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No privilege for CPA and Taxpayers

There is been a long-standing rule that attorneys and clients have a privilege for their communications under most circumstances. This is not true for tax return preparers, accountants and CPAs under many circumstances, particularly where it matters most-when the IRS is attacking a taxpayer for criminal sanctions or fraud. That is why it is crucial to have a tax attorney involved for giving documents to an accountant or tax preparer if there may be any issues. This is especially true during audit IRS collection matters. Unfortunately, another cases come down from the Tax Court defeating any claim of a client and CPA privilege. This was reported by Parker tax publishing in their latest newsletter: Taxpayer Had No Legitimate Expectation of Privacy in Records Held by CPA A district court denied a motion to suppress all evidence relating to tax records the IRS obtained from a taxpayer's CPA. The court rejected the taxpayer's argument that Code Sec. 7609 and the Code of Pro

Scam Letters that appear as IRS Notices

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This is a scam notice received by clients that looks legitimate. The scam artists have taken the IRS logo and make the letter look like it's really from the IRS. It is not! If you click on the link it asked all kinds of personal information so the scam artist can empty your bank accounts, file fraudulent tax returns and even get credit cards in your name! If you receive any notices from the IRS you need to immediately contact a tax lawyer. Do not click on any of the hyperlinks! This is very serious!!!!!! From:  IRS-gov.us   < usa1.tax-payers.rvs@wwt.net > Date: Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 8:24 PM Subject: Your IRS Data Require Immediate Action To:  usa1.tax-payers.rvs@wwt.net Dear IRS User, This is an Important Message regarding your IRS Filing, from the previous year and current year.Our system indicates you have some changes in your record with us and We will like you to Kindly follow the given instructions in order to comply with our new sytem re