An Introduction to Resolving Business Tax Problems
The vast majority of business tax problems involve businesses that have fallen behind on Form 941 quarterly deposits. Running a business is... Jennifer L. Cable, EA, NTPI Fellow®
Lessons from a Rogue Revenue Officer
I do not have scientific data to back this up, but my 30 years’ experience has led me to believe that something along the lines of 98 percent of the folks at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are ha... John A. Mitchell, EA
Tax Evasion and Fraud: The Enrolled Agent’s Role
Taxpayer A, who is being audited by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), comes to you seeking assistance. The problem, she says, is that she reported $20,000 in bogus expenses in each of two years during which she had tried to launc... Rod Monger, EA
An Introduction to the Internal Revenue Manual
As a tax professional, what do you do when you encounter a client who has a problem or an issue which you have limited familiarity with or experience with? Do you prefer the client to another practitioner? Do you contact a colleague (or post a question in a forum) and hope that any advice that you receive will be sound? Or do you tell the client that you will do some additional research on the issue and get back to him? Your course of act... John G. (“Jack”) Wood, EA
The IRM: A Resource for the EA
It may not make the New York Times best seller list (and it certainly would not be light reading while waiting for a plane at the airport) but the Internal Revenue Manual (IRM) can be an extremely useful document for enrolled agents in their dealings with the Internal Revenue Service. The Freedom of Information Act at 5 USC 552(a)(2)(c) requires agencies to make staff instructions available to the public. Frank X. Degen, EA, USTCP