QUESTION: I own a business and file my tax returns every year. I treat the people that work for me as independent contractors and not as employees so they are responsible for their own taxes. Now the IRS says that they have classified them as employees and I am responsible for all of these back [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2007
Offer in Compromise: Effective Tax Administration
QUESTION: I owe the IRS a lot of taxes and penalties. The IRS says that I have too many assets and my only income is from a pension, but the IRS believes it is too much income to have an offer in compromise accepted. I am disabled due to an illness and need my income [...]
Offer in Compromise is a Request – You have to do work
Almost every offer in compromise that I have ever submitted for a client has been followed very shortly with a request for more information – even after we submitted a ream of paper with the offer in compromise application. Many times this extremely irritates my clients. I don’t know if it is because some of [...]
What to do when you Receive a Notice from the IRS
I recently read an article online that quoted an IRS employee when asked what to do when you receive a notice from the Internal Revenue Service. Here’s a link. The first thing he says is that the taxpayer who receives a notice should “not panic.” I agree. However, I understand that receiving a letter from [...]
Come and Get “It”
   How is lawyer marketing and salesmanship similar to eBay? It is the “come and get ‘it’” attitude that most lawyers have regarding their services. But why not? We went to school for at least seven years (three long years of law school) to be able to bill by the hour and make a great [...]
IRS Negotiations Based on Formulas & Equations
I’ve written on this blog before about how negotiating with the IRS is different than negotiating with Joe Blow down the street. They look into every situation possible and require documentation to backup our arguments and their final decisions. Just in case you didn’t believe me, I thought I would share one of the IRS’ [...]