Allen Barron protects our clients from the aggressive tactics of California and IRS Collections agents including wage garnishment and bank levies. The inability to pay the entire amount of taxes you owe the IRS or California does not make you a criminal, and there are several strategies that Allen Barron...
IRS Lowers Mileage Reimbursement Rate for Commercial and Business Expense
The sustained downward spiral in oil prices has resulted in a lower IRS mileage reimbursement rate for 2016. The new rate will be $0.54 per mile, down from $0.575 in 2015. The 3.5 cent per mile drop reflects stabilization in the international oil markets according to the IRS, and is...
IRS Gains Power to Revoke Passports of Delinquent Taxpayers
The President signed the "Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act" into law on December 4, and a portion of this act enables the IRS to revoke the passports of delinquent taxpayers who owe more than $50,000 to the Internal Revenue Service. In a section of the law entitled "Revocation or Denial...
Why Should US Taxpayers With Offshore Accounts and Assets Be Cautious When Considering the Streamlined Domestic Offshore Procedures?
Why shouldn't every US taxpayer with offshore accounts or assets choose the Streamlined Domestic Offshore Procedures when coming into compliance with the IRS and FBAR reporting requirements under FATCA? Why wouldn't a US taxpayer simply want to claim "non-willful" conduct in their disclosures of offshore bank accounts, investments and assets...
Landmark Case May Help to Determine Willful vs Non-Willful Offshore Conduct – Swiss Man Sues IRS
In what is potentially a landmark lawsuit regarding the reporting of offshore accounts and assets to the IRS through FBAR and other forms, a Swiss man has filed a lawsuit against the IRS disputing "willful" versus "non-willful" behavior. It is interesting to note that this man, Bernhard Gubser, left one...
IRS Scammer Tactics Increasingly Aggressive – Warning to Consumers
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Monday, December 14, 2015 The IRS has issued another warning concerning scammers posing as the Internal Revenue Service. Most US taxpayers can quickly spot a scam on the phone, but the scammers are becoming much more...
A Staggering 25% of Americans Fail to Claim Earned Income Tax Credit – California Link in Study
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Monday, December 14, 2015. Why do more than 25% of eligible Americans fail to claim one of the easiest credits offered by the IRS - the earned income tax credit? In a new study published by...
Highway funding and passport revocation: a connection, please?
On behalf of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Wednesday, December 9, 2015. Many California residents -- in fact, scores of millions of Americans across the country -- regularly scratch their heads over politics as they are played out on Capitol Hill. In fact, much about the country's...
Topical focus: IRS and charity-related tax reporting
On behalf of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Collectively speaking, Americans are a charitable bunch. Millions of people across the country, and certainly in California, regularly donate time, services and money to nonprofit groups and other organizations that do good in their communities....