CRAPPY TAX RESOLUTION FIRMS and COLD HARD FACTS

Don’t be fooled by out of state companies that promise to “Settle Your Tax Debts for Pennies on the Dollar”. These companies are commonly called “Tax Resolution Firms” and in all likelihood, the person you spoke with is not an Accountant or Attorney, but rather, is a commissioned salesperson who found your name on a tax lien list. ^{Federal Tax Liens are published and sold to the public}. Commissioned salespeople are not bound by the regulations that govern practice before the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) ^{Treasury Department Circular No. 230, Title 31 Code of Federal Regulations, Subtitle A, Part 10. (Rev. 6-2014)}  Meaning, the silver-tongued charlatan that just told you everything you wanted to hear is full of malarkey (and you know what that means). Now here’s where things get difficult – in order to successfully reduce your tax debts and penalties, you must have legal standing. Moreover, you must simultaneously satisfy the burden of proof and burden of persuasion requirement. Said plainly, “hard luck stories may be good for your friends and family, but they won’t cut it with the IRS”. In reality, Tax Representation is deceptively complex, and a little knowledge is extremely dangerous. For example, an Offer in Compromise is easy to say – but difficult to achieve. That’s why smart people hire experienced Accountants and Attorneys.  But what about those grandiose claims that every Tax Resolution Firm makes, like: Joe Blow owed the IRS $100,000 and settled for $500 – well Sunshine, poor Joe Blow probably lives in a homeless shelter and has one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel. What you should have taken away from this article:  

1.    The IRS is not altruistic and tax law [and the applicable rules of civil procedure] maybe more complicated than you think.  

2.    The best accountant and attorney isn’t always the most likable person you’ll meet (winning isn’t a popularity contest).

3.   If you don’t know what you’re doing, find someone that does.

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Jury Finds Another Dentist Guilty of Tax Evasion

Directed Patients to Pay in Cash

A federal jury convicted a dentist today of four counts of tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S. Attorney Scott C. Blader.

According to evidence presented at trial, Frederick G. Kriemelmeyer, 70, operated a dental practice In 2007, Kriemelmeyer was ordered by the U.S. District Court to pay $135,337 to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for unpaid income taxes. By 2012, the IRS had assessed Kriemelmeyer for more than $450,000 in taxes, interest, and penalties. Evidence presented at the trial showed Kriemelmeyer took a number of actions to evade paying the taxes he owed, from at least 2013 through 2015, Kriemelmeyer did not file tax returns reporting the income from his dental practice, directed his patients to pay him in cash or by check with blank payee lines, and paid his business and personal expenses with third-party checks and cash.

U.S. District Judge William M. Conley has set sentencing for May 19, 2020. At sentencing, Kriemelmeyer faces a statutory maximum sentence of five years in prison for each count of tax evasion. He also faces a period of supervised release, monetary penalties, and restitution.

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Zuckerman and U.S. Attorney Blader commended special agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation, who conducted the investigation, and Trial Attorney Eric C. Schmale of the Tax Division and Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Altman, who prosecuted the case.

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Owner of Long Island Painting Company Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion

He should have hired Selig & Associates

Evaded Over $1 Million in Income and Employment Taxes A Long Island, New York, business owner was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison today for tax evasion, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Richard E. Zuckerman of the Justice Department’s Tax Division.According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court, Warren J. Krotz, 62, of Huntington, New York, owned and operated W. Krotz Enterprises Inc. (WKEI), a professional painting business that provided services throughout Long Island. From 2010 through 2016, Krotz evaded both his individual income and employment tax liabilities. During this time, Krotz cashed approximately $6 million in checks at several check-cashing facilities. These checks were gross receipts of WKEI, but Krotz did not report the amounts on WKEI’s corporate income tax returns. Krotz also paid approximately $2 million in cash wages to employees, and did not withhold and pay over to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) approximately $300,000 in employment taxes that were due.Additionally, Krotz admitted to receiving approximately $3 million in income that he did not report on his personal tax returns. In total, Krotz admitted to causing a tax loss to the IRS of approximately one million dollars.In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge Denis R. Hurley sentenced Krotz to serve three years of supervised release and to pay restitution of $1,031,633 to the IRS.Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Zuckerman commended special agents of IRS-Criminal Investigation, who investigated the case, and Trial Attorneys Jessica Moran and Kathryn Sparks of the Tax Division, who are prosecuting this case.

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Judge Charged With Felony Tax Evasion (better call SELIG & Associates)

An Oklahoma County district judge has been charged with one count of Refusal to File Return with Intent to Evade Payment of Taxes after she failed to file income tax returns from 2015 through 2018. Judge Kendra Coleman allegedly owes tens of thousands of dollars in delinquent taxes.

According to court documents obtained by News 4, Coleman alleges that all of the tax issues had already been taken care of before the indictment was filed.

The documents allege that she filed her 2015 tax return on June 6, 2016, while her 2016 tax return was accepted on Oct. 17, 2017. It also states that her 2017 and 2018 tax returns were filed and accepted just days before the multicounty grand jury indicted her on the charges.

Coleman reported that year she made a gross income of more than $65,000 but only made a 25 dollar payment toward a $1,200 worth of taxes after filing two deadlines for an extension in 2017.

Prater’s team says Coleman “failed to file until nearly a year past and only after it was widely publicized.”

Coleman and her attorney previously told News 4 that the indictment is “false on its face” alleging that all tax issues were wiped clean.”

The charge filed today states Coleman failed to file her state tax return by the deadline, whether she received an extension or not.

It also claims that Coleman did file her return within the extension deadline for 2015 and 2016, but she did not pay the thousands she owed for both of those years or previous years when she owed.

The affidavit states that as of September 13, 2019, Coleman owed the Oklahoma Tax Commission over $23k.

We tried to contact her team again in response to Monday’s felony filing but her office was cleared out and a new judge was filling in.

Coleman’s attorney never returned our call.

Court records also show Coleman filed her tax returns on time in 2008 and 2009. Both years the state owed her a refund.

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Medical Doctor Sentenced for Tax Evasion

A dejected doctor was sentenced to the slammer, plus three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $1,603,533 in restitution to the United States government. The avaricious anesthesiologist was indicted for concealing approximately $2,100,163 in income from the Internal Revenue Service and failing to pay approximately $562,083 in federal income taxes. And when the smoke finally cleared, the misguided medical man was convicted by a jury on seven counts of willful evasion of tax assessment and two counts of willful failure to file a tax return.

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We successfully solve IRS and New York State Tax problems, including suspended Drivers Licenses and Passports. Specializing in large dollar Payroll, Sales and Income Tax Representation for Individuals, Professional Practices and Businesses. 

We negotiate excellent Payment Plans, Audits, Offers in Compromise, Payroll & Trust Fund Recovery Penalties, and most other tax issues. Do you have Unfiled Tax Returns? We can have them prepared and filed for you within 48 hours, guaranteed. Same day and emergency appointments are available Monday through Friday in our New York City office. `

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