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filed their tax return with medical expense and home deductions, however they failed to supply any evidence of the costs associated with these deductions. Furthermore, their return was filed late. Without providing sufficient evidence, your claims are in effect meaningless. The combined effects of these tax blunders result in late filing penalties and unacceptable deductions. CCH (http://intelliconnect.cch.com) reports: The IRS’s disallowance of a couple’s claimed deductions for medical expenses and home mortgage interest was sustained, and the failure to file penalty was imposed, based on the evidence the couple provided. Since the couple failed

Help is Only As Good As the Records You Keep to Substantiate Your IRS Deductions Thursday, December 17th, 2009 Business owners and freelance professionals alike must be aware of the importance of keeping careful Records of their business expenses in order for these tax deductions to be accepted. A good tax attorney can only do so much to help your case if you do not have strong evidence to support your tax claims. I have blogged about news stories of unsubstantiated tax deductions in the past where taxpayers who were unable to provide evidence of their business expenses were disallowed from receiving tax deductions . A tax attorney

in their lives, such as medical costs. In short, these are people whose financial situations have changed so drastically they will not be able to pay their tax debt. But the Offer in Compromise isn’t the only option. For those with tax debt who do not qualify for the Offer in Compromise program, a good option is the Installment Agreement . Under this agreement, the taxpayer works out a payment plan with the IRS that eliminates the tax debt over time. This is similar to a monthly car payment — a large enough payment to pay off a significant debt over time but not so large that it will adversely affect your lifestyle. Whether you are

file. 4. Accelerate your medical expenses. If you itemize your deductions, there’s a limitation on medical expenses and you may deduct only the amount by which your medical care expenses for the year exceed 7.5% of your adjusted gross income. So if you have any medical procedures or dental procedures that you’re putting off, now is the time to get them done. You don’t have to pay for them necessarily, you can put them on a credit card and just pay the minimum balance on the credit card, but you can take the full deduction of the year that it took place. 5. Pay you’re an extra’s month’s worth of the mortgage. Make your January

that you can just throw your records in a bag, drop it on the auditor’s desk, and shout, “You figure it out!” That just doesn’t work. Remember, it’s your legal responsibility to prove your deductions. Replace missing records. If you’re going through your records and find that some of them are missing, call for duplicates immediately. Don’t just go to the audit and claim that the records are missing or lost. That does you no good at all. At best, the auditor will request that you obtain the records. At worst, the deduction in question will be denied, since there are no supporting documents. Provide only

are entitled to their IRS records through the Freedom of Information Act ; taxpayers should request the IRS to disclose these records in order to prove the expiration of the Statue of Limitations. *Wage garnishment : The IRS analyzes an amount of money a taxpayer would need to survive each week based on the number of dependents claimed and what the pay cycle is; this number is the amount of money the IRS will allow taxpayers to keep. Oftentimes, taxpayers are left with nothing but $170/week. I deal with tax problems every day and this year alone, my firm has successfully negotiated hundreds of IRS settlements at a rate of $0.13 on the

2002 and 2003 by Mercerville Medical Associates in Trenton and was working toward becoming a partner in the Medical practice. If convicted, Perdikis faces up to five years in prison and a fine of $100,000. Don’t find yourself in a tax situation like this.  Get tax relief – it’s easy to get started: 1.  Call Tax Resolution Services toll free number 1-866-IRS PROBLEMS (477-7762) 2. Get a FREE & Confidential Tax Resolution Analysis 3. Let our Tax Professionals Fight the IRS for you. Tags: evading federal income taxes , evading taxes , free tax analysis , Free Tax Consultation , kickback scheme , tax evasion , tax

contractor’s medical expense deduction is limited to 7.5% of the self-employed independent contractor’s adjusted gross income. If you haven’t reached that cap yet, go have those dental procedures or that bit of elective surgery (we’re not just talking about that nose, the swimsuit season will be here again before you know it). As long as you’re under that 7.5% limit, you can get income tax relief from your standard variety medical expense deductions. A little known year-end income tax relief tip – you don’t even have to pay for the medical procedures before January 1, 2010. Just put the medical charges on

According to court records, between 2005 and 2008, Ning Zhu, 32, of Newark, Del., defrauded Dell of approximately $102,000 by fraudulently obtaining software in connection with the purchase of personal computers. During the course of hundreds of transactions with Dell, Zhu, using multiple false names and addresses, claimed not to have received software that he had in fact received. Through this deception, Zhu obtained duplicate copies of the software, which he then sold unlawfully. On his tax returns, Zhu falsely stated that his income for 2005 was $4,603, and that the amount of tax due was $0. In fact, his taxable income for 2005 was

on income he earned from his medical practice. Around 1995, he joined an organization in Denver called Tower Executive Resources. Tower assisted its members in evading federal income taxes, in part by providing a false invoicing scheme to offset income the members’ earned. Lewis’ medical practice paid funds to Tower in exchange for bogus Tower invoices to substantiate huge false business expenses Lewis deducted on the medical practice’s returns. Tower then deposited the bulk of those funds into an offshore bank account, which Lewis controlled. Lewis faces up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. Lewis’ son, Roy Lewis, a dentist