Many tenants and landlords in California are aware that a written lease is not a strict legal requirement for residential leases. While...

Landlords who have a tenant who hold over beyond the terms set forth in their lease often face a situation where a lawful detainer action...

The IRS provides voluntary disclosure options for taxpayers who have failed to report their foreign financial assets and pay all tax...

Offshore accounts are held by many Americans, whether they live at home in California or abroad in the UK, Brazil, China, or Ecuador. For...

You filed your taxes on time and didn’t expect to face any issues. In fact, you were looking forward to putting them out of your mind...

There was a time when property owners took the law into their own hands and simply removed tenants for any reason–and at gunpoint, if...

By now most U.S. taxpayers are aware that the enforcement of offshore disclosure laws is taken seriously. The IRS and U.S. government...

From the standpoint of brokers and agents in the sale of real property, it is desirable for escrow to close as soon as possible, in...

The IRS sometimes questions whether a business that has historically generated losses is actually a business, or if it is instead a...

When a taxpayer owes money to the IRS but is unable to pay in full, there are a number of options available to reach a resolution and...

Since the 2007 financial crisis turned Congress’ attention to the deficit and national debt, perceptions that wealthy Americans were...

Taxpayers have more than enough to worry about when it comes to complying with their income tax and offshore tax obligations. However,...

In California, there are two formal probate procedures—one for estates valued at more than $150,000 (Regular Probate) and one for estates...

Taxpayers often have a myriad of reasons regarding why they fail to file taxes on time or at all. Some of these reasons are good reasons....

While some taxpayers wait until the last minute to file, others are extremely prepared and wonder if they can file early. Perhaps they’ve...

It seems that the winter months of January and February drag by, with each day lasting longer than the previous. And yet with the...

In 2015, the IRS revealed a plan that would have given the option for non-profit organizations to collect certain personal information...

Most taxpayers know that facing a tax audit or tax investigation is not an enviable position to find oneself facing. While many people...

The IRS budget has essentially been under siege as year-after-year Congress has slashed the organization’s budget. The impacts of the...

Whether you prefer the term gig economy or sharing economy, the feel-good language can obscure one major shift that the new economy has...

It is a reasonably common practice for certain business owners to pay workers “under the table” or “off the books.” Oftentimes, the...

You are probably a conscientious person who completes his or her work prior to, or at least by, the deadlines. But, for whatever reason,...

Taxpayers who have failed to file their taxes thus far may have good reasons for doing so. Perhaps they are still waiting on certain tax...

For many Americans, filing taxes is both a matter of duty and a function of fearing the consequences of what will happen should he or she...