Guiding You Through The Legal Process
Georgia residents may have heard about lawmakers who sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service commissioner, the U.S. attorney general and the secretary of the Treasury regarding the return of funds that were wrongly seized from taxpayers in certain civil asset...
In early February, the Internal Revenue Service announced that cyber criminals attacked the agency's digital systems to steal the PINs of thousands of Social Security numbers. It is the latest in a series of online attacks that have endangered the personal data of...
Receiving a notice of audit from the Internal Revenue Service is something that many Georgia residents have worried about at one time or another. The penalties for concealing income or inflating expenses can be severe, but the IRS is generally given only three years...
Georgia residents who called the Internal Revenue Service with questions during the 2015 tax season will likely remember spending long periods on hold or being abruptly disconnected. Only 37 percent of the calls made to the IRS between Jan. 1 and April 18 of that year...
According to the annual report delivered by the National Taxpayer Advocate, the Internal Revenue Service's plans to go high-tech could reduce taxpayer rights and increase filing costs in Georgia and nationwide. The federal tax agency has spent millions of dollars to...
Georgia residents may be interested to learn that House Republicans recently passed legislation that would greatly benefit charitable organizations. House Republican leaders have already been told by both Senate Democrats and the White House that they will help to...
Many Georgia residents actively trade stocks and other securities in order to increase the value of their personal investment portfolios. In some cases, people's efforts are hampered by the $3,000 deduction cap for capital losses that the IRS places on such...
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act may affect people in Georgia who have deposits in foreign financial institutions. Part of the HIRE Act of 2010, FATCA imposes penalties on FFIs if they fail to report information to the IRS about assets they are holding for U.S....
With the need to collect the so-called "Cadillac Tax" looming, the IRS is trying to determine the best way to do so. As a part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the most generous employer provided health care plans are subject to a 40 percent excise...
The IRS reached a settlement with the estate of Bill Davidson, who died in 2009 as one of the country's wealthiest people. Georgia sports fans may have known Davidson as the owner of professional sports franchises in the NBA, WNBA and NHL. In 2013, Davidson's estate...
