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IRS reissues guidance on processing tax payment extension requests based on undue hardship

IRS’s Small Business/Self-Employed (SB/SE) Division has reissued interim guidance for directors on the procedures for processing Form 1127, Applications for Extension of Time for Payment of Tax Due to Undue Hardship. Reissuance of Procedures for Processing Form 1127 Applications for Extension of Time for Payment of Tax Due to Undue Hardship The Beliveau Law Group: Massachusetts | Florida | New Hampshire The attorneys at The Beliveau Law Group provides legal services for estate planning (wills and

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IRS has issued an Attorneys Audit Technique Guide for auditors reviewing attorney returns

IRS recently released a comprehensive Attorneys Audit Technique Guide (ATG) for auditors to use in reviewing returns of attorneys. It pinpoints the problem areas that IRS agents are instructed to probe for, explains in detail how attorney audits should be conducted, and lists the types of documents that should be requested and examined. Attorneys Audit Technique Guide The Beliveau Law Group: Massachusetts | Florida | New Hampshire The attorneys at The Beliveau Law Group provides legal

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In PLR 201128017, certain contracts issued by life insurance company to investment account owners are annuity contracts

In PLR 201128017,IRS has privately ruled that contracts offered by a life insurance company to certain investment account owners that obligate the company to pay a benefit if a customer’s account falls below a specified value, are annuity contracts under Code Sec. 72. Accordingly, any such benefits paid to the customers will be considered “amounts received as an annuity,” and the fees paid by the customers for the contracts will be factored into their investment in

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Tax Court reaffirms that it has jurisdiction to hear whistleblower claims denied by the IRS

In Kasper, the tax court reaffirmed its decision in Cooper v. Commissioner, 135 T.C. 70 (2010), each Whistleblower Office letter that denies a whistleblower claim is a determination within the meaning of sec. 7623(b)(4), I.R.C.  The Tax Court has jurisdiction to review the matter, because it is a final administrative decision. The Beliveau Law Group: Massachusetts | Florida | New Hampshire The attorneys at The Beliveau Law Group provides legal services for estate planning (wills and

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Warrants issued to shareholder not treated as “exercised” for Sec. 382 purposes

In PLR 1126002 IRS has privately ruled that warrants issued from a parent corporation to a shareholder as part of an exchange for the shareholder’s stock in the parent won’t be treated as exercised on the date of the exchange under Code Sec. 382(l)(3)(A)(iv) and Reg. § 1.382-4(d)(2). The shareholder also won’t be treated as owning any stock in the parent for purposes of Reg. § 1.382-3(j)(3)’s cash issuance exception immediately before the parent’s subsequent issuance and

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IRS issues proposed regulations regarding Ex Parte Communications Between Appeals and Other Internal Revenue Service Employees

Notice 2011-62 provides a proposed revenue procedure that will update Rev. Proc. 2000-43, 2000-2 C.B. 404, which provides guidance regarding ex parte communications between Appeals and other Internal Revenue Service functions. The Beliveau Law Group: Massachusetts | Florida | New Hampshire The attorneys at The Beliveau Law Group provides legal services for estate planning (wills and trusts), Medicaid (planning and applications), probate (estate and trust administration), business law (formation and operation), real estate (residential and commercial), taxation

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Are you keeping an eye on your company’s cash?

Do you regularly monitor your company’s cash accounts? You should. Even if you leave the job to your bookkeeper or accountant, you should stay aware of where the cash is going and how the spending is approved. Along with inventory “shrinkage,” theft or improper expenditures of cash are among the chief sources of loss for small companies. Periodically, you hear about a huge loss caused by an employee who’s been quietly embezzling cash for years. But

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What to do with your 401(k) savings when you change jobs

If you change jobs you may have an important decision to make – what to do with your 401(k) plan. You’ll have several choices. Unfortunately, the easiest choice is the worst choice: that is, to take a distribution from the old plan and put it in the bank. It may be tempting, because who couldn’t use some extra cash. But if you do, you’ll owe taxes on the balance and usually a 10% penalty as well.

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IRS increases mileage rates

The IRS has increased the standard mileage rates to be used for computing the deductible costs of operating a vehicle for business or for driving for medical or moving reasons. The new rates will apply to driving from July 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011. The revised rates are 55.5¢ per mile for business driving and 23.5¢ for medical and moving driving. The rate for charitable driving is fixed by law and remains at 14¢ per

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Take time to check your withholding for 2011

Have you taken the time to check your income tax withholding for 2011? It’s true that there were no major changes in tax rates or deductions for this year. However, there are still several reasons why you might want to adjust your withholding. For example, if you’ve bought a house for the first time, the deductible mortgage interest could cut your taxable income. That means you might need less tax withheld from your paycheck every month.

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