Many Georgia residents have quit their jobs and opened up their own businesses. While they enjoy the freedom that being a business owner can provide, they may not realize until it is too late that the Internal Revenue Service may be closely scrutinizing their tax...
While it wasn't the first and certainly won't be the last, the data breach at Yahoo is certainly the largest to date. In September the company revealed that at least 500 million accounts had been hacked, with thieves stealing names, personal information and passwords....
Many Georgia residents have likely heard about the sexual harassment lawsuit that was filed against former Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes. Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor, brought sexual harassment allegations against Ailes that quickly became very...
When people in Georgia fail or refuse to pay their taxes, the Internal Revenue Service can issue a federal tax lien. A tax lien is secured by all of the personal and real property that is owned by the taxpayer. This includes homes, business interests, vehicles and...
If Benjamin Franklin were alive today, he would surely add "identity theft" to the other two certainties he observed in life: death and taxes. While the internet does streamline our lives in its ability to warehouse all documents and link all aspects of our lives, our...
Georgia residents have less risk of being audited by the Internal Revenue Service than they have had in decades. That's because the IRS began auditing fewer returns after the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 forced the agency to pay greater attention to...
A federal estate tax is applied to the assets of a deceased person. However, if the assets transfer to the spouse, the estate tax is not applied. Furthermore, there is an estate tax exemption of $5.45 million for 2016, so on a federal level, only people whose assets...