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Georgia Taxpayers in 28 Counties Get Extension Due to Hurricane Idalia

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The Internal Revenue Service today announced tax relief for individuals and businesses affected by Idalia in 28 of the state’s 159 counties in Georgia. 15, 2024, to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments. Quarterly estimated income tax payments normally due on Sept.

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Georgia Tax Preparer Gets 2 Years in Prison for Tax Evasion

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A Georgia man was sentenced on December 19 to two years in prison for evading his personal federal income taxes. According to court documents and statements made in court, from 1999 to 2021, Samir Patel, of Statesboro, was a tax return preparer at a national return preparation business. Attorney Jill E.

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Sales tax ‘responsible party’ laws still going strong

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Most states’ sales tax registration forms ask for Social Security or driver’s license numbers (or both) of at least one corporate officer or executive. And in a case similar to one that might have involved sales tax, the president of a corporation was properly held liable for the corporation’s unpaid Ohio personal withholding taxes.

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Georgia Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to Federal Tax Fraud Charges

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(TNS) A Columbus, GA-based tax preparer has pleaded guilty in federal court to charges that she submitted false claims for tax credits for her clients and also failed to pay her own personal taxes. Nadine Word pleaded guilty to preparing and submitting false tax returns and failing to file her personal tax returns,” James E.

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What to know about responsible party laws

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That’s personally responsible, as many states’ sales tax registration forms ask for Social Security or driver’s license numbers (or both) of at least one corporate officer or executive. Owners’ individual tax returns have occasionally been compared to those of the company for evidence of “material involvement” in the business.

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Oct. 16, 2023, is Deadline for Millions Who Filed Tax Extensions; But Many Get More Time Due to Disasters

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Taxpayers affected by recent natural disasters including those impacted by the recent Maui fires and hurricane Idalia in parts of Florida, South Carolina and Georgia. Those in the counties of Maui, Hawaii, and many counties in Florida, South Carolina and Georgia have until Feb. This list continues to be updated regularly.

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Two Found Guilty in $1.3 Billion Conservation Easement Scheme

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A federal jury sitting in Atlanta has convicted Jack Fisher and James Sinnott of conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aiding and assisting the filing of false tax returns and subscribing to false tax returns. Goldberg of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, U.S.