Your business faces several tax bills each month. Failure to file either payroll or sales tax with the IRS can cost your business more than expected.
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What is Penalty Abatement and How Does it Work?
Are you late filing or paying your taxes? Are you concerned about penalties? Has the IRS contacted you about late taxes? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are not alone. Late filing or payment of taxes typically causes severe penalties from the IRS. However, certain circumstances can cause the IRS to… Read more »
What is the Penalty for Not Filing an FBAR Form?
Taxpayers who have foreign accounts or interests that exceed $10,000 at any point during the year must submit a Foreign Ban Account Report (FBAR) through the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) website. This notifies he U.S. Treasury Department of the accounts.
How to Reduce Your Payroll Tax Penalties
Failure to submit payroll taxes to the IRS can result in penalties against you and your business. If you have a valid reason as to why the taxes were not paid, the federal agency may consider waiving or reducing your penalties. With the guidance of your tax attorney, you can try to get your penalties… Read more »
You’re Being Accused of Tax Evasion. Now What?
Tax evasion is a criminal offense that can result in severe penalties – even jail time. If you are accused of committing tax evasion you should not take the charges lightly. It is essential to take the right actions immediately to put together the best defense as possible. Take a look at these steps you… Read more »
When You Should Hire an FBAR Tax Attorney
Do you hold overseas banking accounts? Do your foreign accounts exceed $10,000? Have you failed to disclose foreign holdings to the IRS? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you should seek the advice of a tax attorney to help you navigate the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) laws. Otherwise,… Read more »
Have Unfiled Tax Returns? Here are A Few Ways a Tax Attorney Can Help
Do you have previous tax returns that you have not filed? Perhaps this was due to procrastination or in a misguided attempt to avoid paying taxes? To limit the penalties the IRS can assess, including criminal charges, it is of the upmost importance that you act quickly to remedy this situation.
Penalties for Not Turning Trust Fund Taxes Over to the IRS
When you pay your employees, you are not paying them all of the money they earned. Instead, you are responsible for withholding part of their income for taxes. These can include income taxes and FICA (Social Security and Medicare). Your employees trust that this money – referred to as trust fund taxes – goes to… Read more »
When Seeking Penalty Abatement, What Qualifies as Reasonable Cause?
If you are facing penalties from the IRS for paying or filing your taxes late, you have some options to get those assessments removed. Reasonable cause is one method to getting penalty abatement. Learn more about reasonable cause and how to qualify for it.
Penalties You Can Face for Unpaid Payroll Taxes
As an employer, you are required to pay employment taxes to the IRS for each of your employees. Failure to do this can result in penalties from the IRS. Find out what taxes you should be paying to the IRS, what penalties can result from unpaid taxes, and how an attorney can help.
