By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in California Tax on Thursday, December 11, 2014. Company Protected Against Forced Disclosure of Tax Returns In Casa W LLC v. Superior Court of Los Angeles County et al., Kyle Madison, his former wife Marjan Madison, and their friend...
Life events can cause confusion come tax time
On behalf of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Thursday, July 24, 2014. Over the years, so much can change in a person's life. They may get a new job. They may move, within the city they already call home or to a completely different state, or even...
WHAT TO DO WHEN THE IRS CALLS
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Monday, August 18, 2014. Our office received a call last week from a highly agitated client who was concerned about a voice mail left by someone allegedly from the IRS demanding that the client return the...
When does an LLC need to file a California Tax Return?
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in Franchise Tax Board on Friday, August 29, 2014. Under California law, a limited liability company is a legally created entity that shields its members from personal liability and governs the operations of the company. LLCs are unique in...
Employees or Independent Contractors? California’s Right to Control Test.
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in Franchise Tax Board on Tuesday, September 23, 2014. The question of whether an individual is classified as an employee or an independent contractor is a vital one. If the individual is an employee then the company may be...
Even under FATCA, you still have to file FBAR
On behalf of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Monday, September 29, 2014. We have talked about the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) many times on this blog. The rule is the United States' way of taxing its citizens and permanent residents for all the income they...
Anti-Obamacare Movie Producer Struck With Internal Revenue Service Audit
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Wednesday, October 29, 2014. The Internal Revenue Service conducts audits of taxpayers' finances for a variety reasons. A taxpayer may be randomly selected for an audit through a statistical formula. The IRS also conducts audits of...
Audit finds discrepancies in IRS collecting efforts
On behalf of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Friday, October 3, 2014. An interesting bit of news has come out about the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). According to an audit of the agency and the tax debt they tried to collect from 2012, there was nearly $7...
IRS Audit Shows the IRS itself Failed to Discipline Tax Cheats
By Janathan L. Allen, APC of Janathan L. Allen, APC posted in IRS on Tuesday, May 12, 2015. A ten year audit of the IRS and its procedures clearly shows that the IRS itself fails to discipline 3 out of 5 tax cheats in its own ranks. The US Treasury's...