http://www.taxabletalk.com/ Taxable Talk looks at taxes (and the politics behind taxes) from the view of a Southern California tax preparer. en-us 2008-08-18T02:08+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1219025106.shtml Earlier this year I posted about a complex tax fraud case out of Salt Lake City. Several individuals were accused of helping various other individuals and businesses evade about $20... Russ 2008-08-18T02:08+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1218425648.shtml Two business executives. Two men with tax troubles. Is ClubFed in their futures?... Russ 2008-08-11T03:08+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1218424460.shtml When I was growing up just north of Chicago my parents told me about how the dead voted. That didn't seem right to me, but I did learn at a young... Russ 2008-08-11T03:08+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1216606103.shtml Another domino fell in the government's fight against Naftali Tzi Weiss, the Grand Rabbi of Spinka. He's charged with tax fraud. Allegedly he concocted a scheme where individuals could donate funds... Russ 2008-07-21T02:07+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1215616010.shtml Sometimes you read a story and wonder how in the world it can be true. How can people be so gullible and how can someone do such a stupid scheme... Russ 2008-07-09T15:07+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1215614258.shtml Last year we covered the trial of Wisconsin dentist Frederick Kriemelmeyer. Dr. Kriemelmeyer argued at trial that the indictment was faulty because it was in English; that the American flag... Russ 2008-07-09T14:07+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1214790088.shtml Last year I wrote about Naftali Tzi Weisz. Mr. Weisz is the Grand Rabbi of Spinka. He'll also be standing trial in September charged with tax fraud. He's accused of... Russ 2008-06-30T01:06+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1214788772.shtml Two more Bozo tax preparers won't be harming consumers any more. Let's just say up front that the methods used weren't wise.... Russ 2008-06-30T01:06+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1214189558.shtml Suckers are born every day, and so are the people out to fleece them. I've reported in the past on Aegis Corporation, a now defunct Chicago-based vendor of offshore... Russ 2008-06-23T02:06+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1214188645.shtml Last year I reported on Circle Industries, the Alpharetta, Georgia based international construction company. The father and son owners conspired with their bookkeeper to deduct personal expenses on their business... Russ 2008-06-23T02:06+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1213926576.shtml As a published author I know that finding the right title for a book can be a difficult task. My writing partner and I struggled with the title for our first... Russ 2008-06-20T01:06+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1213546658.shtml If you're in prison and need some extra money, what should you do? How about defrauding the IRS—after all, you're in prison, and all the government can do is keep you... Russ 2008-06-15T16:06+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1212981883.shtml I've read about all sorts of Bozo tax preparers, but Sunita Buddhu is by far one of the worst I've read about. Luckily for you and I, her days of preparing... Russ 2008-06-09T03:06+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1212980155.shtml What happens if you use a payroll service and they don't forward the deposits to the IRS and your state tax department? The payroll company will be in trouble, but the... Russ 2008-06-09T02:06+00:00 http://www.taxabletalk.com/posts/1212596130.shtml One of the surest methods I know to get the IRS upset with you is to withhold payroll taxes and not remit them. Payroll taxes are called trust fund taxes; I've... Russ 2008-06-04T16:06+00:00