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Treasury Study Finds Massive Fraud with First Time Home Buyer Credit

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration released a report on June 17, 2010, titled  Additional Steps Are Needed to Prevent and Recover Erroneous Claims for the First-Time Homebuyer Credit.  A study by the Inspector General found widespread fraud involving the government hand out that gives people a tax credit of $8,000 for [...]

1.2 Million Tax Returns Filed for 2007 Reported Wages Earned on Another Taxpayer’s Social Security Number

Good news for people who steal other people’s social security numbers and report wages using the incorrect SSAN (identity thieves) – the IRS won’t do anything about it.  The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration issued the following press release:

An estimated 1.2 million tax returns filed in 2007 reported [...]

IRS to Step up Audits of Sole Proprietors

IRS statistics show that the risk of a tax audit is significantly greater if you operate your business as a sole proprietor or through a limited liability company taxed as a sole proprietor.  Entities that are taxed as partnerships, C corporations and S corporation (LLCs can potentially be taxed all four ways) [...]

Beware of IRS’ 2010 “Dirty Dozen” Tax Scams

IR-2010-32, March 16, 2010

The Internal Revenue Service today issued its 2010 “dirty dozen” list of tax scams, including schemes involving return preparer fraud, hiding income offshore and phishing.  “Taxpayers should be wary of anyone peddling scams that seem too good to be true,” IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said. “The IRS fights [...]

IRS May Limit Deductibility of Schedule C Losses: Incorporate People!

The Tax Lawyer’s Blog:  “Here is more evidence (as if we needed it) that supports the soundness of our recommendation that small business owners should incorporate or form an LLC rather than operate as a sole proprietorship.  Back in October we reported that the IRS is considering placing limits on the amount [...]

Use of Nominees in the EIN Application Process

IRS.gov:  The Internal Revenue Service has become aware that nominee individuals are being listed as principal officers, general partners, grantors, owners, and trustors in the Employer Identification Number (EIN) application process. A nominee is not one of these people. Rather, nominees are temporarily authorized to act on behalf of entities during the [...]

IRS Failed to Answer 22.4 Million Calls During 2009 Tax Season

As the federal government continues to grow, it provides less service at a higher cost.  During the 2009 income tax filing season 75.7 million people tried to call the IRS toll-free telephone lines.  Although the IRS answered 35.8 million (47.3%) calls, 22.4 million calls were not answered because taxpayers hung up, were [...]