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May 22, 2020Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Covid 19, Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterTags: california tax attorney, California tax lawyer, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Aid, covid 19, covid 19 relief, iowa tax attorney, iowa tax lawyer, IRS attorney, IRS attorney minneapolis, IRS attorney twin cities, irs collection letter, IRS collections minnesota, irs covid 19, IRS information, irs people first initiative, IRS tax attorney, irs tax lawyer, Levy, Lien, minneapolis tax, Minneapolis Tax Attorney, Minneapolis Tax Firm, Minneapolis Tax Lawyer, Minnesota IRS Audit, minnesota tax, Minnesota Tax Attorney, Minnesota Tax Firm, Minnesota Tax Lawyer, MN Tax Attorney, MN Tax Firm, MN Tax Lawyer, tax attorney mn, tax attorney saint paul, tax lawyer saint paul, wagner law firm, Wagner Tax LAw

IRS Releases People First Initiative FAQs

On March 25, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced its “People First Initiative,” a...

April 20, 2020Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Covid 19, Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterTags: Coronavirus, Coronavirus Aid, covid 19, Covid-19, installment agreement coronavirus, installment agreement covid 19, irs coronavirus relief, irs covid 19 relief, irs covid-19 relief, offer in compromise coronavirus, offer in compromise covid 19, people first initiative

IRS Response to Covid-19: “People First Initiative” Extends Certain Payment Deadlines and Collection Action

On March 25, 2020, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released guidance related to its “People Fir...

April 4, 2020Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Covid 19, Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterTags: CARES Act, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Aid, Coronavirus aid for businesses, Coronavirus aid relief and economic security act, Coronavirus IRA, Coronavirus loans for businesses, Coronavirus payroll relief for businesses, Coronavirus rebate, Coronavirus rebate checks, coronavirus relief, Coronavirus relief for businesses, Coronavirus retirement account, coronavirus stimulus package, covid 19, covid 19 aid, covid 19 aid for businesses, covid 19 IRA, covid 19 payroll relief for businesses, covid 19 rebate, covid 19 rebate check, covid 19 relief, covid 19 relief for businesses, covid 19 retirement account, covid 19 stimulus package, covid loans for businesses, employee retention credit, employee retention tax credit, ERTC, individual rebate checks, paycheck protection program, paycheck protection program loan foregiveness, payroll relief for businesses, payroll tax deferment, PPP, ppp loan, ppp loan forgiveness, stimulus package

Update: Important Provisions of the CARES Act for Individuals and Small Businesses

On March 27, 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act...

March 9, 2020Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Appeals, Claim For Refund, Collection Issues, Collection Options, Employment Taxes, Kathleen (Splett) Pfutzenreuter, Levy, Liens, Offer In Compromise, Penalties, Trust Fund Recovery PenaltyTags: doubt as to liability, employment taxes, fica taxes, Internal Revenue Service, personal assessment, TFRP, Trust Fund Recovery Penalty, withholding taxes

How to Appeal the Trust Fund Recovery Penalty After the Appeal Period has Passed: Offer in Compromise, Doubt as to Liability

There are many reasons businesses fall behind on paying their federal tax liabilities. Falling behin...

December 2, 2019Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Accounting, Ben Wagner, Collection Issues, Kathleen (Splett) Pfutzenreuter, Minnesota Department of Revenue, Minnesota Tax Court, Penalties, Voluntary Disclosure, WayfairTags: commerce clause, corporate franchise tax, corporate income tax, due process clause, Minnesota Department of Revenue, Minnesota Tax Attorney, Minnesota Tax Court, Minnesota Tax Lawyer, MTC, multistate tax commission, multistate voluntary disclosure program, MVDP, nexus, sales tax, sales tax nexus, South Dakota v. Wayfair, voluntary disclosure, voluntary disclosure agreement, Wayfair

State Sales Tax and Corporate Income and Franchise Tax After Wayfair

On June 21, 2018, The United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in South Dakota v. Wayfair that states c...

