How Long Does the IRS Have to Collect on an IRS Balance Due?

The IRS cannot chase you forever and, due to the 1998 IRS Reform and Restructuring act, taxpayers have a little relief from the IRS collections division’s pursuit of an IRS balance due.

Generally, under IRC § 6502, the IRS will have ten years to collect a liability from the date of assessment. After this ten-year period or statute of limitations has expired, the IRS can no longer try and collect on an IRS balance due.

However, there are several things to note about this ten-year rule. First and foremost, the statute is carefully crafted to read: ten years from the date of assessment. The assessment date is April 15th of the year that the taxes were due or the date the return was actually filed, whichever occurs later.

This means several things. First, there’s no way to reduce the IRS’s statute of limitations by filing your return before April 15th. Second, there’s a pretty severe penalty for late filing in that the ten-year period does not kick in until you actually file your return. Failing to file a return or attempting to hide from the IRS does not relieve you from liability.

Finally, the assessment date can change if you file an amended return or if the IRS has filed a substitute return on your behalf and you file a return to correct it. In addition, if you tried to conceal income or have filed a fraudulent income tax return, the statute of limitations does not apply on trying to collect on an IRS balance due.

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Can Currently Non-Collectible (CNC) Status Stop the FTB?

Sometimes your financial fortunes take a turn for the worse, and you find yourself owing back taxes to the Franchise Tax Board. You don’t even have two coins to rub together, much less make installment payments, yet you are looking for an alternative to filing for bankruptcy. An Offer in Compromise is also off the table; you just don’t have the money.

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How to Request an EDD Installment Agreement

There are many individuals – including famous ones – that don’t pay or haven’t paid their taxes in years. Take for instance the late Anthony Bourdain. Before he became a household name with “Kitchen Confidential,” he hadn’t paid his taxes in ten years. He lived with the unrelenting anxiety of the IRS finding out and taking the little money he had to live on.

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California Payroll Tax: SUI, ETT, SDI & PIT Employer Guide

The California payroll tax structure for an employer in this state is based on four distinct taxes, commonly referred to as the CA SUI, ETT, SDI, and PIT payroll taxes. There are different rates for each of these taxes and the calculation methods are different as well.

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State Income Tax Considerations in Multi-State Tax Planning

Companies that have employees working in other states must pay close attention to each state’s payroll tax regulations. In many cases, payroll tax will be owed to California and to the other states where your employees are working.

Payroll taxes are determined on the proportion of income that is generated per state and must be paid to each state.

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FBAR Penalty Appeals and Compliance Programs

If you cannot come to an agreement to resolve your FBAR issue during the IRS examination stage, you may have a few options. The options available to you will depend on where you are in the penalty process, whether you were found to be in willful violation, and your history of compliance.

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