Taxpayer Defense | Willi Law Office, LLC https://www.willilaw.com Willi Law Office, LLC Fri, 29 Dec 2023 03:51:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://www.willilaw.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1404562/2020/02/cropped-logo-512-32x32.jpg Taxpayer Defense | Willi Law Office, LLC https://www.willilaw.com 32 32 “Tax Processing Unit” Scam https://www.willilaw.com/blog/2023/02/tax-processing-unit-scam/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 22:22:07 +0000 https://www.willilaw.com/?p=52597 Tax scammers can create some official-looking letters, so be sceptical and verify the authenticity of your notice before responding.

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]]> Tax avoidance versus tax evasion https://www.willilaw.com/blog/2022/12/tax-avoidance-vs-tax-evasion/ Thu, 29 Dec 2022 21:40:10 +0000 https://www.willilaw.com/?p=51076 Tax avoidance is a legal way to limit taxable income. The IRS defines avoidance as any action that mitigates tax liability and increases post-tax income. Evasion, on the other hand, is illegal. You must report any activities that generate income to the IRS. Failure to do so is tax evasion. Tax avoidance reduces taxable income The United States government encourages…

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]]> The Straight Skinny on Tax Resolution Companies – Caveat Emptor (Buyer Beware) https://www.willilaw.com/blog/2022/10/the-straight-skinny-on-tax-resolution-companies-caveat-emptor-buyer-beware-2/ Mon, 10 Oct 2022 16:36:21 +0000 https://www.willilaw.com/?p=51071 We talk to many clients who come to us after working with another tax resolution firm, only to find – after paying a lot of money – that the firm that took their money didn’t really do much, if anything, to resolve their tax problem. Often the firm that took their money was in another part of the country, and…

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]]> Beware of Misleading Claims from Offer-In-Compromise Mills https://www.willilaw.com/blog/2020/08/beware-of-misleading-claims-from-offer-in-compromise-mills-2/ Mon, 17 Aug 2020 16:55:55 +0000 https://3377366-fork.findlaw4.flsitebuilder.com/?p=50364 The IRS recently unveiled its “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams in 2020, and one of the items is a concern we encounter frequently:  Offer-In-Compromise (OIC) mills.  Some “tax relief” companies have misleading radio and television advertising campaigns that offer chances to settle tax debts for “pennies on the dollar”.  While the ads give slick testimonials from individuals that have…

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