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IRS Ex-Employee Pleads Guilty to Receiving a Bribe

A former Internal Revenue Service employee has pleaded guilty to one count of receiving a bribe.

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Question: Tax-exempty status – Examples of Package 1023?

I am in the process of forming a non profit in NC. Since I was able to view completed Articles of Inc. on the NC Secretary of State site I was wondering if there is a website where I could view the paperwork (1023, 990, etc) involved in the 501(c)3 process.

I am interested in viewing completed applications. Assuming that a tax-exempt organization is open to scrutiny, because of its status, I would think that one would be able to view these forms in their entirety, as opposed to instructions and blank forms provided by irs.gov.

Past incorrect answers have been:

Form 990
www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f990.pdf
instructions
www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/i990-ez.pdf

See Application for Exemption
www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f1023.pdf

explanation of requirements:

IRS Publication 557 “”Tax Exempt Status for Your Organization”
www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p557.pdf

These are blank not completed forms.

Answer: Public disclosure FAQ from the IRS: http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=96430,00.html

Ordering copies on CD/DVD from the IRS: http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=150268,00.html Note that the (significant) costs here are waived for requests from the media as well as from other governmental agencies.

You can also subscribe to GuideStar.org though their website: http://www.guidestar.org/services/ds.jsp?gclid=CISf2aXDr40CFQIpFQodyR280A It’s not free, but it’s cheaper than buying the DVDs from the IRS.

Turner, Jones top SMU salary lists

June Jones, left, and R. Gerald Turner, right, are the highest paid employees at SMU with total compensations more than $1 million.

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 990 – Are You Ready?

Question: Have you reveived an fake email from the IRS regarding a refund?

From:”Internal Revenue Service” <7409218@irs.gov> Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
Subject: Important Notification – Tax refund – ID: FFHJSGSRYS
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 23:01:50 -0600

After the last annual calculations of your fiscal activity we have determined that
you are eligible to receive a tax refund of $109.23.
Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 3-6 days in order to
process it.

A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.
For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.

To access the form for your tax refund, please click here
Don’t click on the reponse instead, forward it to phishing@irs.gov

Answer: Generally, the IRS does not send emails. I have gotten emails from the IRS but I am a tax professional and initiated the contact.

The IRS will never contact a taxpayer thru email to inform you about the status of your return. Ask youself…how would they know your email address to begin with?

Next, if the IRS do find and error and choose to correct it without you correcting it…they will simply send a check to your last known address. But, this is a very rare.

IRS reduces paper-filed tax return processers, encourages e-filing

The most anyone might want from the Internal Revenue Service is a refund.IRS officials are hoping more can reach that goal with fewer errors by filing their tax returns electronically this year versus sending in a paper version.

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Question: Anyone received their IRS REfund when status was changed to process delay?

Filde my refund on 02/13 went into status my date of refund was changed due to processing delays until 03/11. I have read happened to others? When has people received refund on processed delay? Are you still waiting? LOoking to see if its possible I get it soon or going to be a long time? I Hate the IRS~

Answer: I first had refund to be deposited 1/25, then “there is a delay in processing your refund” recvd a cp-05 letter which basically told me nothing, would receive a refund or another letter within 3 weeks from 2/18! The people at the IRS are NO help at all. I don’t think there is anything wrong with any of our returns. I think they are just slow and are using these codes as excuses to hold our money. I am so sure they will be paying us interest on our money that they owe us! The exact same thing happened to me last year. H&R block on line. E-filed. Still have been waiting almost 6 weeks!

Want Tax Help? IRS Offers Busy Signal to 3 in 10

WASHINGTON (AP) – Need help with your taxes? Good luck reaching someone on the phone at the Internal Revenue Service.The IRS estimates that only 70 pe….

$1.3M In Unclaimed Funds Available, IRS Says

Question: i need to know how to cash and IRS refund check for my son who I have power of attorney over?

I don’t have Id for him I do have the “Limited Power of Attorny” nortiarize. He is currently in jail for next two years.

Answer: Take it to the bank with the power of attorney. I doubt they’ll cash it outright but they should allow you to open an account in his name. I would go to a bank that you do business with regularly and talk to someone other than a teller. Nothing wrong with tellers but they have limited authority.

If you son has a bank account anywhere, just deposit it in his account.

Befuddled taxpayers have advocate at IRS

I am about to break out my “I (heart) Nina Olson” T-shirt.Olson, an attorney and former tax preparer, is the national taxpayer advocate for the Internal Revenue Service. Annually, she issues a report to Congress detailing the most serious problems encountered by taxpayers and recommending changes aimed at relieving those difficulties.This week, the IRS announced it would take up something Olson …

Tampa Tax Attorney explains IRS Offer in Compromise options