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		<title>Good Riddance: J.K. Harris Shuts Down</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/06/good-riddance-j-k-harris-shuts-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The second unscrupulous player in the tax resolution business has been forced to shut its doors as a result of thousands of consumer complaints and several government investigations. Paul Caron has the story: JK Harris Tax Resolution Firm Closes its Doors Consumer Affairs, JK Harris Suspends Operations, Prepares to Liquidate: Tax-Preparation Firm Swamped by Consumer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>280,000 Federal Workers are Tax Deadbeats</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/29/280000-federal-workers-are-tax-deadbeats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/29/280000-federal-workers-are-tax-deadbeats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Collections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[delinquent taxes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tax gap]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Paul Caron reports that nearly 280,000 current and former federal workers are delinquent in their tax obligations: Over 279,000 federal workers and retirees owed more than $3.4 billion in back income taxes in 2010 (up from $3.3 billion in 2009, $3.0 billion in 2008, and $2.7 billion in 2007). The cabinet departments with the largest percentages of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Bombs Explode at Italian Tax Collection Office</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/16/three-bombs-explode-at-italian-tax-collection-office/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/16/three-bombs-explode-at-italian-tax-collection-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tax Collections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Crimes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compliance rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david cay johnston]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters reports that three explosive devices blew up outside the Naples offices of Equitalia, a state agency that collects overdue taxes and fines, breaking windows but injuring no one on Monday night, a police official told Reuters: Police said no group had claimed responsibility for the attack on the building on Corso Meridionale near Naples central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Says Yankees Owe $670,000</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/12/29/irs-says-yankees-owe-670000/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/12/29/irs-says-yankees-owe-670000/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters reports that the U.S. has sued New York Yankees co-owner Hal Steinbrenner and his wife seeking more than $670,00 in taxes, saying that amount was erroneously refunded to the baseball team based on a late refund claim for the 2001 tax year: The suit filed by the Internal Revenue Service in U.S. District Court in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>St. Matthew the Tax Collector</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/12/07/st-matthew-the-tax-collector/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/12/07/st-matthew-the-tax-collector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 03:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.&#8221; St Matthew, 5.44 Did you know that the Matthew of the New Testament was a tax collector? I didn&#8217;t either until I heard it on Jeopardy last night. Here&#8217;s a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRS to Seize Homes and Retirement Counts for Back Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/11/17/irs-to-sieze-homes-and-retirement-counts-for-back-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/11/17/irs-to-sieze-homes-and-retirement-counts-for-back-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IRS Installment Agreements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Again, from Paul Caron: IRS to Wage &#8216;Full Court Press&#8217; Against Homes, Retirement Accounts for Back Taxes Washington Examiner, Obama&#8217;s IRS to Initiate Full Court Press, Warn Tax Law Experts: As 2012 approaches, tax attorneys are sounding the  alarm: The IRS will squeeze every cent it can and &#8220;it will be nastier  than ever.&#8221; The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JK Harris Filing for Bankruptcy</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/10/12/jk-harris-filing-for-bankruptcy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/10/12/jk-harris-filing-for-bankruptcy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Offers in Compromise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joe Kristan reports that J.K. Harris, the most egregious of the many penny-on-the-dollar tax resolution companies, is about to file for bankruptcy protection to forestall a government seizure of it&#8217;s business: One of the late-night tax settlement outfits has found a way to make good on its &#8220;pennies on the dollars&#8221; pitch.  The Charleston Post [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Actor Corey Feldman Slapped with IRS Lien</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/09/08/actor-corey-feldman-slapped-with-irs-lien/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/09/08/actor-corey-feldman-slapped-with-irs-lien/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IRS Liens and Levies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[WebCPA reports that the IRS has filed a $34,662 tax lien against former child star Corey Feldman’s company: The lien was filed in Los Angeles against Corey Feldman Inc., according to the Detroit News. Feldman, 40, starred in several hit movies in the 1980s, including “The Lost Boys” and “License to Drive,” with the late actor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploiter of Son&#8217;s Death, Cindy Sheehan, Owes IRS $100K in Back Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/09/06/exploiter-of-sons-death-cindy-sheehan-owes-100k-in-back-taxes-to-irs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/09/06/exploiter-of-sons-death-cindy-sheehan-owes-100k-in-back-taxes-to-irs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IRS Liens and Levies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You remember Cindy Sheehan, don&#8217;t you? She is the proud soldier&#8217;s mother who remained silent about President Bush and the Iraq war as long as it was the sons of other mothers who died in battle, but then, when her own son died in battle, immediately began a public campaign opposing the war and calling President Bush a war criminal and a murderer.¹ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRS: No More Mister Nice Guy</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/07/24/irs-no-more-mister-nice-guy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/07/24/irs-no-more-mister-nice-guy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 06:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IRS Audits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The tax gap &#8211; the difference between what taxpayers&#8217; should pay to the IRS every year and what they actually pay &#8211; is estimated to be about $300 billion a year. Karen Hube writing for the Washington Post confirms what we have reported here: The IRS is stepping up its enforcement activities (emphasis is mine): [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Holds Hearing on Tax Complexity and Closing the Tax Gap</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/06/28/senate-holds-hearing-on-tax-complexity-and-closing-the-tax-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/06/28/senate-holds-hearing-on-tax-complexity-and-closing-the-tax-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IRS procedure]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate Committee on Finance is holding a hearing today in the Dirksen Building on Complexity and the Tax Gap: Making Tax Compliance Easier and Collecting What’s Due. I am watching it live now and will report on it later. I know, I know. You&#8217;re envious of my life. Bookmark &#038; Share:]]></description>
