Showing posts with label substitute. Show all posts
Showing posts with label substitute. Show all posts
Sunday, April 27, 2025

The Importance of Marking A Return As “Final”

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I have worked tax controversy for many years now. I have seen the system work well; I have seen the system work poorly. I would say – with s...
Saturday, December 28, 2024

The Old Three And Two

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  You will recognize the issue. During 2017 Mary deNourie worked at a retail store. She had wages of $11,516 and social security of $7,559...
Monday, October 28, 2024

Filing A Zero-Income Tax Return

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Here’s a question: Would you file a tax return if you have no income – or minimal income - to report? I would if there was a refund. I...
Sunday, March 12, 2023

Self-Sabotaging A Penalty Abatement

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  The opinion is two and a half pages. It is one of the shortest opinions I have seen. That was – frankly – what caught my interest. Fra...
Friday, December 30, 2022

When A Tax Audit Is Not An Audit

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  I am cleaning-up files here at Galactic Command. I saw an e-mail from earlier this year chastising someone for running business deposits t...
Sunday, April 10, 2022

Losing Deductions By Not Filing A Tax Return

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I have become increasingly reluctant to accept a nonfiler as a client. That said, a partner somehow sneaks one or two a year into Command Ce...
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Taxes on IRS-Prepared Returns Are Not Discharged in Bankruptcy

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A recent bankruptcy case gave me pause. The case is Cannon v U.S. The Cannons did not file tax returns for 1999 through 2001. The IRS audi...