April 14th, 2015 → 9:45 pm @ Lance R. Drury // No Comments
Filing taxes is no laughing matter, as anyone who’s tangled with the IRS knows. However, some taxpayers have wildly creative ideas of what constitutes a legitimate claim and come up with some that are outrageously funny. They’re generally fatal too, if they make it through to the IRS.
Here are some of the funniest claims I’ve seen in a long time.
Have you ever heard of a “water computer”? Me neither until I saw this on AccountingToday.com. One CPA actually had to tell a client they could not claim their sailboat as a “water computer”!
How about plastic surgery, Botox treatments, and monthly visits to the hair salon?
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March 31st, 2015 → 8:00 am @ Lance R. Drury // No Comments
Tax resolution attorney Lance Drury, founder of the Law Firm of Lance R. Drury, and best selling author of “Successonomics” encourages taxpayers to be diligent in going over tax returns before sending them in and doing everything possible to avoid making the most careless mistakes.
St Genevieve, MO, March 30, 2015:Tax resolution attorney Lance Drury, founder of the Law Firm of Lance R. Drury, and best selling author of “Successonomics” posted a new blog on the LANCE DRURY LAW website entitled “Make No Mistake. Make This Your Mantra for This Year’s Tax Return.” This is definitely one area that calls for proofing and great scrutiny: The tax return.
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March 30th, 2015 → 8:00 am @ Lance R. Drury // No Comments
Mistakes happen. We do our best to avoid them, but we’re all human and things do slip through the cracks of our minds! At tax time, though, we want to be super human especially if we’re owed a refund from the IRS. So, whether you prepare your own taxes or have them prepared for you, you need to be diligent in going over your return carefully before sending them in.
Remember, if you’re owed a refund, even a careless mistake such as not dating your return can delay that refund check. And, if you owe the IRS money, you’ll need to send it in with your return.
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March 20th, 2015 → 1:38 am @ Lance R. Drury // No Comments
Make a list and check it twice. Or print this out and keep it with you while doing and reviewing your taxes. Mistakes, especially these common ones are responsible for prolonging tax season and may lead to an audit. While not making these mistakes will not keep you immune from audit, tax returns without mistakes will get your refund more quickly and bring tax season to a speedier, uneventful close.
This edited excerpt comes from a March 9th U.S. News and World Report online article. (www.news.yahoo.com/avoid-top-10-tax-mistakes-130629111.html) These are the kinds of mistakes I hear from people and prospective clients all the time.
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March 18th, 2015 → 1:11 am @ Lance R. Drury // No Comments
Tax resolution attorney Lance Drury, founder of the Law Firm of Lance R. Drury, and best selling author of “Successonomics” shares a CBS News Report about how the IRS tax impersonation scam operates and how to avoid becoming another victim.
St Genevieve, MO, March 16, 2015:Tax resolution attorney Lance Drury, founder of the Law Firm of Lance R. Drury, and best selling author of “Successonomics” posted a new article on the LANCE DRURY LAW website entitled “The Most Ruthless IRS Tax Scam in History. ” It is a message that bears repeating.
Mr. Drury says, “I am writing about the IRS telephone tax scam again because it is not going away anytime soon.
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March 12th, 2015 → 3:42 pm @ Lance R. Drury // No Comments
Tax resolution attorney Lance Drury, founder of the Law Firm of Lance R. Drury, and best selling author of “Successonomics” says most celebrities do not handle their outstanding tax debts as gracefully and swiftly as Mr. DiNiro did.
St Genevieve, MO, March 10, 2015:Tax resolution attorney Lance Drury, founder of the Law Firm of Lance R. Drury, and best selling author of “Successonomics” posted a new blog on the LANCE DRURY LAW website entitled “What Would You Do if You Owed the IRS More Than $6 Million?” Celebrities who do not pay their taxes make headline news all the time even when they are swiftly resolved.
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March 10th, 2015 → 6:48 pm @ Lance R. Drury // No Comments
We often assume that famous movie stars have all the money in the world and wonder why and how they get into deep IRS debt. The recently revealed case of Robert DiNiro’s $6 million plus IRS debt sheds light on how this can happen.
In his case, Mr. DiNiro has multiple residences and the IRS was sending communications to an old address. By the time the debt came to his attention, multiple fines and fees had brought his outstanding bill to $6.4 million.
Most public figures don’t usually deal with their debts as gracefully and swiftly as did Mr. DiNiro who wrote a check for the entire balance and had it hand delivered to the nearest IRS office.
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March 2nd, 2015 → 4:56 pm @ Lance R. Drury // No Comments
Tax resolution attorney Lance Drury, founder of the Law Firm of Lance R. Drury, and best selling author of “Successonomics” brings to light the little known Cohan Rule that allows proof of expenses by “other credible evidence” when receipts cannot be produced.
St Genevieve, MO, February 23, 2015:Tax resolution attorney Lance Drury, founder of the Law Firm of Lance R. Drury, and best selling author of “Successonomics” posted a new blog on the LANCE DRURY LAW website entitled “No Receipts for the IRS? Try a Song and Dance Routine.” When you can’t use the old “dog ate my homework” excuse with the IRS, Lance Drury reminds his readers about a workable way around producing receipts.
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February 23rd, 2015 → 10:01 pm @ Lance R. Drury // No Comments
Not only did song and dance playwright, George M. Cohan lead the way on Broadway, he also broke new ground with the IRS. Cohan who wrote Broadway hits like “Give My Regards to Broadway” and “Yankee Doodle Boy” paid for much of his travel and entertainment with cash and was bold enough to go up against the IRS when, back in the 1920’s they denied all his deductions.
We all know how important it is to keep our receipts in case we ever get audited, especially travel and entertainment receipts the IRS already looks upon with suspicion. However, most people don’t know about or think about the Cohan case.
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February 20th, 2015 → 9:48 pm @ Lance R. Drury // No Comments
Tax resolution attorney Lance Drury, founder of the Law Firm of Lance R. Drury, and best selling author of “Successonomics” heralds the first public apology by the IRS regarding the Civil Assets Seizure program as good news though perhaps not so sincere.
St Genevieve, MO, February 19, 2015:Tax resolution attorney Lance Drury, founder of the Law Firm of Lance R. Drury, and best selling author of “Successonomics” posted a new article on the LANCE DRURY LAW website entitled “It’s Never Too Late for the IRS To Say “I’m Sorry.” But Do They Really Mean It?” The Civil Assets Seizure Program is the topic of Mr.
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