Entries by Tax Attorney

Jeffrey B. Kahn, Esq. Discusses taxes and the IRS targeting you for your undisclosed foreign accounts or criminal investigation On ESPN Radio – February 6, 2015 Show

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Topics Covered: 1. Man Convicted Of Threatening To Assault & Kill IRS Agent And Torture The Agent’s Family Over Audit Proceedings 2. America’s Manifest Destiny Still Lives On Today As FATCA Imposes Our Will On Banking Worldwide 3. Tools And Tactics That IRS Criminal Investigation Division Uses To Gather Information About You 4. Questions from our […]

Tools And Tactics That IRS Criminal Investigation Division Uses To Gather Information About You

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A simple mistake, oversight, or your accountant’s malpractice may trigger an IRS criminal investigation. Specifically, unreported income, a false statement, the use of an impermissible accounting or banking service, or declaring too many deductions are things that could initiate an audit, which could then rise to the level of an IRS criminal investigation. As you […]

America’s Manifest Destiny Still Lives On Today As FATCA Imposes Our Will On Banking Worldwide

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In the 19th century, Manifest Destiny was a widely held belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent. Historians have for the most part agreed that there are three basic themes to Manifest Destiny: the special virtues of the American people and their institutions; America’s mission to redeem and […]

Man Convicted Of Threatening To Assault & Kill IRS Agent And Torture The Agent’s Family Over Audit Proceedings

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While death and taxes are always certain, take lesson from Andrew A. Calcione that you should never mix them together. In May 2014, a federal judge found 49-year-old Andrew A. Calcione of Cranston, Rhode Island, guilty of threatening to assault an IRS Revenue Agent, rape and kill the agent’s wife and injure the agent’s daughter […]

Beware Of New E-Mail Scam Using The IRS Name Targeting Foreign Taxpayers With U.S. Bank Accounts

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An e-mail claiming to come from the IRS claims: “Our records indicate that you are a Non-resident, and that you are exempted from the United States of America Tax reporting and withholding on interest paid to you on your account and other financial benefits. To protect your exemption from tax on your account and other financial benefits, […]

Jeffrey B. Kahn, Esq. Discusses taxes, the IRS and undisclosed foreign accounts On ESPN Radio – January 30, 2015 Show

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Topics Covered: 1. Does The National Football League Deserve Tax-Exempt Status? 2. Hiding Money Or Income Offshore Among The List Of Tax Scams For The 2015 Filing Season 3. Programs And Plans Available To Taxpayers To Resolve Outstanding IRS debts And Avoid Collection Action 4. Questions From Our Listeners: a. Is there an advantage to […]

Hiding Money Or Income Offshore Among The List Of Tax Scams For The 2015 Filing Season

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IRS Commissioner John Koskinen was proud to announce that “the recent string of successful enforcement actions against offshore tax cheats and the financial organizations that help them shows that it’s a bad bet to hide money and income offshore and he encouraged taxpayers to come in voluntarily and getting their taxes and filing requirements in […]

Does The National Football League Deserve Tax-Exempt Status?

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Now here is a fact that is not so widely known – the National Football Association which you figure makes a ton of money is recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt entity.  Besides the match-up of the Seahawks and the Patriots in Super Bowl 49, people are excited over the entertainment and half-time show, […]

IRS Targeting California As Its Booming Economy Overtakes Brazil As The World’s Seventh Largest Economy

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California is overtaking Brazil as the world’s seventh-largest economy, bolstered by rising employment, home values and personal and corporate income, a year after the U.S. most-populous state surpassed Russia and Italy. Brazil has a population five times bigger than California’s 38.3 million; yet the Golden State with GDP of $2.20 trillion in 2013, expanded last […]

Jeffrey B. Kahn, Esq. discusses IRS and taxes on the January 25, 2015 radio show “Talking Money with Mr. C” on 760AM KFMB in San Diego

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Issues discussed: 1.  IRS becoming less and less reachable and taxes getting more complicated at the same time. Is this setup for a disaster this tax year? 2.  Itemizing deductions is one of the first filters the IRS uses to find people whom to audit. Consumer reports recently gave us this list of Do’s/Don’ts for […]