The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was passed two years ago, and tax attorneys and accountants have spent that time looking for new tax breaks and other strategies for reducing your tax liability. Basically, reducing your tax liability involves maximizing your potential deductions and tax credits while reducing the amount of your income that iscontinue reading…
RESPECT Act requires criminal charges before IRS forfeiture
Business owners in Minnesota may find relief in knowing that the new Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers RESPECT Act prohibits the IRS from seizing property without first filing criminal charges. After the IRS accused two small business owners of structuring cash transactions as a means to hide illicit activity, Congress passed the Act to prevent cash-reliant businesses from unconstitutionalcontinue reading…
Year-end tips to tackle your taxes in 2020
A new year is right around the corner. However, you do not need to wait until Jan. 1 to make resolutions for 2020. You can start preparing for a better year now by tackling some tax issues and taking steps to increase your refund. Over the next few weeks, you can utilize some of thecontinue reading…
What do we know about audits and IRS enforcement?
Since 2010, Congress has been asking the IRS to do more with less money. This has reduced the IRS’s audit resources by 28 percent, and the audit rate has fallen from 0.9% in 2010 to only 0.5% last year. And, the overall number of audits dropped by almost half over the same period. Here arecontinue reading…
Guess what? The IRS could be coming to collect in person
The IRS recently announced that it will be holding additional compliance events throughout this year, sending revenue officers to areas that have been underserved in recent years. The agency has identified those areas and is choosing high-priority taxpayers to visit in person. Who are these high-priority taxpayers? Typically, it will be those who have longstandingcontinue reading…
