Penalties – Wagner Tax Law

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Employee Retention Credit Voluntary Disclosure Program Ends March 22, 2024

The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) is a refundable tax credit for certain eligible business and tax...

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When Winning Isn’t “Prevailing”: Success in Bankruptcy Court Does Not Translate to Attorneys’ Fees

In June 2016, William Canada, Jr. took the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to bankruptcy court and wo...

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IRS Acted “Against Equity or Good Conscience” to Deny Hardship Due to Depression

On April 20, 2017, the United States Tax Court (Court) held in favor the petitioners, John C. Trimme...

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...

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Taking Advantage Of Expanded Penalty Relief

The recent enactment of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) put many individual taxpayers in a difficult...

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 20, 2014Guest Contributor – Thomas M. ReganCategories: Accounting, Penalties, UncategorizedTags: 6051, abate, accountant, filing date, Knappe, Late filing penalty, penalty, reasonable cause, reliance, rely, return

Relying On the Advice of an Accountant – When Does It Constitute Reasonable Cause to Abate a Late Filing Penalty?

The U.S. Supreme Court recently refused to hear an appeal from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in...

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