Entries by Tax Attorney

IRS Announces New COVID Tax Relief!

IRS Announces New COVID Tax Relief! IRS providing broad-based penalty relief for certain 2019 and 2020 returns due to the pandemic with $1.2 billion in penalties being refunded to 1.6 million taxpayers. On August 24, 2022 the Internal Revenue Service issued Notice 2022-36, 2021-15 I.R.B. 986 to help struggling taxpayers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic […]

How Missouri Is Faring With Tax Relief And Cannabis Reform

How Missouri Is Faring With Tax Relief And Cannabis Reform This month the “Show-Me State” is receiving tax relief and will include a referendum this November for Missouri voters to approve adult-use cannabis in Missouri. The IRS announced on August 10, 2022 that flooding victims in parts of Missouri now have until November 15, 2022 […]

How To Know When You May Be A Target In An IRS Criminal Investigation

How To Know When You May Be A Target In An IRS Criminal Investigation A simple mistake, oversight, or your accountant’s malpractice may trigger an IRS criminal investigation. Specifically, unreported income, mismatch of information on a tax return versus third-party reporting information, a false statement, the use of an impermissible accounting or banking service, or […]

Can Cannabis Help Reduce Complications Following Spinal Fusion Surgery?

According to a report published by The Iowa Orthopedic Journal, a study conducted by a team of orthopedic specialists affiliated with the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Health Sciences University in Brooklyn found that patients with a history of cannabis use are less likely than non-users to experience adverse medical outcomes following thoracolumbar […]

Can You Go To Jail For Not Filing Tax Returns? Beware this can happen to you.

Can You Go To Jail For Not Filing Tax Returns? Beware this can happen to you. A man who did not file tax returns for 8 year in a row pleaded guilty before a Federal District Court Judge to evading his income taxes and now must serve 57 months in jail. As reported by the […]