http://www.taxlitigation.net TAX LAW NEWS - TAX LITIGATION Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:44:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Internal Revenue Service today announced several additional steps it is taking this tax season to help people having difficulties meeting their tax obligations because of unemployment or other financial problems. The steps –– an expansion of efforts that began more than a year ago –– include additional flexibility on offers ... http://www.taxlitigation.net/taxlaw/irs-outlines-additional-steps-to-assist-unemployed-taxpayers-and-others/ Threats against Internal Revenue Service workers and facilities continue to pour in following last month's plane crash at agency offices in Austin. IRS watchdogs are investigating more than 70 reported instances of inappropriate comments made to agency workers by taxpayers, union officials said earlier this week. Despite earlier reports suggesting it was ... http://www.taxlitigation.net/taxlaw/threats-against-irs-workers-continues/ The IRS billion unclaimed funds total $1.3 billion in refunds from 2006. More than 1.4 million tax payers didn't file a return. If you are one of those individuals, there are no penalties to pay if you have a refund. The best thing to do is file your taxes by using ... http://www.taxlitigation.net/taxlaw/irs-sets-deadline-for-1-billion-unclaimed-refunds/ The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will provide a first installment of $61.2 million for the Florida Back to Work Initiative, Gov. Charlie Crist said Wednesday. The $200 million government stimulus program aims to create jobs in Florida by paying for up to 95 percent of the salaries of ... http://www.taxlitigation.net/taxlaw/florida-back-to-work-funding-takes-hold-as-unemployment-tax-law-promoted/ Worried about a tax audit? Maybe you should be. More Americans than ever may be subject to unwanted attention from the Internal Revenue Service this season as the government pumps billions of dollars into tax collection. More than 1.4 million Americans were audited last year, the most in a decade. Even ... http://www.taxlitigation.net/taxlaw/tax-audits-uncle-sam-wants-you/ Online retail giant Amazon.com notified web-based affiliate businesses across Colorado on Monday that it is dropping them in response to an eight-day-old state law applying state sales tax to such purchases. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) ‎ has a national network of bloggers and Internet-based businesses that generate commissions themselves by driving ... http://www.taxlitigation.net/taxlaw/amazoncom-to-drop-colorado-affiliates-in-response-to-tax-law/ Massachusetts Tax Attorney Kevin Kilduff was barred from practicing before the Internal Revenue Service for 48 months for failing to file one federal tax return and for filing another five returns late. “Professionals who demonstrate a lack of respect for our tax system by failing to meet their own tax filing ... http://www.taxlitigation.net/taxlaw/irs-wins-48-month-suspension-of-a-lawyer-for-failing-to-file-his-own-tax-return-and-late-filing/ The federal budget includes a plan to reverse a big decline in Canadian venture capital investment, starting with a change to tax law. A long-time plea by Ottawa technology magnate Terence Matthews and industry lobbyists was answered when the government cancelled Section 116 of the Income Tax Act, which forces foreign ... http://www.taxlitigation.net/taxlaw/matthews-hails-tax-law-change-for-foreign-investors/ The Internal Revenue Service and the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that the two agencies agreed to work more closely to monitor and regulate the municipal bond market and industry. IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman and SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro today signed a Memorandum of Understanding designed to improve compliance with IRS ... http://www.taxlitigation.net/taxlaw/irs-and-sec-agree-to-work-more-closely-regarding-municipal-bond-enforcement/ A tax break meant to spur donations to Haitian earthquake relief has received unanimous approval from the Minnesota House. It should reach Gov. Tim Pawlenty's desk sometime this week. The Senate needs to take one more vote to line up two slightly different versions. The bill would allow donors to deduct charitable ... http://www.taxlitigation.net/taxlaw/haiti-tax-relief-bill-passes-minn-house/