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By Darrin T. Mish, Esq.

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Last Entry: March 30, 2011 at 14:49:38

Cromartie Apologizes in Tax Evasion Case

Posted on October 16, 2010
Columbia City Councilman, E.W. Cromartie was charged and convicted of tax evasion and upon sentencing, apologized to the judge for his ?errors in judgment?, to which the US Assistant Attorney Mark Moore responded to the judge, ?These aren?t just errors in judgment...

Today is Tax D-Day for Nonprofits

Posted on October 15, 2010
The deadline set by the IRS for non-profit organizations that have an annual income of less than $25,000 to submit their annual returns with Form 990 is today, October 15. Any non-profit that fails to do so will automatically have their non-profit status revoked...

IRS News Snippets

Posted on October 14, 2010
IRS to Auction Young Buck?s Assets to Pay Taxes On October 28, the IRS will be holding an auction of some of Nashville rapper Young Buck?s assets to pay off his tax debts. Among the items that will go under the hammer are Young Buck?s gold and platinum records for his own music and some others in collaboration with fellow rapper 50 Cents, several works of fine art, a number of LCD and plasma televisions, branded watches and a range of fur coats and others...

Ex-quarterback's Wife Sues IRS for Wrongful Sale of Home

Posted on October 13, 2010
The ex-wife of Kenny Stabler, former quarterback for University of Alabama, Rose Burch Stabler is suing the IRS alleging they wrongfully sold a home her former husband had transferred to her before the sale. The house in question is on Ono Island near Orange Beach...

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Ministers Urge IRS to Investigate Religious Group

Posted on October 13, 2010
A group of ministers from Ohio through their organization Clergy Voice has complained to the IRS and urged it to investigate the Fellowship Foundation, a religious group that organizes the National Prayer Breakfast. The reason is that the Fellowship Foundation received money from an Islamic organization six years ago with alleged links to terrorist groups...

Pastors Stand Off with the IRS

Posted on October 12, 2010
On Pulpit Freedom Sunday September 26, about a hundred pastors intentionally broke the law that prohibits churches as non-profit organizations from endorsing or opposing a candidate running for public office. By doing so, the pastors actually hope the IRS would sue them in court...

Republican-linked Group Draws Calls for its Investigation by IRS

Posted on October 10, 2010
Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies (Crossroads GPS) is a non-profit, pro-Republican group that has spent millions of dollars in supporting Republican candidates for public office or running down Democrat ones. As a non-profit making organization, it is not obligated to reveal the identities of its donors and supporters...

Odyssey Struggles to Pay Tax Debt

Posted on October 09, 2010
Odyssey Dance Theater (ODT) is encumbered with more than $700,000 in back taxes, interests and penalties since the mid-2000s. This was partially due to confusion over ODT?s tax number and misleading tax advice received by the dance company, which has since been corrected, according to ODT artistic director, Derryl Yeager...

Thousands of Non-profits Risk Losing Tax-free Status as Deadline Looms

Posted on October 08, 2010
October 15 is the deadline for non-profits in the country with revenues of less than $25,000 a year to file Form 990-N to the IRS to keep their tax exemption status. The consequences of losing tax exempt status are clear. All forms of income including donations and gifts to the organization will be subject to tax and all contributors of such donations and gifts will not be able to deduct their contributions from their taxable income...

More Tax News

Posted on October 07, 2010
Toni Braxton owes IRS, Files Bankruptcy Singer and songwriter Toni Braxton, is said to be owing the IRS and various other parties between $10 million and $50 million in total and intends to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, this time in California...

Cohens Guilty of Evading Taxes

Posted on October 06, 2010
The father and son pair of developers who built the ?Flatotel? group of hotels, Mauricio Cohen Assor and his son, Leon Cohen Levy were convicted of evading taxes on a $33 million sale of a hotel in Florida. In the much publicized trial, a federal grand jury found both defendants guilty as charged...

Michigan Government to Recover Unclaimed Cash Including Taxes

Posted on October 05, 2010
If you reside in Michigan, take note that the state government has shortened the time it will allow the cash you have not claimed to remain unclaimed before it moves to take it over. This includes all forms of unclaimed money like dormant bank accounts, unclaimed taxes, paychecks, utility deposits, safe deposit box contents and the like...

Supreme Court to Decide on Student Doctors Tax Status

Posted on October 04, 2010
The US Supreme Court is to decide in its present sitting whether student doctors are considered students or employees of the college or university hospitals they work for. If they are student then they would be exempted from paying taxes on their stipends but if they are legally employees, then student doctors have to pay Social Security tax like any other worker...

IRS Data Show 3,000 Millionaires receive Job Aid

Posted on October 03, 2010
According to IRS records, 2,840 households that earned more than $1 million a year in 2008 received $18.6 million in jobless benefits. This even included 806 households with incomes in excess of $2 million and 17 that earned more than $10 million...

H&R Share Prices Expected to Drop due to IRS Action

Posted on October 02, 2010
H&R Share Prices Expected to Drop Due to IRS Action In the next tax year, the IRS has declared they will no longer supply tax preparers the ?debt indicator? of a taxpayer. The debt indicator is a code the IRS has provided every year to tax preparers that indicate the amount of tax refunds the taxpayer is entitled to receive...

