ChunkyMunky asked:


I keep seeing these commercials making the people on them look like the victim of IRS harassment and sympathizing with them. Aren’t they in that situation because they blatantly disregarded filing their taxes? How does the program/lawyer help work?

Pam Hatchel

floorian asked:


Can anyone tell me what type of legal counselor I would need to talk to about incorporating my company? Would this be a financial planner, accountant, tax planner, lawyer, a combination of these, or some other adviser altogether?

I need someone to help setup the corporate structure and various options to get the best protection and tax benefit. Things such as home office rental, seminar & education allowances, cafeteria plans, etc.

Tamica Digian

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I have no money to hire a lawyer. The IRS served my bank with a garnishment order. Is there a way I can handle this myself?

Lidia Leming

Dave asked:


They make it see like the 70% income tax rate which was on the top bracket was only that way under Jimmy Carter and Reagan “rescued America” from high taxes. The truth is that same 70% rate was used under Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon before Carter and it was in the low 90′s under Dwight Eisenhower, another Republican. JFK called for that low 90′s percentage to be dropped to 70. I realize Bill Clinton raised taxes on most people but now that Barack Obama is cutting taxes on 95% of Americans and the top bracket will still be paying 30.4% less income tax than under Nixon and Ford, why do they act like Obama is making taxes crazily high? 39.6% on the top bracket is not bad at all compared to the 70+% it was pre-Reagan. Ronald Reagan was a good president but he increased taxes on the lowest bracket from 10-15% and cut some very important programs for people with mental disabilities. Why don’t these pundits call Eisenhower, Nixon and Ford socialist? I believe it is because they want people to believe Democrats are for unheard of high taxes that will be radically different than anything even seen in this country. The myths they spew are very misleading. I believe all they truly love about America is money. In my opinion their is so much more to this country than money. Another one of their arguments is taxes go up on the top bracket then people will be less motivated to climb the social ladder. I can tell you I have no interest in being a CEO a doctor or a lawyer whether taxes are 28% like they were in the late 80′s or whether then are 90+% like they were post WW2. I work hard no matter which party is in power and I don’t complain. These people should have no credibility after the way they defended Bush the way they did when he is far more liberal than Clinton ever was fiscally. I used to be a Republican but I made the switch to Democrat because the Republicans just try to scare people into voting for them. In my opinion they are keen to ignore everything pre-carter and pretend this country began in 1976 and Reagans policies saved this country. I think a 70% income rate is far to high but 39.6 certainly isn’t and it is FAR from socialistic. The money saved by cutting those rates can empower the middle class to succeed by lowering health care costs and energy costs. Thanks for reading this far.

From,
Dave
In my sociology class I found out that wages have been stagnant since Reagan was elected. And its actually easier to move up in class in Denmark and in Canada than in the U.S. My dream is to get married and become a dad. With the cost of living so high it seems like its not nearly as easy for my generation than my parents. My mom bought a house in cash when she was 26 and she grew up lower middle class in the city. She worked hard and moved up in class. She had her college paid for because her dad died when she was 13 she received social security. People act like the government social programs are bad but it allowed my mom to go to school and earn a darn good living. Also I believe if the government were to ever spread wealth around rather than income it would be disastrous. But income is totally different. The government prints the money and writes the laws they have every right to have a progressive tax structure. If flat tax is imposed, the little man would get squeezed.

Robby Olszewski

Jaime D asked:


Hi, I just filed my bankruptcy in missouri at the beginning of dec.08. My trustee sent me a letter saying to hand over to him my tax refund, but my lawyer says I can keep some of it. I didnt file my taxes yet, but I know I am getting over 8000 dollars back, can they take all of it?

Giovanni Brisco

Buttercup=sweetness asked:


to make a long question short. If i purchased a vacant peice of land in 2001 for 25k and then sold it in 2006 for 85k wouldnt there be capital gain and wouldn’t that show in a tax return for 2006?
Is is possilbe that lawyers will manipulate forms to make things seem different than they are in the attempt to hid money?
Isn’t that illegal?

Reyes Duffee

dawn r asked:


my tax assessment seems to have doubled from last year. i am told i can dispute this but i dont even know where to start. does anyone know short of hiring a lawyer, where can i get info on how to fight this unreasonable amount they have assessed my house at.

Fernando Quintania

kramreg asked:


The Fair Tax can only be brought about by means of a revolution, meaning that there are thousands of tax lawyers, tax lobbyists, IRS employees, and tax preparers who do not want H.R. 25 passed, because they might lose their jobs, so Washington D.C. politicians don’t want to risk losing votes by passing legislation to eliminate the income tax and institute a much fairer national consumption tax, which would benefit America’s citizens immensely. The only way for YOU to cause the Congress to take action on your behalf, instead of acting on the behalf of special interest groups, is for YOU to write your mayor, city councilperson, state senator or representative, governor, US Senator or Representative, and tell them that their support of YOU, through their support of the Fair Tax Act, is a condition of their continued employment. Let them know that the only way they will get your vote is for them to prove that they are working to repeal the 16th Amendment and pass the Fair Tax Act.
I can tell, from the responses so far that none of the answerers has a clue as to what the Fair Tax is. They have obviously not read about it. Every answer is completely wrong. It does not matter who you are, the Fair Tax is to your advantage. Everybody wins with the Fair Tax.
My mistake. Captain Archer understands the opposition to the Fair Tax.

Evan Straight

Serious Student asked:


Unlike the Fair Tax they keep talking about, a Flat Tax of 10% would be able to come directly from your paycheck, no rushing to file by the 15th. IRS would have a new job, ensuring that the business owners pay it. No more rebates, prebates, loop holes to deal with. The government gets their money now not later. No Tax lawyers & CPA’s making sure that the rich stay rich while the poor get poorer. It makes sense. It automatically comes out each pay ( it’s a set amount so you always know what it will be, no suprises). If there are more people in the country that are in the middle class to poverty level, why can’t we get this passed. 10% of nothing is nothing. The only ones who would oppose such a thing, should be the rich and mega corps. For instance talk about Hollywood, if you earn 27 million to make a movie are you really going to miss that 10%. If so, can we say Selfish and Greedy??? No one has been able to give me a legitamate argument against this yet. But you can try.

Doreen Cunningham

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In the top bracket, that is. Mostly doctors and lawyers, I presume.

Hallie Desutter