Category: Tax: Audits, Litigation & Collection

Last August, CNBC reported an alarming form of identity theft that undoubtedly made U.S. taxpayers worried: tax refund fraud. According to a report released by the IRS inspector general, the government body had doled out billions of dollars in refunds to scam artists that had filed fraudulent returns under the...

Legislation Pending to Require Higher Tax Accountability for Federal Employees On July 31, 2012, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 828, also known as the “Federal Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2012”, by a majority of 263 to 114. It has since been referred to the United States...

Overview of Fideicomisos If you own a home or a vacation home in Mexico, chances are that your property is held in a fideicomiso. A fideicomiso is a contractual arrangement that is arguably something in between a trust and a custodial agreement. Under Mexican law, a fideicomiso is a written...

Why Am I Being Audited? Often asked in mournful tones, it's a question we hear from new clients all the time: "Why am I being tortured with an audit?" Here is a look at a couple reasons why you may be facing an IRS audit: 1. Matching notices: A matching...

To that statement, as a practicing tax lawyer, my experience has taught me that a lot of people go underground because they cannot pay their taxes. Going underground does the individual an enormous disservice. They go underground one year and then are scared to file the next year because they...

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is another way that the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Department of Treasury will be able to identify your income and assets outside of the United States.  Under FATCA, U.S. taxpayers with foreign assets that exceed certain thresholds must report those assets to...

Welcome to the Moskowitz, LLP. Our Tax Attorneys have over three decades of experience representing clients (individuals, small businesses, corporations, municipalities, multi-million dollar businesses, trusts, estates, and other entities and organizations) with their tax matters. We are committed to obtaining results for our clients with skilled, calculated legal representation and...

San Francisco tax attorney Steve Moskowitz said this year's program was structured so that participants had to admit to intentionally evading taxes. "I found that horribly offensive," Moskowitz said. "A lot of people inadvertently violated a law they hadn't even heard of." Moskowitz said some immigrants don't know they have...