Month: November 2013

It’s no secret that many US persons who have been intentionally hiding income from the IRS have used shell companies, such as foreign corporations, trusts and partnerships. I claim no clairvoyance on the possibility of avoiding detection, but I’ve been told by people within the IRS that the IRS suspects that the vast majority of people who haven’t come clean with unreported accounts and income are hoping that their use of these foreign shell companies will protect them from detection.

If your business has been tagged with an existing tax liability to the State of Connecticut, you have hopefully seen the notices of the newest CT Tax Amnesty Program. If you haven’t wanted to see the bills and have left the envelopes unopened, you may not yet know that this is an excellent …

A few weeks ago, we blogged about a bogus company making scam IRS calls to people with (and without) tax problems. The IRS recently published guidance about some of the tricks the scammers have been using, including spoofing real IRS and local police department …