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Matters of the HEART (Act) – Part Three

This is the third in a series of blogs discussing the rules for expatriates under the 2008 Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax (HEART) Act. As previously stated in our prior blogs regarding this […]

Matters of the HEART (Act) – Part Two

This is the second in a series of blogs discussing the rules for expatriates under the 2008 Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax (HEART) Act. There are numerous traps under the HEART Act for […]

Matters of the HEART (Act) – Part One

If you are a non-citizen, long time resident of the United States, or you’re considering relinquishing your U.S. citizenship, then you should know that the IRS has rules that might affect you and your […]

The Taxpayer Advocate Service Focuses on Economic Hardship Cases

The Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) is an independent organization within the IRS. TAS helps financially distressed taxpayers who can no longer provide basic needs for themselves such as housing, food and transportation.  TAS also […]

New IRS Guidance For Innocent Spouse Procedures

Often times a spouse, or former spouse, may receive an enormous tax assessment from the IRS and have no idea why.  It might just be that the tax liability is the result of tax […]

The IRS and Same-Sex Marriage

The debate on the definition of “marriage” in our society rages on and tax professionals have been confused as to its impact because how tax return elections applied to the various state and federal […]

IRS Report Card for 2012

Ever wonder how the IRS is graded and how it’s doing? Most of us have a perspective but the National Taxpayer Advocate (currently Nina E. Olson) is tasked with the specific job of reporting […]

Can Taxes be discharged in Bankruptcy?

Just about everyone you talk to says that Taxes can’t be discharged in bankruptcy but is that really true? Some taxes, particularly income taxes, CAN be discharged in a bankruptcy proceeding if they meet […]