Charitable Remainer Annuity Trust – High Value, Low Basis Property for Income Stream

You want to tap into that value by way of income stream. One solution is to contribute that property to a Charitable Remainer Annuity...

Gotcha: IRS Tax Return Proposed Changes CP2000 – Omitted 1099

Taxpayer receives CP2000 from the IRS, which is IRS's proposed changes to the 1040 tax return. IRS has a before (shown on return) and...

Tax Debt Collection: Statute of Limitations Tolling

The IRS has a limited amount of time to collect your tax debt. This blog post discusses some of the your actions or reasons...

New Entity EIN and Tax Classification

This is one of the most important steps that could impact the entire future of your new business. Take your time before applying for...

S Corp Requirements (disproportionate distributions)

S Corporations can only have one class of stock. An argument can be unsuccessfully made that uneven de facto distributions to shareholders would be...

Guilty until Proven Innocent? Tax Court Burden of Proof

Who has the upper hand in Tax Court, the IRS or the Taxpayer? You decide. You are considering filing a petition with the United...

CFO and Board Service

Chief Financial Officer for your company. Given the dual licensing as a Certified Public Accountant and Attorney, this background and 30 years of business...

City & County of Denver Taxes

So what are these mysterious taxes? Here they are: Sales Tax – On the purchase price for all sales and purchases of tangible personal...

Innocent Spouse Relief Even for the Wealthy

If a taxpayer prevails under the provisions of Innocent Spouse Relief, the taxpayer will be freed of that tax-liability shackle. Philip Falco, CPA, Juris...

IRS Pre-Audit Investigations

Audit “Flags” – Straight from the Internal Revenue Manual Large Unusual Questionable Items (LUQs) The definition of a large, unusual, or questionable item will...