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Payroll Tax Assessment & Collection for Businesses

Feb 19, 2020 | Taxes Tips

As I mentioned in last week’s blog, here, “Struggling or failing businesses often use these funds (payroll tax withheld from employees) to pay their employees and vendors in order to stay open instead of sending the money to the government. Unscrupulous business...

Introduction to Payroll Tax Liabilities

Feb 12, 2020 | Taxes Tips

When I do presentations at local business networking meetings, I am frequently asked these questions by people with significant tax liabilities: What are my chances of being audited? Am I going to lose my house? Could I go to jail? My firm, By The Book Taxes, located...

IRS Collection Enforcement Update

Jan 8, 2020 | Taxes Tips

In late 2018, the IRS got a new commissioner, Charles (Chuck) Rettig and he has recently appointed Eric Hylton as the head of the “Small Business/Self-Employed” Division of the IRS. The significance of Mr. Hylton’s appointment is that he used to be the Deputy Chief of...

Discharging Federal Income Taxes in Bankruptcy

Oct 30, 2019 | Taxes Tips

Believe it or not, you may be able to discharge your federal tax debts in bankruptcy. There are some specific rules and timelines that must be followed to qualify.In this blog I am referring specifically to what is known as a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing which is a...

How to deal with a Federal Tax Levy

Oct 9, 2019 | Taxes Tips

Last week’s article discussed how to avoid a federal tax levy. It is linked here. But what do you do if you already have been levied? My firm, By The Book Taxes, located in Norwalk, CT specializes in income tax preparation for individuals, families and self-employed...