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R&B singer Robin Thicke and his wife, actress Paula Patton, owe the Internal Revenue Service $492,583.49 for failing to pay income taxes two years in a row.
In addition to his own music, Thicke has written songs for Jennifer Hudson, Usher and Mary J. Blige. Patton has starred in a number of movies, including Idlewild, Swing Vote, Precious and Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol.
A representative for Thicke and Patton said the

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In the homestretch – less than a week until Tax Day! During my recent appearance to the Midday Sunday Fox 11 with host Tony Valdez show, Tony and I discussed tax resolution and the burgeoning industry it has become. Highlights from the interview could prove helpful for those who may have back tax issues but be too overwhelmed to get help to resolve their tax burden. These answers should

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Countdown to Tax Day: 6 Days
On a recent episode of the Big Biz Show, we discussed the creation of the Tax Man TV show on Biz Television that morphed out of yours truly giving tax advice as a guest on the Big Biz Show for five years.
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Countdown to Tax Day: 7 Days
On a previous episode of the TaxMan on the Big Biz Show, Sully and I discussed how small business owners sometimes make themselves targets for harmful IRS audits.  While many business people are great at getting clients, they fall down in the back office with duties such as proper accounting practices. This lack creates unnecessary IRS tax issues and can bring a great business to

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Countdown to tax day: 8 days
The IRS Newsroom released a bulletin outlining payment options for struggling taxpayers looking for IRS debt relief and who may be having trouble paying and filing their tax returns before the April 17 deadline.  In a recent creditcards.com article entitled Pros and Cons of Paying the IRS with a Credit Card, I weighed in on the credit card payment method. Below are some key points to

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The Obama Administration is continuing aggressive efforts to stamp out tax crime by appointing the right people with the right experience to get the job done. A recent Bloomberg article entitled, Keneally Confirmed to Lead Justice Department Tax Division announced Senate confirmation of Kathryn Keneally as the assistant attorney general of the Justice Department’s tax division. She is expected to continue the crackdown of tax crimes such as identity theft

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Countdown to tax day: 13 days
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of sharing tax relief tips on Midday Sunday Fox 11 with host Tony Valdez. A topic we covered was unfiled or delinquent tax returns. We deal with a lot of non-filers at our firm; the average client has between four to eleven years of unfiled tax returns and while almost all are good people, they usually have

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In a blog post last May, I wrote about the tax lien filed against actor Nicolas Cage who owed $624,934.64 in unpaid taxes on large gifts he gave totaling $1.8 million which he is obligated to pay 35% the total value.
Fast forward to this year, a recent article by ABC News reports that Cage appears to be chipping away at his huge tax bill and has had his tax lien

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Tax day Countdown: 15 days left until April 17. With only two weeks left, I want to encourage taxpayers to start the year off right and resolve any back tax issues they may be facing. It is doubly important if those issues include unreported foreign income and offshore accounts. A recent March IRS bulletin entitled IRS Offers Tax Tips for Taxpayers with Foreign Income reminds us that U.S. citizens and

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The latest chapter of the IRS versus the Swiss bank saga shows just how far some Swiss bankers are willing to go to protect assets of their wealthy American clients from IRS detection. A Bloomberg article Swiss “Tax Evasion Advisers” Hid Assets, Used Kids reports on two recently indicted Swiss tax evasion advisors and their role in helping U.S. clients hide hundreds of millions of dollars from tax authorities using

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Once again, we have celebrities in the news facing tough IRS problems.  The most recent failure to file tax case involves the sons of the late Sylvia and Joe Robinson who in the late 70’s formed the Sugar Hill Records label and created hip-hop’s first commercial hit, the Sugar Hill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight.” According to an NJ.com article entitled From ‘Rapper’s Delight’ to tariff-collector fight: sons of hip-hop pioneers face

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As we are in the tax day homestretch, I have noticed a hefty percentage of articles in the financial pages that naturally have to do with taxes.  A series by Forbes’ Kelly Phillips Erb Taxes: A-Z offers insight into tax issues that many might be facing as they are tackling (or avoiding) their yearly tax obligation.
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The Obama Administration and the Department of Treasury are continuing their aggressive efforts to catch tax evaders.  One strategy they are considering is a collaboration between the IRS and local law enforcement agencies to help catch people committing tax fraud, tax evasion and identity theft crimes.  Canada Free Press journalist Jim Kouri wrote an article entitled IRS may draft cops to catch tax cheats, official tells Senate to report on

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As April 17th draws near, it’s important that taxpayers have information to prevent any IRS tax issues from occurring to them. In a previous blog post called IRS Warns of Dirty Dozen Tax Scams, I highlighted in detail the top four most common tax scams circulating throughout the tax system so that our readers would not fall victim to “IRS deals” and false promises that could ultimately hurt their

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While taxpayers are allowed to represent themselves before the IRS, it doesn’t mean they should. There are instances where hiring a tax resolution expert such as a tax attorney or certified tax resolution specialist is highly recommended especially if your personal or businesstax problems are too large, complicated and risky to handle on you own.
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A previous blog post entitled Tax Advocate Warns Taxpayers Rights at Risk mentioned the release of the annual report to Congress by National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson.
Olson, an outspoken official whose staff works within the IRS to resolve taxpayers tax issues, was very critical of several IRS practices and processes that end up putting taxpayers last.
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Every month we choose a very special Tax Client Of The Month.  It’s our way of acknowledging good friends and saying “thanks” to those who support Tax Resolution Services with referrals, word of mouth and repeat business.
This month’s Tax Client Of The Month is Mr. George N.
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Singer Sean Kingston, whose real name is Kisean Anderson, owes $131,379.51 to the Internal Revenue Service in back taxes.
The amount, which was first disclosed by the celebrity news outlet TMZ, was listed on a tax lien filed against one of Kingston’s properties. And it isn’t the first time the IRS has pursued the singer for the taxes. Federal tax agents warned the singer: “We have made a demand for payment.”
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