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IRS’s Top 3 Targets for Small Biz Owners (2024) Let’s talk about the Top 3 Targets the IRS is very concerned about coming into next year. Spoiler alert: each is related to payroll. #1 – Worker Classification (Form 1099 or W-2) You may have workers for whom you report earnings on Form…
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TAX LAW OFFICES, INC. MAINTAINS THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU HIGHEST A+ ACCREDITATION Naperville, IL – December 4, 2023 – Tax Law Offices and StopIRSproblem.com is pleased to announce today that it has again met 100% of the Better Business Bureau’s standards. The firm that is referred by CPAs to handle business tax problems continues as…
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Do I Need a Lawyer for the IRS CP2000 Audit? Everybody has to watch their expenses. Always consider the best (and worst) options. The “proposed” tax appearing on the CP2000 notice is not permanent. It can be contested. Usually, you only have one opportunity to respond to this CP2000 “proposed tax due” letter. Unfortunately,…
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How to Answer the IRS Letter CP2000 With the Letter CP2000, the IRS wants to audit 100% of people who have not reported all income. Using its new tech tools, the government can now choose many more people to be audited. The CP2000 letter is the IRS’s official notice that you are under audit…
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The Sneaky 20% Accumulated Earnings Tax on Your Profits If your business is successful, this could cost you another 20% (maybe more) of your profits. This article relates to profitable businesses that have accumulated some savings. This Accumulated Earnings Tax (“AET”) is usually discovered in IRS tax audits. Be aware that the IRS…
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If the Government Shuts Down, Do I Still Have to Pay Taxes? First Thing: How Does a Government Shut-Down Affect the IRS Without an approved budget to, in part, fund the governmental operations, the U.S. government operations may become suspended effective October 1, 2023. This would be the 4th of these events in…
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IRS Employee Retention Credit Freeze 2023 IRS has placed a “moratorium” (or freeze) on the Employee Retention Credit application processing for the remainder of 2023. This means that IRS has frozen handling all new Forms 5884-A submitted for the ERC. Until further notice, this ERC application freeze remains through December 31, 2023. Why…
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Tell Me About the Employee Retention Credit Tax Law Offices is starting a three-article series on Employee Retention Credit. This will be great information for anyone thinking about applying. Here is what we will cover: Basic qualifications and criteria to apply How to pick the best company to apply with What happens…
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Am I in Trouble Over These Payroll Taxes? When the IRS hired thousands of new agents, officers, and support staff, the government had a specific plan in mind. What Businesses Are Included? One type of targeted situation is any business that is habitually late in reporting or paying its payroll taxes. It could be the business owner that…
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Part 3 – Can you Buy or Sell a Business Subject to Tax Liens? This is the third article in our 3-part series on selling a business with tax liens. Federal Tax Liens can disrupt the sale of a business in multiple different ways. Sellers want a top-dollar sale price. Buyers want to invest…
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