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Window Closing On IRS Program To Lessen Penalties, Avoid Prison For Offshore Shenanigans

Window Closing On IRS Program To Lessen Penalties, Avoid Prison For Offshore Shenanigans

” Bad actor” sounds pretty harsh and you and I both know that you are really not a “bad actor”.  You are probably actually a  mensch.  But fifteen years ago, somebody talked you into stashing some money in the Cook Islands just in case and who’s gonna know.  And it dawned on you some time ago that that was wrong and you have been agonizing about it.  That could make you a “bad actor” in the eyes of the IRS.  So don’t let this window close on you without getting some good advice.

 

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Tax Refunds Due Injured Veterans – IRS Should Make It Easier

Tax Refunds Due Injured Veterans – IRS Should Make It Easier

 I had a long talk with a friend of mine who runs a fifteen or so person practice.  We figured that you would end up spending around $1,000 in billable time trying to figure out whether the full amendment might be the better way.  He ended up deciding he wouldn’t do it unless it was somebody he knew.  And then he said that if a veteran came walking in off the street asking for help he would help him, but would tell the guy not to tell his buddies about the help he got.

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Over and over again courts have said that there is nothing sinister in so arranging one’s affairs as to keep taxes as low as possible. Everybody does so, rich or poor; and all do right, for nobody owes any public duty to pay more than the law demands: taxes are enforced exactions, not voluntary contributions. To demand more in the name of morals is mere cant.