A Columbia Heights man has been accused of not paying taxes on tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of tobacco products that be bought from another state and brought into Minnesota. As most of us in the Twin Cities know, tobacco is among the most heavily taxed, heavily regulated products in modern commerce. According to authorities,continue reading…
Tax Controversy
Stealing from Paul to pay Joseph is fraud, says the IRS
It was not stated how the Internal Revenue Service made its determination, but it was somehow determined that a 51-year-old accounting director for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis stole $670,000 from the archdiocese and used the money for personal purposes. He has been accused of filing false tax returns and tax evasion. Ignorancecontinue reading…
Election year tax controversy — church and IRS at odds
What our Minneapolis readers probably believe is that when a legal precedent-setting case is decided, that it affects laws and law enforcement moving forward. There are dozens, perhaps hundreds of cases such as this — the most notable perhaps being Roe v. Wade, or the ruling which led to the Miranda warning. However, it appearscontinue reading…
Tax reciprocity with Wisconsin must wait until 2014
Those of us in Minnesota who have been to school (and who hasn’t) remember that when you miss a deadline for getting a paper turned in, that your grade suffers accordingly. Your teacher was not happy. Your parents were not happy. You did not get the “A” that you so richly deserved. That is somewhatcontinue reading…
Late night noise turns into tax fraud investigation
Small businesses can be incorporated or unincorporated. A bar or nightclub could operate as a C corporation, S corporation, Limited Liability Partnership or sole proprietorship. Even so, there are certain types of taxes that must be paid, no matter whether or not the business is incorporated. Failure to pay taxes can land someone in acontinue reading…
