SWFT Comprehensive Volume 2019
42nd Edition
ISBN: 9780357233306
Author: Maloney
Publisher: Cengage
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Tax preparers often have a difference of opinion with their clients as to how some transactions should be treated on a tax return. If a client of yours does not wish to report information on their tax return that you feel should be reported, how would you handle the situation? Write in at least 300 words with two scholarly sources.
John Taylor, a tax consultant, charges his clients a fee based on the percentage of the tax he saves a client. John received a payment from a client, but he realised that Angela didn’t declare income. Therefore, the income tax return that John’s prepared understated income tax liability.Taking into consideration the Accounting Professional Code of Conduct explain the Tax Penalties and actions John should take following his discovery.
James has just been audited by the IRS and, as a result, has been assessed a substantial deficiency (which he has not yet paid) in additional income taxes. In preparing his defense, James advances the following possibilities. Are any of them viable?
Although a resident of Texas, James plans to sue in a District Court in Oregon that appears to be more favorably inclined toward taxpayers.
If (a) is not possible, James plans to take his case to a Texas state court as he is more familiar with the practices there. Yes
If he loses at the trial court level, James plans to appeal to either the Federal Circuit or the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals because he has relatives in both Washington D.C., and Atlanta. Staying with these relatives could save James lodging expense while his appeal is being heard by the court.
Even if he does not win at the trial court or appeal court level, James feels certain of success on an appeal to the Supreme Court.
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