Closing a Business with Tax Liability
Closing a Business with Tax Liability If your business has tax problems, can you simply close the company? Yes, of course you can shut down the business. However, the tax problems do not necessarily end with the closing. Here is one item that you and your IRS tax attorney should discuss when considering terminating a…
Jersey Shore’s “The Situation” Has Gotten Himself into A Situation
Jersey Shore’s “The Situation” Has Gotten Himself into A Situation For those of you who remember, MTV had a show dedicated to the Jersey Shore life. It was basically a show about young Italians who go to the Jersey Shore to party every summer. There was, of course, a lot of drinking, fist pumping, and…
Top Tax Mistakes That Could Get You Into Trouble
Tax season has officially ended, so you’ve surely gotten everything turned in to be processed! Did you do your taxes correctly? Little mistakes happen all the time, so that does not necessarily mean that the IRS is going to be sending you threatening letters or showing up at your door anytime soon. However, it is…
When is the 2017 Tax Filing Deadline?
When is the 2017 Tax Filing Deadline? The normal deadline for individual tax returns is extended to Tuesday, April 18, 2017. Individual tax returns are due this year on April 18. Because April 15 falls on a Saturday, the date would normally be extended until the next non-holiday business day. (This is the “Weekend Rule”.)…
Exclusion of Tort Damages from Taxation
As a tax lawyer, personal injury attorneys ask me whether the non-economic damages from a tort claim are excludable from taxable income, under 26 USC § 104. The most recent inquiry came regarding an award from a hospital near both Orland Park IL and Joliet IL. Internal Revenue Code Sec. 104(a)(2) allows an exclusion for…
Surprise Visits from IRS?!
Surprise Visits from IRS!! IRS Revenue Officers, whose responsibility is the collection function, may sometimes make visits completely unannounced to both individuals and businesses that owe back or unpaid taxes. Also, they may also call on businesses that have stopped making their federal tax deposits. How Does One Validate an IRS Official? A few years…
Our Government Has Repealed Obamacare – How Does This Immediately Affect You?
Our Government Has Repealed Obamacare – How Does This Immediately Affect You? The biggest change to our current health-care system, which will affect the majority of Americans, is the repeal of the IRS tax penalty for the health insurance mandate. One outcome of the repeal is that some employers are no longer providing health insurance…
Is Chicago the Home of Health Care Fraud?
Is Chicago the Home of Health Care Fraud? Chicago is the home of many things: deep dish pizza, hot dogs, great sports, greater people. And it’s nicknamed the “windy city!” But more recently, Chicago is becoming the new home of health care fraud. Home health care is a massively growing industry in the U.S. as…
Independent Contractor Classification in Home Care Businesses
Independent Contractor Classification in Home Care Businesses Home care agencies frequently mislabel their employees, causing major payroll tax problems. The agency may list the employees as independent contractors, rather than employees of the company, unknown to the home health aides and nurses. These employees would, in turn, file the incorrect documents when filing their taxes….
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Routine IRS Audits Can Become Complex Situations Imagine that the IRS office in Matteson, IL sent a Notice of Tax Examination to a small, Joliet-area business. For the year under exam (or “audit”), the business reported an operating loss. The IRS tax audit was completed, and from there, all income and expenditures were properly reported…