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Are you a business owner looking for a tax-debt vaccination? Brotman Law can fix you up.
Under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, the paycheck protection program and employee retention tax credit were expanded. Find out if this benefits to you.
Learn about the framework of processes put in place for individuals who owe a tax debt to the IRS during COVID-19.
It may be hard to believe, but in state and federal criminal tax law cases, the victim is our government.
Did you know some tax deductions can be claimed on the Paycheck Protection Plan loans?
Did you know you are required to file a FBAR form if you have overseas accounts? If not, you could be in trouble with the IRS.
If you knowingly did not file a FBAR form to disclose your foreign financial dealings, expect major IRS penalties or worse.
International tax compliance is complicated. Learn which forms you need to file to stay off the IRS’ radar from a top national tax attorney.
Having interest in foreign corporations is not illegal. Failing to disclose it is. A top tax attorney explains why you need to file IRS Form 5471
IRS Form 8938 is required if you have foreign assets. An experienced tax attorney explains when you need to file Form 8938 and how to complete it.
When you file your Form 1040, do not omit information about any overseas holdings you have. Confused? Learn what to do to avoid problems with the IRS.
If you are a nonresident but earn income from U.S. sources, then you owe taxes to the IRS. Read this advice from a top U.S. tax attorney.
Will taxing the rich create a more equitable tax system or stifle growth and force California millionaires to move?
Has your business evaded or ignored the FTB’s collection notices? Don’t be surprised if a field collector comes knocking.
If you are an employer, you should know how to process employee wage garnishments or EWOT. Failing to do so can have consequences for you and your business.
The EDD can receive applications for Offers in Compromise. This may enable a tax debtor to eliminate an employment tax liability at less than full value.
Under 26 U.S. Code §1041, you typically have a 6-year window of time from the date your divorce is finalized to make a transfer that is not subject to taxation. Once you go beyond 6 years, you are looking at
There are four tests that the EDD payroll tax auditor will go through in an audit. You want to make sure that you do those four tests yourself, or some variation of them, because that's exactly what you are going
What usually happens in a payroll tax audit is that the auditor will send you a laundry list of documents that they want to examine. Of the different types of audits, payroll tax audits are usually the ones that have
“Fraud” is defined as acts with intent to deprive state of taxes due under the law. Intent to evade is intent to escape paying tax through misrepresentation or deception.
Sales tax audits are one of the areas of practice that I am most proud of at our firm. We have dealt with some very difficult cases and gotten some really phenomenal results. I credit that to the hard work
A portion of our practice has been devoted to helping individuals and businesses outside the state to get in compliance and defend themselves from California tax agencies.
If you are not in need of the Streamlined Procedures because you do not owe additional tax, and you have reasonable cause for not filing an informational return, you may file the delinquent international tax returns along with an explanation
Previously, the IRS had two programs, Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program (2009) and Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative (2011), which have been discontinued.
If you cannot come to an agreement in resolving the issue in the IRS examination stage, you still have a right to appeal your FBAR penalty.
An area of difficulty that has arisen with regard to FBAR cases is the ambiguity of penalties potentially faced by an individual in violation of disclosure requirements.
There are many informational forms associated with international taxes and I am not sugar-coating this — they are complicated.
The acronym FBAR stands for Foreign Bank Account Report and refers to a disclosure form that must be filled out by certain taxpayers with respect to financial accounts maintained abroad.
The most common questions about IRS collections and taxes answered in plain language so you can take action.
The passage of the FAST Act in 2018, has some people worried about their ability to travel and live abroad because of their IRS liabilities.
Because of certain benefits that filing jointly allows, many married taxpayers elect to file joint returns. However, filing a joint return carries the added burden of both parties being liable for the tax due.
When an IRS interest abatement occurs, then the interest on a balance due can be abated altogether or specific periods of time can be excluded from the interest calculation.
The IRS can declare a taxpayer in “IRS Currently Not Collectible” after receiving evidence of the taxpayer’s inability to pay.
An Offer in Compromise (OIC) is one repayment plan that you can negotiate with the IRS to reduce your tax debt.
If you are trying to work with the IRS on an installment payment agreement of your tax debt, you may be wondering exactly how they determine who gets approved and who does not.
IRS forms can be overwhelming and frustrating. We will walk you through the forms to painlessly apply for an IRS repayment plan.
An IRS levy is defined as, a legal seizure of your property to satisfy a tax debt. Follow our advice and you could get rid of it in 21 days.
If dealing with the IRS Automated Collection System (ACS) is making you pull your hair out, here are five strategies that you can use on your own to get through.
If you are in a situation with the IRS where you feel that your only option is to run away, there are options available to you. You can run but you cannot hide from the IRS.
Tax is an area of law that is highly specialized. It is one that touches multiple areas of law. In my experience as a tax attorney.
The IRS is a small organization that has very limited resources and relies on putting fear in the people to motivate them to action.
The first is you file tax return showing a liability that’s owed to the government that is not paid.