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Tax practitioners are governed by many various rules of ethics, including the IRS Regulations known as “Circular 230”. This program will cover the Circular 230 rules and everyday ethical issues that arise for private practitioners.But what about the IRS’s employees? What ethical rules constrain t...

So what is an IRS Offer-in-Compromise?  I mean really?When the IRS calculates the RCP (Reasonable Collection Potential) of a client, what does that mean?  Does the IRS expect the client to liquidate their investments?  Sell or remortgage their home?  What if the client cannot tap the equity...the...

When business suffers taxpayers begin cheating. So what can you do if your client knows about tax crimes being committed? They can strike a blow for justice, the American tax system, and get paid doing it. Nothing more American than that!Fresh off the Tax Rep Network Podcast and as a warm up to t...

I am thrilled to announce that Tax Rep Network is now the official partner of the National Association of Tax Professionals (NATP). This new partnership will bring NATP members unprecedented access to Tax Rep Network’s training, marketing and practice management tools to help tax practitioners b...

On September 27th the New York Times published a 40-page expose of the President’s tax returns and raised many issues including years of losses, questionable deductions and potential conflicts of interest. It also discussed the almost 10-year IRS audit of the President’s tax returns. Eric is join...

On September 27th the New York Times broke the story about President Donald Trump’s taxes.  The gist of the story, or at least the piece that made the headlines, was how the president’s businesses were losing money, and how this showed he was not the successful business man he claimed to be.Does ...

In a very special episode of the Tax Rep Network Podcast, this week Eric is joined by the IRS’s new Fraud Czars: Damon Rowe and Carolyn Schenck.  Damon is the first Director of the IRS’s newly created Fraud Enforcement Office.  Carolyn Schenck is the current IRS National Fraud Counsel and is also...

Congratulations to our colleague Joanna Kornafel on receiving the 2020 Young Lawyers Section Vanguard Award.Joanna is an associate at Green & Sklarz LLC, representing individuals and clients with complex financial and litigation needs in a large range of industries. Her practice focuses on civil ...

I am getting a lot of great feedback from last week's podcast episode withMichelle Weinstein- The Pitch Queen. Check out the episode and listen as she gives yours truly advice about our consult charges! And yes, we followed her advice and clients have not batted an eye!https://taxrepllc.com/tax-r...

With high unemployment and increased uncertainty during these times, a recent TaxAudit survey shows that almost 2/3 of taxpayers are very concerned about the financial impact the pandemic is causing in their lives, including being forced into tax debt. This will be in addition to the 14+ million ...