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Question: Does anyone know how to wave the $800 LLC Tax Fee (in California) for first year small business owners?

Where do I download or find the form from the state or IRS?

Answer: The minimum franchise fee in CA is strictly a state issue; the IRS has no involvement with it. I’ve never heard of CA waiving it.

Tax fraud behind bars

Florida has achieved a new No. 1 ranking, but it’s not one to brag about: It leads the nation with the most prison inmates filing fraudulent tax returns.According to the Treasury Department, of the nearly 45,000 phony tax return claims filed in 2009 by prisoners, 8,777 of them (about 20…

The 411 for Your Form 1040

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ProtectOurElections.org Calls On Justice Thomas To Step Down

Question: California Sales tax refund for international tourists?

I heard somewhere that if you are a tourist and visit California (or any other state) you can present your receipts at the airport and get a refund for the sales tax. Is this true?? where in the airport would that be? an IRS office??? Im departing from LAX…tnx for all your answers!!!

Answer: No, sorry, but there is no sales tax refund offered in the US, unlike the VAT refunds in many other countries. If for no other reason than there are 50 separate states with 50 different sets of laws on sales taxes, not to mention literally thousands of local jurisdictions with their fingers in the till. It would be impossible to manage.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Revisiting the FBI’s Dirty War on Black America

*The tale of FBI informant Ernest Withers is now well known. He spent years busily snapping photos of many major civil rights happenings, actions, and doings of civil rights leaders, most notably Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He got close-up shots of them because either through disinterest, Wither’s flattery, or simply naivety, they trusted him [...]

The IRS vs. Robert Kahre

California politicos to mull 2,323 bills

SACRAMENTO — Neighbors and law enforcement agencies would get advance notice when they are dealing with child molesters and sexually violent predators under two of the thousands of bills that will be considered this year by the California

Avoiding Common Sales and Use Tax Problems – Pt. 2

Question: What is the address that you send owed money to the IRS?

For my CA state tax I owe the IRS $18. I can’t seem to find the address anywhere… does anyone know it? Thanks =)

Answer: IRS Center, Fresno, CA 93888 Street address not needed.

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