By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in California Tax on Monday, February 23, 2015. An IRS Audit is the type of experience that no business professional or US taxpayer wants to endure. Imagine the relief of the taxpayer, knowing that the audit has been concluded...
Taxpayer Advocate predicts 2015 will be a rough year for taxpayers (Part 2)
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Sunday, February 22, 2015. A repeated call for enumerated taxpayer rights Since at least 2007, Olson has repeatedly recommended that Congress enact a comprehensive Taxpayer Bill of Rights to address some of these concerns. Although the...
Taxpayer Advocate predicts 2015 will be a rough year for taxpayers
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Saturday, February 21, 2015. A recent report from Nina E. Olson, the National Taxpayer Advocate, highlighted concerns in several key areas that she says are likely to contribute to the ongoing erosion of IRS taxpayer services...
Major Development on IRS Penalties for Employers Who Reimburse Health Care Costs
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in Business & Contracts on Friday, February 20, 2015. This week the IRS released "Notice 2015-17" addressing the concerns of business owners who wished not to provide insurance to their employees under a sponsored plan. Usually these companies would...
Filing Early If You’re Owed an IRS Refund May Not Be The Best Policy
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Monday, February 16, 2015. Many US taxpayers rush to complete their tax returns, especially in the event they are owed a refund by the IRS. A recent article published by Forbes.com provides 7 reasons to resist the urge...
Not filing your taxes is a dangerous game that’s not worth playing
On behalf of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Wednesday, February 4, 2015. We have all dreamed of simply not filing our taxes with the Internal Revenue Service. Bailing on the paperwork; not having to deal with complicated rules, codes and brackets; just sitting back, relaxing, and not...
IRS Officer Improperly Tried to Condition Notice of Lien With Taxpayer Installment Agreement (Part 1)
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Monday, February 2, 2015. If a US taxpayer has outstanding tax liability, the Internal Revenue Service may sometimes be particularly aggressive with its efforts to collect. Furthermore, the IRS does not always properly interpret or follow...
IRS Allows Deductions Without Receipts?
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Sunday, February 1, 2015. A recent Forbes article leads with the a hopeful title suggesting receipts are optional, asking us to hope that it is possible to take deductions and withstand IRS audit or scrutiny without receipts....
Are San Diego Residents Being Targeted by Fake IRS Agent Phone Scams?
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Thursday, January 29, 2015. The IRS has released a recent warning regarding a surge in aggressive phone calls from "fake" IRS agents. Callers are threatened with imprisonment, deportation, and license suspension (among other things) if they...