Part 2: One Tax Attorney's Opinion on How the IRS Could Improve- April 21, 2007 In the prior blog post I provided a few suggestions for how the IRS could improve. This post was in response from a question posted to me by a fellow Denver tax attorney. The prior post suggested that the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration take a more proactive approach to auditing the IRS, the IRS should provide more and better online tools for tax practitioners, the IRS should be more forthcoming with taxpayer records, and the Taxpayer Advocate Office should play a more...http://www.irstaxtrouble.com/2007/04/part-2-one-tax-attorneys-opinion-on-how.html How Could the IRS Improve: One Tax Attorney's Opinion- April 19, 2007 A fellow Denver tax attorney asked me to provide some specific changes that I would make if I found myself in the position of being able to make administrative changes to the IRS. Given two to three seconds to think about it, I was able to come up with around forty such changes. The other tax attorney apparently wasnt expecting or didnt have time for a long and detailed answer (or perhaps he lost interest in the topic), so I thought that I would just list a few of the changes in a blog post...http://www.irstaxtrouble.com/2007/04/how-could-irs-improve-one-tax-attorneys.html Disgruntled Ex-Spouses or Just Good Tax Procedure- April 5, 2007 Divorce is not a very fun topic and divorce often causes people to act in ways that they would not otherwise act. I often encounter taxpayers who want to use the tax aspects of divorce to add insult to injury. Here is a case that very well could be (but may not be) an example of disgruntled ex-spouses who are using the tax system to spite their ex-spouse: Kovitch v. Commissioner.The Kovitchs were divorced. The IRS then issued a notice of deficiency to both spouses. Only Ms. Kovitch filed a..http://www.irstaxtrouble.com/2007/04/disgruntled-ex-spouses-or-just-good-tax.html Two Taxpayers Commit Tax Fraud: Should They Get Separate Trials- April 3, 2007 While a taxpayer who commits tax fraud is entitled to a hearing, in United States v. Robbins the question is whether the taxpayer is entitled to a separate hearing. Lee Robbins founded Robbins & Associates, which was a bookkeeping and tax return preparation business located in Georgia and Oklahoma. Robbins recruited, hired, and trained Gabriel Bonner. Bonner operated the Tulsa office and Robbins operated the Atlanta office; however, Robbins continued to review and e-file the tax returns...http://www.irstaxtrouble.com/2007/04/two-taxpayers-commit-tax-fraud-should.html |