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filed their tax return with medical expense and home deductions, however they failed to supply any evidence of the costs associated with these deductions. Furthermore, their return was filed late. Without providing sufficient evidence, your claims are in effect meaningless. The combined effects of these tax blunders result in late filing penalties and unacceptable deductions. CCH (http://intelliconnect.cch.com) reports: The IRS’s disallowance of a couple’s claimed deductions for medical expenses and home mortgage interest was sustained, and the failure to file penalty was imposed, based on the evidence the couple provided. Since the couple failed

that you can just throw your records in a bag, drop it on the auditor’s desk, and shout, “You figure it out!” That just doesn’t work. Remember, it’s your legal responsibility to prove your deductions. Replace missing records. If you’re going through your records and find that some of them are missing, call for duplicates immediately. Don’t just go to the audit and claim that the records are missing or lost. That does you no good at all. At best, the auditor will request that you obtain the records. At worst, the deduction in question will be denied, since there are no supporting documents. Provide only

Help is Only As Good As the Records You Keep to Substantiate Your IRS Deductions Thursday, December 17th, 2009 Business owners and freelance professionals alike must be aware of the importance of keeping careful Records of their business expenses in order for these tax deductions to be accepted. A good tax attorney can only do so much to help your case if you do not have strong evidence to support your tax claims. I have blogged about news stories of unsubstantiated tax deductions in the past where taxpayers who were unable to provide evidence of their business expenses were disallowed from receiving tax deductions . A tax attorney

According to court records, when Braddy filed his 2003, 2004 and 2005 federal income tax returns, he willfully attempted to evade a large part of the income tax he owed the United States by filing a false and fraudulent U.S. Individual Income Tax Return (Form 1040). For each of the returns he filed, he knew that his total income and the tax due and owing substantially exceeded the amounts he reported. Braddy under reported his income by more than $1.1 million and underpaid his income taxes by $306,906 “This defendant hid $1 million in income and cheated his fellow citizens who pay their fair share of taxes. Now he is going to prison,”

Help is Only As Good As the Records You Keep to Substantiate Your IRS Deductions Thursday, December 17th, 2009 Business owners and freelance professionals alike must be aware of the importance of keeping careful Records of their business expenses in order for these tax deductions to be accepted. A good tax attorney can only do so much to help your case if you do not have strong evidence to support your tax claims. I have blogged about news stories of unsubstantiated tax deductions in the past where taxpayers who were unable to provide evidence of their business expenses were disallowed from receiving tax deductions . A tax attorney

file. 4. Accelerate your medical expenses. If you itemize your deductions, there’s a limitation on medical expenses and you may deduct only the amount by which your medical care expenses for the year exceed 7.5% of your adjusted gross income. So if you have any medical procedures or dental procedures that you’re putting off, now is the time to get them done. You don’t have to pay for them necessarily, you can put them on a credit card and just pay the minimum balance on the credit card, but you can take the full deduction of the year that it took place. 5. Pay you’re an extra’s month’s worth of the mortgage. Make your January

are entitled to their IRS records through the Freedom of Information Act ; taxpayers should request the IRS to disclose these records in order to prove the expiration of the Statue of Limitations. *Wage garnishment : The IRS analyzes an amount of money a taxpayer would need to survive each week based on the number of dependents claimed and what the pay cycle is; this number is the amount of money the IRS will allow taxpayers to keep. Oftentimes, taxpayers are left with nothing but $170/week. I deal with tax problems every day and this year alone, my firm has successfully negotiated hundreds of IRS settlements at a rate of $0.13 on the

need the time to track down records.” 3. It can help you to have a pro on your side When it comes to dealing with IRS problems , it helps to have a professional tax attorney or certified tax resolution specialist on your side.  Let them provide you with necessary tax help in sticky situations such as an audit . Although 75% of tax audits are done via snail mail, the IRS may request more complicated documentation that will require more serious IRS tax help . If you already had a tax attorney prepare your taxes have them involved in the auditing process because “the fee you paid may cover such help, and the agreement you have may put

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