Cornerstone Church Subject to Possible IRS Investigation

Posted on October 01, 2010
The watchdog group Americans United for Separation of Church and State that works to preserve the separation between church and state has issued a formal complaint against the Cornerstone World Outreach Church in Sioux City for violating a federal law that prohibits tax-exempt religious groups from openly endorsing or opposing candidates who run for public office...

New PTIN System Set in Motion by IRS

Posted on September 30, 2010
New PTIN System Set in Motion by IRS On Tuesday, the IRS officially implemented its new Preparer Tax Identification Number (PTIN) system. From now on, all tax preparers will have to be issued PTIN (even if they already have one) in order to be qualified to prepare and submit tax returns for their clients in 2011...

Pastor's Support of Gubenatorial Candidate Sets Off Protest

Posted on September 29, 2010
Pastor?s Support of Gubernatorial Candidate Sets Off Protests Last Sunday was the now famous Pulpit Freedom Sunday, a weekend where increasing numbers of pastors have set aside to preach on political issues over their pulpits in defiance of a law made in 1954 that prohibits tax-exempt religious groups from making any endorsement or opposition to a candidate running for public office...

Pastors Defy IRS Ban on Political Speech

Posted on September 28, 2010
Pastors Defy IRS Ban on Political Speech It has long been a rule that religious leaders are not to openly endorse or oppose anyone in the running for political position. But last Sunday, more than 100 pastors across the nation took part in Pulpit Freedom Sunday, a day when they purposely speak publicly on political issues over their pulpits...

IRS Mulls Making Soft Notices Permanent Practice

Posted on September 27, 2010
Of late, the IRS has been using an automatic feature in its ongoing tax filing system that prods taxpayers to check their own tax returns for discrepancies and inaccuracies. This is automated feature is called the Automated Under-reporting Program (AUR)...

Lawmakers Urged to Come Clean on Own Taxes

Posted on September 26, 2010
Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla) has urged his fellow lawmakers to come clean on their own tax statuses to the federal, state and local governments. The Washington Post recently reported that the Senators and Representatives of the House collectively owed a total of $9...

Business Owners Face Extended Tax Deadline

Posted on September 25, 2010
Business Owners Face Extended Tax Deadline Business owners who have requested for an extension to their April 15 deadline to file their tax returns have until October 15 to make their filings. The obvious thing to do would be to start preparing to file now instead of wait till the last minute and panic...

IRS Comes Under Fire for Housing Tax Credit

Posted on September 24, 2010
The tax credit for first time house buyers has rejuvenated the industry to some extent but it does have its own shortfalls. Its critics have labeled it a big money-waster. To lend weight to the accusation, the Treasury Department has produced an audit that shows the agency?s inefficiency in administering crucial aspects of the program...

Pflueger Father and Son Indicted of Tax Fraud

Posted on September 23, 2010
James Pflueger, former owner of Pflueger Auto and his son, Alan the present owner, have both been charged with tax fraud and conspiracy. At the same time, James was also indicted over allegedly moving $14 million to a Swiss bank account...

Appeals to Repeal Tax Requirement on Health Law Fail

Posted on September 22, 2010
The hotly debated tax requirement that comes into effect in 2012 pertaining to the Health Care Bill continues to stand in its present form after one round of voting in the Senate over two proposals to repeal or amend it. The tax regulation is that all businesses must report any expenses they make to any vendor or contractor above $600 in a year through a Form 1099 that is to be sent to the IRS...

Tax Fraud Trial Goes Underway for Father-Son Developers

Posted on September 21, 2010
Mauricio Cohen Assor, 77 and his son, Leon Cohen Levy, 46, the Miami father and son pair of hotel developers began their trial last week under charges of hiding more than $150 million in assets from the IRS. In a high-profile trial that is expected to bring to light their opulent lifestyle of owning luxury cars, yachts and mansions...

5 Silliest Things to do if You Owe Money (and Guess who owes Tax Money)

Posted on September 20, 2010
In this bad economy, lots of people owe money, including to the IRS. If you are struggling with personal debts, here are 5 things you would want to avoid: 1. Paying the minimum payments on your debts all the time. The banks make it sound easy for you by only setting a minimum payment you need to repay...

The IRS Requirement for Registering and Training Tax Preparers

Posted on September 19, 2010
In their ongoing efforts to increase revenue for the government coffers, the IRS has begun taking steps to get tax preparers properly trained to do their jobs. In addition, there is also a requirement for more stringent regulation for tax preparers...

Democrats and Republicans Move to Repeal Tax Provision in Health Law

Posted on September 19, 2010
A significant number of Democrats and Republicans have begun to petition for a repeal of the new regulations in the Health Care law that require businesses to increase their information-reporting. Under the new regulations, all businesses have to report to the IRS on all purchases of goods and services above $600 in a single year...

IRS Role Expands with Health Care Law

Posted on September 17, 2010
Nina Olsen, the IRS National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA), in a report says that President Obama?s new health care legislation pushes the IRS into a benefits administrator role, a role the agency is not equipped to handle. This effectively gives the IRS two roles ? collecting taxes and administering benefits...

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