So you think you could do a better job than the IRS? Here’s your chance! The IRS is now accepting applications for the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP). The Panel allows everyday folks like you and me to help make decisions that will make the IRS run a little more smoothly. Specifically, TAP members identify and…
Continuing the list of positions not to take on your individual income tax return as determined by IRS: 34. Revenue Officers are not authorized to issue levies or Notices of Federal Tax Lien or to seize property in satisfaction of unpaid taxes. Psst, remember: This is a list of positions NOT to take!!
Have you made one of the top filing mistakes? IRS just released this list of the Top 16 Filing Mistakes for tax returns. If you’re a regular reader, you’ll notice that some of these questions have appeared on ask the taxgirl and other taxgirl features. Enjoy! And if you have a question, don’t forget to ask the taxgirl!…
We’re about a fourth of the way through the list of positions not to take on your individual tax return per the IRS’ recent notice. Remember, the penalties for doing so can be $5000 per instance. Next on the list: 4. Wages, tips, and other compensation received for the performance of personal services are not taxable income…
Taxpayer asks: When figuring home office deduction for a separate structure like a garage, do you include the full square footage of the house and the garage or just the garage when it asks for office space? Taxgirl says: Assuming that you don’t pay separate utilities, etc., for the garage space, it makes the most…
And some more on the list of positions not to take on your individual income tax return: 33. Federal courts may not enforce the internal revenue laws because their jurisdiction is limited to admiralty or maritime cases or issues. Psst, remember: This is a list of positions NOT to take!!
More on the list of positions not to take on your tax return, as per the IRS’ recent notice: 2. The Internal Revenue Code is not law (or “positive law”) or its provisions are ineffective or inoperative, including the sections imposing an income tax or requiring the filing of tax returns, because the provisions have…
More on the list of 40 positions not to take on your federal income tax return because they have been deemed frivolous or fraudulent according to IRS: 9. Federal income taxes are unconstitutional or a taxpayer has a constitutional right not to comply with the Federal tax laws for one of the following reasons: a….
More on the list of 40 positions not to take on your federal income tax return because they have been deemed frivolous or fraudulent according to IRS: 1. Compliance with the internal revenue laws is voluntary or optional and not required by law, including arguments that: a. Filing a Federal tax or information return or…
So, my father-in-law was saying that he always claimed the standard deduction, despite the fact that he would have saved more money by itemizing, just because it was easier. That brings up an interesting point… Why have itemized deductions at all? Why not just have everyone claim the standard deduction? So, today’s Fix the Tax Code Friday question is:…