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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.
The Tax Man Show combines my 30 plus years in the tax business including running Tax Resolution Services, Co. for 15, to gives taxpayers

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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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An Open Letter to Consumers:
Our firm has been doing Tax Problem Resolution work since 1998. That’s nearly 15 years in this industry. Looking back at what has transpired over these years we pause to appreciate the growth. However, over the last several years, many questionable firms have moved into this space putting a black-eye on our industry and have threatened our very existence. In August 2010, the FTC began to

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Thelbert Lamont Lesure, 40, of Holly Springs, Miss., pleaded guilty to count one of knowingly preparing and transmitting a fraudulent tax return to the IRS. Lesure was released on a pre-existing bond pending sentencing, which will take place following the completion of a presentencereport. At sentencing, he faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. No related posts. No related posts.

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A man who operated a nightclub in Carson City, Nev., and two Laundromats in Reno, Nev., has pleaded guilty to tax evasion.
According to the plea agreement, from 2005 to 2007, Bradley H. Herndon, 54, operated three restaurants and two Duds and Suds Laundromats in Reno, as well as theClub JB nightclub in Carson City. Herndon was responsible for many of the daily business activities, including maintaining, collecting and reporting

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Following a three-day trial and two hours of jury deliberation, a Michigan man faces a possible lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of eight counts of tax evasion.
According to evidence presented at trial, during the 2001 through 2008 tax years, George Balcewicz, III, 44,of Lapeer, Mich., earned taxable wages totaling more than $569,000 through his employment as an electrician.
In attempting to evade his taxes, Balcewicz provided his employers with

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“How the U.S. wound up with the income tax is the story of two wars, a Supreme Court justice on his death bed, and Donald Duck” begins an article from NPR’s Planet Money Team entitled From Abe Lincoln to Donald Duck, the Story of the Income Tax. This interesting article illuminates the obstacles income taxes faced so that ultimately every citizen was responsible to pay their share to help the

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We help clients solve tax problems every day at Tax Resolution Services! We wanted to share this question from a tax client (and our answer) because it is a situation that many people may find themselves in: Question: I’ve really screwed up. Before the recession, I followed some bad tax advice, and now I owe quite a bit of money in back taxes. And that’s not all. The economy has

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A Tennessee husband and wife face prison time after pleading guilty to two counts of willful failure to file tax returns.
Angela Palmer worked in the tax years 2005 and 2006 as a mortgage broker and earned extra income giving music lessons. Her husband, Warren Palmer, worked from 2004 to 2006 in construction and other jobs. They both lived in Knoxville, Tenn.
According to court records, the Palmers kept money in an

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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.
Mr. George N. owed the IRS over $92K in back taxes when he sought help.  After several months of negotiations, we were able to

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Following a three-day trial, a former IRS supervisor was convicted of tax fraud in Worcester, Mass.
Michael Doyle, 44, of Hudson, N.H., was convicted for falsely claiming that he was eligible for a first-time homebuyer tax credit. Doyle, a 20-year employee of the IRS, was ineligiblefor the tax credit because he had purchased his home in 2007, before the credit went into effect in April 2008. The jury determined that

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A New Hampshire man was sentenced to 18 months in prison for filing false tax returns, significantly understating his income, from 2003 through 2006.
Joseph Minai, 43, of Hampton Falls, N.H., was also ordered to pay $206,022 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service and a $10,000 fine. Minai pleaded guilty in November 2010.
According to government evidence, from 2003 through 2006, Minai worked for an information technology company and reported his

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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.”
Kingston,

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Consumers come to us every day at Tax Resolution Services with tax questions and, in fact, one of the most popular subjects is the IRS Offer in Compromise program. This program allows taxpayers to settle their tax debt for substantially less than what they owe. Before you get excited, I want to point out that the Offer in Compromise program is a privilege and not everyone will qualify for it. ———————-
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A Boone Count, Ky., man who evaded paying his federal income tax liability from 1995 to 2001 was sentenced today to 24 months in prison.
He was also ordered to pay approximately $2.4 million in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.
From 1995 to 2001, William C. Shehan Jr., 45, failed to file federal income tax forms and diverted money that should have been paid in taxes into private business ventures and

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A recent Forbes article by Kelly Phillip Serb entitled Tax Appeal is a Scam gives readers a look at just how pervasive the tax scams are becoming out there. Upon first glance, this e-mail may look official to some of you, but scan the document and scratch the surface like Kelly didand you’ll get a sense that some things “just aren’t right.” The text in the e-mail reads:
Dear Accountant Officer,
Hereby

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A New Mexico state contractor was charged with five counts of tax evasion.
Shelda Sutton-Mendoza, 59, of Albuquerque, N.M., was owner and sole shareholder of NYSNC Environmental (NYSNC), an environmental cleanup and testing service established in 2000 and incorporated in October 2003. NYSNC contracted primarily with the New Mexico Environmental Department, where Sutton-Mendoza was employed in the Petroleum Storage Bureau for more than six years before leaving to establish NYSNC.
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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.
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Leslie W. Jacobs, 67, of Gates Mills, Ohio, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine after pleading guilty to making and subscribing to false personal income tax returns. According to court records, Jacobs, a partner in a Cleveland law firm,filed joint income tax return on which he inflated his law firm business expense deductions and, as a result, falsely

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