When the Secret Service scandal initially broke, I, like many taxpayers wondered, exactly, the Secret Service actually did beyond accompanying the President outside of the
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Punishing Excellence: Transfer Pricing Of Outright Sales
Michelle Phillips just won an A… or at least a nice note to her professor. Michelle’s entry on transfer pricing is one of two winning
Read MorePA Revenue Goof Sends Taxpayers To Viagra Site
Two years ago, I wrote my very first piece for Forbes. The article, titled Tax Amnesty Works Without Big Brother, was the result of criticisms
Read MoreIRS Lacks Statutory Authority To Extend Time To Assess Tax
Charles J. Sigerseth just won an A… or at least a nice note to his professor. Charles’ entry on the statute of limitations issue is
Read MoreWill BP Arrest Change Minds About Billion Dollar Losses?
There are some moments that you remember with perfect clarity. For me, it was the day that my daughter asked me why the birds couldn’t
Read MoreSaying Thanks For A Job Well Done
Yesterday, I received a request from a publisher to review my bio and “correct or update as required.” The bio they had was from 2008.
Read MoreRichard Hatch Wants You To Know That IRS Sends People To Prison
I love marketers. And the marketers behind IRSTaxSurvivor.com must be geniuses. I can just hear the discussion now, over paper cups of cheaper-than-Starbucks coffee: Person
Read MoreTreasury Department Email Is A Scam
You have to give spammers and schemers credit for trying. They just won’t give up! This morning, my inbox was chock full of versions of
Read MoreCongress Wants IRS To Play Border Control
And here I thought, in an election year, that nothing would get done. In the blink of an eye, the Senate has managed to pass
Read MoreIRS Targets Bogus Tax Refunds & Unscrupulous Tax Preparers
Claiming bogus tax refunds can be easy. After all, nobody’s looking, right? Wrong. The IRS is cracking down on tax evasion by targeting unscrupulous tax
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