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		<title>Have Tax Problems? Buyer Beware.</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/06/06/have-tax-problems-buyer-beware/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/06/06/have-tax-problems-buyer-beware/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tax Collections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eva Rosenberg of SmartMoney has an excellent article today about why you should avoid tax relief firms like Roni Deutch, Tax Masters and J.K. Harris: Let’s look at recent court cases filed against television and radio advertisers, preying on your fears, your insecurities, and your tax terrors. All cases involve national tax resolution firms who have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Website Allows you to Get Back at Your Ex by Accusing Him of Cheating on his Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/04/01/new-website-allows-you-to-get-back-at-your-ex-by-accusing-him-of-cheating-on-his-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/04/01/new-website-allows-you-to-get-back-at-your-ex-by-accusing-him-of-cheating-on-his-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IRS Audits]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a client who told me he fired an employee who had been stealing supplies from him. The employee then proceeded to post on an Internet complaint site dozens of anonymous false allegations about his business using a variety of pseudonyms to make it appear that there were several aggrieved customers. My client was forced to close down his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Gap Closers Focus on Small Business</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/03/31/tax-gap-closers-focus-on-small-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/03/31/tax-gap-closers-focus-on-small-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WebCPA reports that American small businesses are being disproportionately targeted as part of the Obama administration&#8217;s efforts to close the tax gap: Small businesses are disproportionately affected by measures to close the tax gap—the difference between taxes owed and taxes paid—according to a new study by the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy The study, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Professor Maule Says Conservatives Who Want to Cut IRS Funding are Trying to Take Down Government</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/03/04/professor-maule-says-conservatives-who-want-to-cut-irs-funding-are-trying-to-take-down-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2011/03/04/professor-maule-says-conservatives-who-want-to-cut-irs-funding-are-trying-to-take-down-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 17:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IRS procedure]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never explain.&#8221;  - Stanley Baldwin - Listen to Professor James Maule&#8217;s screed about the efforts of evil Republican Congressmen to cut the IRS&#8217;s budget: On the heels of the spending cuts, affecting chiefly the impoverished and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRS to Intensify Collection of Unpaid Payroll Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/09/24/irs-to-intensify-collection-of-unpaid-payroll-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/09/24/irs-to-intensify-collection-of-unpaid-payroll-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 01:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Payroll Taxes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=19378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to WebCPA the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) says that a larger percentage of IRS collection agents are not following the proper procedure in payroll tax cases: The collection of taxes through employment tax returns is a significant source of revenue for the federal government. As of Sept. 30, 2009, the total IRS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Substitute for Return: The IRS&#8217;s Secret Enforcement Weapon</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/08/28/the-substitute-for-return-the-irss-secret-enforcement-weapon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/08/28/the-substitute-for-return-the-irss-secret-enforcement-weapon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IRS Audits]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=19222</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Nothing concentrates a man&#8217;s mind like the prospect of being hanged in the morning.&#8221; - Samuel Johnson - The New York Daily News reports that day-trader Marcos Esparza Bofill has been hit with a $172,000,000 IRS tax bill: He failed as a day-trader and barely survived in New York on a beer budget, but Marcos Esparza Bofill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Florida Tax Amnesty Available July 1, 2010 through September 30, 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/06/18/florida-tax-amnesty-available-july-1-2010-through-september-30-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/06/18/florida-tax-amnesty-available-july-1-2010-through-september-30-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 02:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Taxes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=17619</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In April Florida lawmakers passed a bill authorizing the state’s first tax amnesty program (“Program”) since 2003. House Bill 5801 was approved by both chambers on April 30, 2010, the closing day of the Florida Legislature’s 60-day session. Governor Crist signed the bill into law on May 28th. Here&#8217;s Ryan Tax Gateway&#8217;s press release on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRS to Step Up Enforcement to Close Tax Gap</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/04/19/irs-to-step-up-enforcement-to-close-tax-gap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/04/19/irs-to-step-up-enforcement-to-close-tax-gap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=16201</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ezra Klein of Newsweek writes that the IRS should expend it&#8217;s new resources¹ on going after tax cheats: A report released by Citizens for Tax Justice shows that between 1995 and 2005, the IRS&#8217;s budget was slashed by a fifth. Between 1995 and 2003, its enforcement division lost 36 percent of its staff. They were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States Offer Tax Amnesty to Raise Revenues</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/04/15/states-offer-tax-amnesty-to-raise-revenues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2010/04/15/states-offer-tax-amnesty-to-raise-revenues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State Taxes]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.pappastax.com/?p=16119</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Forbes.com&#8217;s Ashlea Ebeling reports that after raising $1.4 billion from tax amnesties in 2009, states are again offering deals to delinquent taxpayers: Call it &#8220;the return of the tax amnesties.&#8221; For the second year in a row, states are resorting to tax amnesties in the hope that delinquent taxpayers will help them plug their budget [...]]]></description>
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