Seattle, WA
Tax Lawyer at Seattle, WA
Practice Areas: Tax
OUTCOME: Abated $5,000 penalty
Client had been assessed a paid tax preparer penalty despite never having prepared a return in her life. Appealed and won without having to pay the 15% up front based on an argument that she was not pa ... rt of the class of individuals that the law applied to.
OUTCOME: 2005 Tax Court - $4,000 Refund 2007 Tax Court - No Liabiltiy
Client owed $21,000 for 2003, and received a Notice of Deficiency for 2005 and 2007 which totalled $295,000. Client had engaged in a transaction where his stepfather passed a home to him through an LLC ... . The client had also made roughly $300,000 in improvements to the home. Got client $4,000 refund for 2005 and 2007 in Tax Court, which was applied to the 2003 liability. Client ended up owing $6,000 in total after penalty abatement.
OUTCOME: Trust Fund Penalty Removed
Client was the manager at a bar and was hit with the trust fund penatly when the business folded. The owner of the business did an Offer in Compromise, so helped to get the penalty abated in full. Remo ... ved total trust fund penalty of $28,000.
OUTCOME: $215,000 reduction in amount owed
Client and wife owed almost $300,000 from mostly employment taxes from 2004-2008. Got the client an Offer In Compromise for $48,500, which allowed my client to pay his taxes so his son could take over ... the business, rather than being forced to sell for tax reasons.
OUTCOME: Received $46,000 Offer in Compromise on $290,000 Debt
Taxpayer owed $290,000 due to unpaid employment taxes relating to construction business that didn't pay employment taxes in final two years of existence. Taxpayer wanted an Offer in Compromise that wou ... ld allow the son to make the payments and take over the family business.