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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Hiring A Tax Attorney to Abate A Tax Penalty

by taxnick on April 7, 2009

Tax penalties present taxpayers with unique issues to consider. Wilson v. Commissioner, T.C. Summary Opinion 2008-91, describes the situation where a tax attorney represents a taxpayer with a tax penalty that was imposed for a tax return prepared by the attorney’s firm. The issue that the case describes is the conflict of interest that the [...]

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What an IRS criminal investigation for tax fraud looks like

by taxnick on April 7, 2009

With tax season in full bloom, a little reminder to avoid making false or fraudulent claims on your tax return is in order.
If you want to see what a criminal tax case looks like, the IRS makes it easy – here are the fact patterns and sentencing results of over 50 criminal tax cases from [...]

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