October 1, 2019Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Accounting, Appeals, Audits, Claim For Refund, Collection Issues, Collection Options, Installment Agreements, Kathleen (Splett) Pfutzenreuter, Levy, Liens, Offer In Compromise, Penalties, U.S. Court of Federal Claims, U.S. Tax Court, UncategorizedTags: Audit, collection, federal tax attorney, federal tax lawyer, how to understand a letter from the irs, how to understand irs process, IRS appeal, irs appeals, IRS audit, IRS collections, IRS court, IRS litigation, irs tax road map, Minnesota Tax Attorney, Minnesota Tax Lawyer, united states tax court

IRS Taxpayer Roadmap

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) recently released the above “su...

June 19, 2019Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Accounting, Appeals, Ben Wagner, Claim For Refund, Kathleen (Splett) Pfutzenreuter, PenaltiesTags: federal tax attorney, federal tax lawyer, IRS penalty, late filing tax return, late filling penalty, late tax return, Minnesota Tax Attorney, Minnesota Tax Lawyer, penalty abatement

IRS Announces Increase to Late Filing Penalties for 2018 Federal Tax Returns

The IRS recently announced that taxpayers who owe tax and did not file their 2018 returns before Fri...

January 24, 2019Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Appeals, Collection Issues, Collection Options, Federal District Court, Internal Revenue Service, Kathleen (Splett) Pfutzenreuter, Levy, LiensTags: department of justice foreclosure, district of minnesota, doj foreclosure, enforced collection action, federal tax attorney, federal tax lawyer, irs foreclosure, lax lien, minnesota tax, Minnesota Tax Attorney, Minnesota Tax Lawyer, tax levy, united states federal district court

Can the IRS Can Foreclose on My Home?

Yes. If you owe money to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the IRS has many tools it may use to co...

October 3, 2018Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Collection Issues, Collection Options, Installment Agreements, Kathleen (Splett) Pfutzenreuter, Levy, Offer In CompromiseTags: Benjamin Wagner, employee tax issues, employee tax levy, employee tax levy exemption, employer tax issues, employer tax levy, installment agreement, Internal Revenue Service, irs collection tools, irs levy, Kathleen Splett, levy exemption, Metro MN Tax Lawyer, Minneapolis Tax Attorney, Minneapolis Tax Lawyer, minnesota tax, MN Tax Attorney, Offer in Compromise, resolution of irs debt, st. paul tax, st. paul tax attorney, st. paul tax lawyer, tax levy, twin cities tax, Twin Cities Tax Attorney, wage levy

How Does an Employer Comply with an IRS Wage Levy?

When an individual has outstanding federal tax liabilities, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has a...

August 6, 2018Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Accounting, Appeals, Audits, Collection Issues, Employment Taxes, Income and Deductions, Kathleen (Splett) Pfutzenreuter, Real Estate, Sales & Use Tax AuditsTags: employee benefits, moving expenses, tax cuts and jobs act, TCJA

Are Moving Expenses Tax Free Under the New Tax Law?

Starting January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2025, job-related moving expenses are no longer tax-f...

June 24, 2018Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Appeals, Audits, Bankruptcy, Collection Issues, Employment Taxes, Income and Deductions, Kathleen (Splett) Pfutzenreuter, Levy, U.S. Tax CourtTags: sexual harassment attorney fees, sexual harassment business tax expense, sexual harassment nondisclosure agreement, sexual harassment settlement, sexual harassment settlement tax consequences, sexual harassment tax, sexual harassment tax liability business, workplace sexual abuse, workplace sexual harassment

Are Sexual Harassment Settlement Payments and Attorney Fees Tax Deductible?

Are Sexual Harassment Settlement Payments and Attorney Fees Tax Deductible? It depends on whether th...

May 18, 2018Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Collection Issues, Kathleen (Splett) Pfutzenreuter, PenaltiesTags: dispute irs penalties, getting information from the IRS, Internal Revenue Service, irs dispute, irs disputew, irs fight, IRS Penalties, irs taxes, late filing irs, Metro MN Tax Lawyer, Minneapolis Tax Attorney, minnesota tax, MN Tax Attorney, Offer in Compromise, penalty relief irs, resolve irs taxes, st. paul tax, st. paul tax attorney, tax attorney mn, tax lawyer mn, twin cities tax, Twin Cities Tax Attorney, Twin Cities Tax Lawyer

I missed the deadline to file my tax return. Now what?

I missed the deadline to file my tax return. Now what? The deadline for individual taxpayers to file...

