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Abusive Tax Shelter

02 Mar

Posted at 00:00h in Abusive Tax Shelter, Appeals & Audit Resolution, Audit Reconsideration, Audit Technique Guide, Business Expense, Business Income, IRS Appeal, IRS Audit, IRS Collections, IRS Enforcement, IRS Examination, IRS Mediation, IRS Penalty and Interest Abatement, IRS Transcript

Many taxpayers fear that aggressive deductions wave flags in front of IRS auditors and quite often I am asked what the chances are of being audited as if my opinion is some sort of a benchmark.The fact of the matter is that every tax return...

04 Jun

Posted at 00:00h in Abusive Tax Shelter, Basis, Boot, Capital Gain, Capital Loss, Cash Transaction, Deductible Expense, Distributions, Tax Guidance & Preparation

According toIRC 357(a)if property transferred to a corporation in an IRC 351 nonrecognition transaction is subject to a liability, the assumption of that liability by the corporation generally is not treated as taxable "boot" for purposes of determining the amount of any taxable gain on...

31 Jan

Posted at 00:00h in Abusive Tax Shelter, Accounting Method, Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), Asset Classification, Audit Technique Guide, Basis, Business Expense, Business Income, Charitable Contribution, Cost Basis, Mitt Romney Taxes

Check outMitt Romney's 2010 tax returnand learn how he does it. The most important lesson I learned in perusing his return (besides the significance of sheltering your $$ outside of the USA) is the immediate impact of targeted charitable contributions. In my professional opinion the...

01 Sep

Posted at 00:00h in Abusive Tax Shelter

Abusive tax shelters of every nature are what I call scum bag lawyer schemes. It is difficult to specifically define abusive tax shelters because new ones are constantly emerging. Essentially they are arrangements usually designed by 'promoters' to circumvent tax laws or evade taxes. They...

29 Jul

Posted at 00:00h in Abusive Tax Shelter, Entity Classification, Self Employ, Small Business, Sole Proprietor, Sub-chapter S, Tax Abuse, Tax Court, Tax Fraud, Tax Guidance & Preparation

To be taxed as an S corporation, a C corporationmust elect S status by ï¬ling IRS Form 2553. Electing Sstatus is fairly simple for a new or existing corporation,but meeting the requirements for S status can be morecomplex when the C corporation is not owned...

17 Jun

Posted at 00:00h in Abusive Tax Shelter, Colorado Department of Revenue, Estimated Taxes, IRS Appeal, IRS Audit, IRS Collections, IRS Enforcement, IRS Examination, IRS Levy, IRS Lien, IRS Mediation, IRS Penalties, IRS Penalty and Interest Abatement, Private Letter Ruling, Tax Abuse, Tax Problems & Requests, Tax Relief, Tax Whistle Blower

I am opposed to all tax strategy patents. They are bad public policy and harmful to taxpayers and their advisers. No one should have a monopoly on part of the tax code and no taxpayer should be subject to paying royalties or lawsuits for using...

13 Jun

Posted at 00:00h in Abusive Tax Shelter, IRS Appeal, IRS Audit, IRS Collections, IRS Enforcement, IRS Examination, IRS Mediation, IRS Penalty and Interest Abatement, Tax Abuse, Tax Fraud, Tax Guidance & Preparation, Tax Problems & Requests

An abusive tax shelter generally offers inflated tax savings which are disproportionately greater than your actual investment placed at risk. Usually you invest money to generate income or capital appreciation but an abusive tax shelter generates little or no income or capital appreciation, and/or the...

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