we assert the penalty, we can take collection action against your personal assets. For instance, we can file a federal tax lien or take levy or seizure action.
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