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    Does Extending Your Personal Income Tax Return Increase the Odds of an IRS Audit?

    April 4, 2016 by The Team at Sobul, Primes & Schenkel

    Rumor has it among our clients that extending your tax returns may increase the likelihood of an IRS audit.  Is there any truth behind it?  The fact of the matter is, there’s really no way to know for sure. Although the IRS releases information on audit rates based on income levels and … [Read more...]

    Filed Under: IRS, Tax Audit Tagged With: income tax extension, irs audit, personal income tax return

    What percentage are you? The 1%,12%, 28% or 99%?

    February 28, 2012 by The Team at Sobul, Primes & Schenkel

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    IRS audits on the rise for high income individuals and corporations Recently politicians, protestors, and the media have been debating whether or not high-income individuals and corporations are paying their so-called “fair share” of taxes.Apparently this is also an IRS concern. Steven Miller, … [Read more...]

    Filed Under: IRS, Tax Audit

    The Wealth Squad Wants You!

    August 5, 2011 by The Team at Sobul, Primes & Schenkel

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    An introduction to the IRS’s busy new group The Global High Wealth Industry Group, also known as the “wealth squad,” is a team of experienced IRS specialists assembled  specifically to audit wealthy taxpayers. Depending on your point of view, this crack squad is either a scheme by the current … [Read more...]

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