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 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 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 13th, 2015 → 7:41 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” entreats readers to control their fear and expose IRS tax scammers instead of becoming their prey.
St Genevieve, MO, February 9, 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 “Don’t Get Caught By The Dirty Rotten Scammers.” When fear of the IRS can be controlled, tax scammers lose control is the message Mr. Drury delivers.
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February 12th, 2015 → 9:38 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” writes about the burden imposed on do-it-yourself tax filers who have been used to the robust IRS customer service programs that no longer exist.
St Genevieve, MO, February 9, 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 “Budget Cuts at The IRS Spell Disaster for Many Taxpayers” just when Americans thought tax season couldn’t get any more stressful!
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February 9th, 2015 → 4:57 pm @ Lance R. Drury // No Comments
Warning number one: The IRS does not initiate contact with individuals by calling. They always send a formal letter on IRS stationary when contacting anyone regarding unpaid taxes.
So, if anyone calls you claiming to be the IRS, ask for a telephone number. Tell them you’ll call them back. Better yet, tell them you’ll have your attorney call them back.
Warning number two: the IRS does not threaten, intimidate, nor do they use aggressive language.
IRS tax scams are reaching epidemic proportions. I get calls every week from clients and prospective clients saying that the IRS has called them threatening arrest, seizure of assets and worse.
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February 9th, 2015 → 4:56 pm @ Lance R. Drury // No Comments
As more Americans are becoming aware of the controversial and, frankly criminal program that has caused the ruin of small businesses and damaged the lives of thousands of innocent people, Civil asset forfeiture has, according to a recent Washington Post article “become one of the few public policy and social issues that united activists and lawmakers across the political spectrum, some of whom dubbed the system ‘policing for profit.’”
The program which includes monitoring bank deposits began more than 30 years ago as part of the war on drugs. The Post article reports that, “Since 2008, thousands of local and state police agencies have made more than 55,000 seizures of cash and property worth $3 billion under a civil asset forfeiture program at the Justice Department called Equitable Sharing.” They are entitled to make these seizures “without proving that a crime occurred”, as stated by Attorney General Holder who finally, last Friday, barred local and state police from using federal law to make any further seizures without proving that a crime occurred.
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September 18th, 2014 → 3:09 pm @ Lance R. Drury // No Comments
St Genevieve, MO, September 18, 2014: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 “Are You Inviting IRS Troubles by Misclassifying Employees as Independent Contractors?” Businesses are always looking for tax loopholes and ways to legally avoid paying taxes. Classifying employees as independent contractors is tempting and may work temporarily, but the IRS is always looking for employers trying to evade taxes this way.
Lance Drury says, “The IRS does not like to lose money. So when they see workers designated as independent contractors, it is like an open invitation to initiate an audit.” He continues advising employers, “Be very careful before deciding who is and who is not an independent contractor.
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July 17th, 2014 → 7:02 pm @ Lance R. Drury // No Comments
St Genevieve, MO – July 17, 2014 – Tax resolution attorney Lance Drury, founder of the Law Firm of Lance R. Drury, and best selling author of “Success in the New Economy” posted a new blog on the LANCE DRURY LAW website entitled What you don’t say to the IRS could be your saving grace.Drury writes, “Being at odds with the IRS is one of the things in life everyone goes to great lengths to avoid. Unfortunately it happens – and far more frequently than the average person might expect.” According to Drury, you should always think “never” when dealing with the IRS.
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July 9th, 2014 → 3:54 pm @ Lance R. Drury // No Comments
You’ve run into trouble with the taxman. After doing your research and finding someone to work with, you’ve decided to hire a tax resolution attorney to help you get through this challenging time. That is the smartest thing you can do. But, please, don’t stop now. Even though you do not have to deal directly with the IRS, you still have work to do. Even the best tax resolution attorney cannot help if you do not provide the appropriate paperwork on time.
Patience is a virtue the IRS requires of everyone, especially when they owe you money. However, when it comes to owing them, they do not have any patience whatsoever.
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