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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
POMPANO BEACH, FL (MARKET WIRE) Fresh Start Tax announces the introduction of a new flat-rate fee program for the resolution of IRS tax problems. Fresh Start Tax guarantees the resolution of various IRS tax problems for a flat-rate fee including: IRS tax levy of wages or assets, IRS tax liens, IRS offer in compromises and unfiled tax returns. According to founders Michael Sullivan and Steven Jacob,...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The Internal Revenue Service is waiting for Marylanders to claim more than 1,600 refund checks from the 2008 filing season worth more than $1.7 million. The IRS said Thursday that the checks averaging $1,086 were returned to the agency from Maryland because of mailing address errors. Some taxpayers are owed more than one check. Nationally, the IRS said 107,831 checks worth a total of $123.5 million...
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Forbes (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
There are steps you can take to reduce your chances of IRS pain.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
NEW YORK, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Joseph M. Demarest, Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the FBI, and Patricia J. Haynes, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), announced today that David G. Friehling, the accountant for Bernard...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
ATLANTA, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Equifax Inc., (NYSE: EFX), today announced it has acquired Rapid Reporting Verification Company, a privately-held national provider of IRS tax transcript information and social security number authentication services. The addition of Rapid Reporting will enhance Equifax's ability to provide lenders with improved products, quality and services to help them better...
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Forbes (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
IRS rulings on medical expense deductions create some oddball results.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Thompson Dunavant is proud to announce that Danny R. Snow, CPA, Member in Charge of Tax, has been appointed as Chair of the IRS Practice and Procedures Committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) effective October 20, 2009.
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CNNMoney.com (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
The Internal Revenue Service detailed plans on Monday to weed out wealthy, international tax cheats with renewed urgency.
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) For high-net-worth individuals, the knock on the door during dinner may not be a friend, or a neighbor, or a Girl Scout selling cookies. It may be a team of IRS agents -- and they might be backed by local police, state police or even the FBI. Tough economic times have sent U.S. tax authorities on an aggressive revenue drive. In fact, it has been reported that the IRS has...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Thanks to administrative problems and some fraud in the program, the IRS is now reviewing first-time home-buyer tax-credit claims by hand. What does that mean for taxpayers? Get ready to wait.
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
CHICAGO, IL (MARKET WIRE) Can a person be expected to live on half of their paycheck? What would be the consequences? How would rent or mortgage be paid? How would food be put on the table? Unfortunately, if the Internal Revenue Service comes after a person for back taxes owed and they have no representation or professional tax support, this is exactly the situation they could be facing -- half of...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Three tax shelter promoters, Peter J. Peggs of Prides Crossing, Mass., Robert D. Larsen of Winter Park, Colo., and Craig M. Stone, formerly of Fort Pierce, Fla., were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States by a federal jury in Grand Rapids, Mich., today following a four-week trial, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...
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iStockAnalyst.com (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service is examining more than 100,000 suspicious claims for the first-time home-buyer tax break, another sign of potential trouble for the soon-to-expire program. [More...]
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Some 7,500 international tax dodgers have applied for an amnesty program that promises no jail time and reduced penalties for tax cheats who come forward, the Internal Revenue Service announced Wednesday.
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btana | 03/05/2009
How Does A Tax Credit Work? As you know, raising a family is a full time job and can put stress on your finances. Fortunately, you can claim a tax credit to help cut your IRS bill if you have kids. Getting a Tax Credit for Your Kids With a tax ...
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zebra9 | 02/20/2009
A word of encouragement before you read this article . . . The following online tax savings resources are not only superb training tools but they have been instrumental in saving people tens of thousands of dollars, for those who have taken the time t...
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10cats | 12/31/2008
Help With Past Due Taxes When you owe the irs, It’s a nightmare. Interest penalities pile up like cordwood.Then there’s the Interest on interst and the inerest on penalities, it seems like you’ll never get out of debt with the irs....