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California Tax Attorney Blog 
Covers tax controversies and tax problems involving the IRS and California Franchise Tax Board, as well as California probate, business transactions and estate planning matters.
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How To Prepare Your Request To Appeal An IRS Decision
Posted on February 26, 2009Filing an appeal with the IRS regarding collection of your tax debt is often straight-forward so long as you follow the federal government's instructions.
Tax ID Numbers: When Do I Need One?
Posted on February 24, 2009The federal government, the IRS more specifically, issues new tax identification numbers to various California entities. Here is a discussion of when it may be appropriate to get a new EIN.
Read This Before Choosing A Tax Preparer
Posted on February 20, 2009What criteria are important when selecting your tax return preparer? Here's a brief list....
California's Program To Suspend LLCs For Noncompliance
Posted on February 18, 2009Limited liability companies formed in California face enforcement by the Franchise Tax Board for failing to pay fees and taxes or file required forms.
Appointment Of Executor In California Probate
Posted on February 16, 2009What are your rights to be appointed as an Executor or Administrator in a probate in California?
Help For Financially Distressed Taxpayers From The IRS
Posted on February 12, 2009A gentler and kinder IRS during these economic times? The IRS offers help for California's troubled taxpayers.
Top Ten Business Entity Errors That Delay Processing Your California Tax Return
Posted on February 10, 2009California business owners may face delays in processing business tax returns filed with the Franchise Tax Board as a result of errors. Here are some common errors....
Legal Mental Capacity In California
Posted on February 06, 2009Did your relative have the mental capacity to make decisions and to be responsible for their acts or decisions? California's laws address issues facing a person of unsound mind or who has a mental or physical disorder impacting the ability to make decisions.
Los Angeles Attorney Named "Super Lawyer"
Posted on February 04, 2009I am honored by being selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer for 2009 in areas of law including Estate Planning & Probate, Tax Controversy and Closely Held Business. There is a very nice badge on the right side of...
California Power Of Attorney
Posted on February 02, 2009Free power of attorney form effective for California is available for those who wish to protect against losing control over their property as a result of physical or mental incapacity.
California Living Trust: Using It May Avoid Probate
Posted on January 29, 2009Probate in California is avoidable with a fully funded living trust. Property left in your own name instead of in the name of your California living trust may have to go through probate before going to heirs. Here is a discussion of what property to put into a living trust.
Use The Taxpayer Advocate To Help Fix Your Tax Problem
Posted on January 27, 2009The Taxpayer Advocate is an independent organization within the IRS which helps you resolve tax problems with the IRS. Using the Taxpayer Advocate can be an answer to your unfinished tax collection problem.
Tax Humor?
Posted on January 23, 2009?The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.? ? Albert Einstein, physicist ?I am proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is ? I could be just as proud for half...
Tax Calculation Of Innocent Spouse's Share Of Income
Posted on January 21, 2009The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held last month that calculating "innocent spouse's" hypothetical separate tax liability should be based on the spouse's fifty percent of community income rather than basing it only on the income that the innocent spouse personally received.
Probate Required Even When You Have A Living Trust
Posted on January 19, 2009Probate of life insurance, an IRA or 401(k) is common in California when your designated beneficiary dies before you do. Avoiding probate is often the goal but not always achieved despite the best estate planning.
Substitute For Return
Posted on January 15, 2009Final IRS regulations relating to substitutes for returns were issued recently which describe how the IRS can prepare your tax return when you won't prepare and file your own. The IRS will prepare and file your form 1040 or form 941 and then it will assess the tax on the form...
Tax Calendar For California Businesses
Posted on January 13, 2009The 2009 Federal and California State Tax Calendar is now available to view online.
Compliance With IRS Employment Tax Filings Gets Easier For Some Of California's Employers
Posted on January 09, 2009Employment tax returns: file once a quarter or file once a year? Read more here.
Californians Get Tax Lien Relief
Posted on January 07, 2009The Internal Revenue Service recently announced a quick procedure that will make it easier for financially distressed homeowners to refinance mortgages or sell their home while avoiding a federal tax lien from blocking that relief.
California Passes Mandatory Electronic Payment Law
Posted on January 05, 2009In California, if your estimated tax payments, extension payments, or total tax liabilities in 2009 meet the mandatory threshold under the new law, you must remit all payments electronically regardless of the taxable year, type of payment, or payment amount.
Checklist To Close Your California Business
Posted on December 29, 2008California business owners have access to a handy checklist of things to do when closing a business. The IRS, California, Los Angeles and other local city governments each have their own going out of business requirements. Here they are in one convenient place.
Revocation Of Californias Advance Health Care Directive
Posted on December 22, 2008After working with your attorney in Los Angeles to avoid probate in California by preparing your will, living trust, durable power of attorney for property management and the advance health care directive, you now decide you want to revoke the...
California Lawyers Duty To Preserve Your Will
Posted on December 18, 2008Document safekeeping: what is Californias requirement regarding your lawyers duty when the attorney agrees with you to keep your will or living trust?
Tax Treatment Of Investment Advisory Costs
Posted on December 15, 2008The IRS issued the long-awaited Notice 2008-116, which announced that trustees and executors are free from unbundling the investment portion of their fiduciary fees for one more year. Thus, for 2008 and prior tax returns, trustee fees and executor commissions are fully deductible under IRC § 67(e)...
California Tax Information For Same-Sex Married Couples
Posted on December 11, 2008California's Franchise Tax Board offers advice to same-sex married couples about their California income tax treatment and tax return filing obligations resulting from the California Supreme Court's recent decision overturning the gay marriage ban.
California Statutory Wills Are Free
Posted on December 08, 2008California provides a free Will form. It is called a California Statutory Will and is in Probate Code Section 6240.
Lost Your IRS Appeals Case? Now You Can Mediate And Arbitrate Your Defeat
Posted on December 04, 2008The Internal Revenue Service announced on December 1, 2008 a two-year test of two programs: the post-Appeals mediation and arbitration procedures for Offer in Compromise (OIC) and Trust Fund Recovery Penalty (TFRP). Here are the details....
When There Is No One To Inherit The Property In California
Posted on December 01, 2008No will in California? No heirs? No one with a legal claim for the Californian's property? What happens?
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