North Phoenix Tax Relief Blog

Do you have stacks of IRS Notices in your desk drawer?

Recently a client called my office stating that she got a letter saying that the US Department of State has been notified that she was ...
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Arizona Voluntary Disclosure and Compliance Program Overview

If you are non-filer who has not filed tax returns for years, chances are you are delinquent on your state filing obligations as well. While ...
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Incorrect Way to issue 8288-A in the case of a joint disposition

Nonresident Aliens Who Own U.S. Real Property: A Primer

My article was published in the EA Journal recently. Check it out using this link (requires NAEA membership). If not, please see the article below. ...
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IRS Letter 6339

I heard that IRS has started issuing Letter 6339 to taxpayers. This letter informs a taxpayer that they may have foreign accounts that were not ...
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IRS is stepping up its audits

After the long pandemic, IRS is looking to step up its Collection Enforcement. Taxpayers can expect to get letters from the IRS about unpaid taxes, ...
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Responsibilities of a Foreign Rental Real Estate Investor

Congratulations, Foreign investor, on your purchase of a good rental real estate property in the United States! Of late, a lot of foreign clients have ...
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Real Estate Rentals for Nonresidents

Of late, I have been getting calls from realtors, who are representing their Canadian (predominantly) clients sell their US rental properties here in the Phoenix/Scottsdale/Mesa/Chandler ...
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CNC-Currently Not Collectible

If you have a high balance owing to the IRS, and you are having a tough time making ends meet, then Currently Not Collectible (CNC) ...
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Where to make payments?

Once a tax return is complete, clients ask me how they can make their individual income tax payments to the IRS or to the various ...
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Obtaining AZ Withholding without W-2

Recently I was working on a Tax resolution case where a non-filer client had not filed Federal Income tax returns (1040) since 2011. IRS had ...
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Do you have un-filed returns for multiple prior years?

If so, IRS is proactively going after persons who have not filed income tax returns for multiple years. If you are making $100,000 or more ...
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Did you receive a letter from IRS about virtual currency / crypto-currency reporting?

Last week, the IRS began sending educational letters to taxpayers with virtual currency transactions that potentially failed to report income and pay the resulting tax ...
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