IRS Tax Tip: Beware of Property Lien Scam

[IRS Tax Tip 2019-134 (Sept. 26, 2019)] The IRS advised Taxpayers that they should look out for fake property liens, threatening the recipient with a tax bill from a legitimate-sounding fictional government agency, such as “Bureau of Tax Enforcement”, and may reference the IRS. Recipients who don't owe taxes and have no reason to think they do should report it to the Federal Trade Commission at FTC.gov, the FBI's Internet…

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IRS announces New Payment Option for Taxpayers in Private Debt Collection Program (IR-2019-165), (Oct. 9, 2019)

Taxpayers can choose the convenient option of a pre-authorized direct debit to make one payment or a series of payments toward their federal tax debt. With direct debit, the taxpayer give written permission that can be submitted to the private collection agency (PCA) by mail or fax to authorize a payment on the taxpayer's behalf to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The authorization contains the payment schedule and bank…

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IRS Provides Section 199A Safe Harbor for Rental Real Estate

Rev. Proc. 2019-38,Internal Revenue Service,(Sept. 24, 2019) The IRS issued a final revenue procedure that provides a safe harbor treating a rental real estate enterprise as a trade or business for purposes of section 199A of the Internal Revenue Code (Code) and §§1.199A-1 through 1.199A-6 of the Income Tax Regulations (26 CFR Part I). The safe harbor provided by this revenue procedure applies solely for purposes of section 199A. If…

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IRS Issues News on Passport Revocation

The IRS advised that Individuals with significant tax debt should act promptly to avoid revocation of passports. IR- 2019-141, 08/08/19. Under the Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, the IRS notifies the State Department (State) of taxpayers certified as owing a seriously delinquent tax debt, which is currently $52,000 or more. The law then requires State to deny their passport application or renewal. If a taxpayer currently has a valid…

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Studio Room Rental for Photography Sessions Is Subject to Missouri Sales Tax

Letter Ruling No. LR 8013, Missouri Department of Revenue, January 24, 2019, released March 2019 Charges taxpayer received for daily and hourly rentals of its studio rooms for photographic sessions are subject to sales tax. Section 144.020.1, RSMo, in the pertinent part, provides: A tax is hereby levied and imposed … upon all sellers for the privilege of engaging in the business of selling tangible personal property or rendering taxable…

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Venue Responsible for Collecting and Remitting Missouri Sales Tax on Ticket Sales

3/20/19 LR 8003November 29, 2018 Applicant is an entertainment performance venue in Missouri that hosts music concerts and variety shows. A musical entertainment group performs in Applicant's theatre and pays rent to Applicant that includes the cost of personnel services. Applicant will collect and all admission revenue received from its ticket sales to the musical group. Applicant is renting its facility to the musical entertainment group and providing ticket selling…

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Taxpayer’s Separately Stated Freight Charges Exempt from Missouri Sales Tax

3/20/19 LR 8007December 21, 2018 Applicant is a Missouri corporation that specializes in selling packaging supplies, equipment used for packaging, and providing packaging consulting services. Applicant sells its packaging products to its customers wholesale, shipping all of its orders to its customers via common carrier. Applicant has two different invoices: (1) lists a separately stated freight charge to ship the order via common carrier; and (2) lists a charge that…

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Full taxpayer identification number to be truncated on Forms 1065 furnished to partners and others

The full TINs of the partnership representative and designated individual must be shown on the Form 1065 filed with the IRS, but these TINs may be truncated on the copies of Form 1065 which the partnership furnishes to others, such as its partners. 3/14/19

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