April 3, 2018Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Accounting, Appeals, Audits, Ben Wagner, Collection Issues, Collection Options, FBAR, Kathleen (Splett) Pfutzenreuter, Levy, Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program, Penalties, UncategorizedTags: 2011 OVD Program, 2012 OVD Program, civil penalties offshore voluntary disclosure program, civil penalties OVDP, criminal penalties internal revenue service, criminal penalties IRS, criminal penalties offshore voluntary disclosure program, criminal penalties OVDP, end date OVDP, FBAR, FBAR controversey, FBAR disclosure, FBAR dispute, FBAR penalties, FBAR program, federal tax, federal tax attorney, federal tax lawyer, foreign assets, Foreign Bank Account Reporting, foreign bank accounts, increase FBAR, inflation FBAR, Internal Revenue Service, IRS attorney, irs lawyer, IRS tax attorney, irs tax lawyer, IRS', Metro MN Tax Lawyer, Minneapolis Tax Attorney, Minneapolis Tax Lawyer, minnesota tax, MN Tax Attorney, offshore volunary disclosure, offshore voluntary disclosure program ends, OVDP, penalties assets abroad, penalties foreign assets, penalties foreign bank accounts, penalties money abroad, requirements for offshore voluntary disclosure, requirements for OVDP, st. paul tax, st. paul tax attorney, tax attorney, Twin Cities Tax Attorney

Recent Announcements: The IRS to End Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program on September 28, 2018; FinCEN Increases FBAR Penalties to Reflect Inflation

Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program Ends September 28, 2018 The IRS recently announced that it wil...

March 13, 2018Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Accounting, Appeals, Audits, Income and Deductions, Kathleen (Splett) Pfutzenreuter, Minnesota Tax Court, Sales & Use Tax Audits, Settlements and VerdictsTags: administrative appeals DOR, administrative appeals minnesota, administrative appeals state, administrative appeals state of minnesota, appeals DOR, appeals minnesota, appeals state, appeals state of minnesota, time to appeal, time to dispute tax liability

Deadline to Appeal Minnesota Department of Revenue Assessment of Additional Tax

The Minnesota Department of Revenue (MDR) generally has 3.5 years from the date a tax return was due...

February 15, 2018Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Accounting, Appeals, Audits, Collection Issues, Collection Options, Installment Agreements, Kathleen (Splett) Pfutzenreuter, Liens, UncategorizedTags: installment agreement test criteria, Internal Revenue Service, IRS', long term payment plan, new streamlined installment agreement, payment plan, streamlined installment agreements

IRS Tests Expanded Streamlined Installment Agreement Program

New IRS Test Criteria for Streamlined Installment Agreements: Liabilities Up to $100,000 Eligible fo...

June 6, 2017Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Installment Agreements, Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterTags: additional time to pay taxes, Audit, cannot pay taxes, default, defaulted installment agreement, defaulted payment plan, defaulted payment plan IRS, FBAR controversey, installment agreement, installment agreement IRS, Internal Revenue Service, IRS', Metro MN Tax Lawyer, Minneapolis Tax Attorney, Minneapolis Tax Lawyer, MN Tax Attorney, pay the IRS over time, payment options IRS, payment plan, payment plan IRS, Twin Cities Tax Attorney, Twin Cities Tax Lawyer

Reinstating Defaulted IRS Installment Agreements

Defaulted Installment Agreements The IRS expects taxpayers to pay all of their tax liabilities in fu...

February 28, 2017Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterCategories: Innocent Spouse Relief, Kathleen (Splett) PfutzenreuterTags: divorce decree, divorce decree drafting, divorce lawyer, Documentation, drafting, Innocent Spouse, Internal Revenue Service, irs divorce, joint and several liability, joint tax return divorce, joint taxes divorce, language divorce tax, levy divorce, lien divorce, Metro MN Tax Lawyer, Minneapolis Tax Attorney, Minneapolis Tax Lawyer, MN Tax Attorney, relief from joint and several liability, separation of liability, tax issues divorce, tax language divorce, tax language divorce decree, tax levy divorce, tax liability divorce, tax lien divorce, tax problems divorce, tax provisions divorce decree, Twin Cities Tax Attorney, Twin Cities Tax Lawyer

Divorce Decree Drafting Part 4

This is the fourth article in a four part series addressing frequently asked questions relating to p...

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What To Do if I Can’t Pay My Taxes by the IRS’s July 15 Tax Deadline