Entries by Raffensperger Martin Finkenbiner RMF

Father not responsible for steep tax penalty

A restaurant didn’t send payroll taxes it collected from employees to the IRS. The U.S. Tax Court has concluded that the father of the co-manager wasn’t a “responsible person” for purposes of the tax code’s trust fund recovery penalty just because he signed a few checks. The father lacked sufficient control over the business; wasn’t […]

Senior Citizens Major Target

Tax fraud and scams targeting senior citizens are a major concern. Scams involving sweepstakes, lotteries, investments, phishing and thieves impersonating IRS employees are among the top 10 fraud schemes used by criminals to target seniors, according to Timothy Camus, Deputy Inspector general for investigations at the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA). Speaking to […]