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When taxpayers hire accountants to help prepare their tax returns, they expect it to be done right, and to save them from audits. But sometimes the quality of that product is limited by the information the taxpayers themselves provide. A recent Unite… Read More

No one wants to be the subject of an IRS civil tax fraud investigation. But a tax audit is only the beginning of the process. When a taxpayer challenges the IRS’s assessment, the government will have to prove civil tax fraud in court. Here’s what… Read More

Enforcement at the IRS is getting tighter. Now that the Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program is closed, taxpayers with foreign financial accounts are facing the possibility of higher penalties and tighter scrutiny of their offshore assets. One metho… Read More

When taxpayers discover errors in their tax returns, or they learn they were supposed to file FBAR reports, the problem they uncover can sometimes span years. The larger these foreign financial accounts are, the quicker the unpaid taxes, penalties, a… Read More

When U.S. taxpayers find themselves in dispute with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) they can face confusing processes, a rotating roster of agents and employees, and an often opaque decision making process that can make them feel outnumbered and i… Read More

Taxpayers facing an IRS audit or investigation often feel like the decisions come out of nowhere. Lack of transparency isn’t a new problem for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). In fact, a recent report from the National Taxpayer Advocate expl… Read More