Tax Attorney Columbus Ohio

I have a Power of Attorney, signed by my husband in 2001, which I used for buying/selling homes, cars, filing income tax, etc. No problems. Should I be able to use it for banking matters (separate accounts), or has it expired? He’s not available, due to “jail,” and keeps telling me that it is still good. The bank doesn’t seem to think so.
It’s our money, in his account!

We (my siblings and I) recently discovered that my father has not filed his income tax return in nearly 8 years. He sold a piece of property that year and so it was not so cut and dry and he just has not been able to see to do it and has been reluctant to ask for help in doing it.

My sister has collected all the information he has however their are a few years which he did not have his W2’s .

Do you know what the best method to resolve this for him would be…he may have money coming to him…or he may owe..we don’t know.

How do we go about getting a W2 for him…the company he worked for no longer has them on file as it has been too long ago.

Should we hire an accountant to resolve this or maybe a tax attorney. He is worried to pieces about it and apparently has been worried for some time now and has not told anyone as he did not want to burden us with it.

Any help you can give on what steps we should take to resolve this with the best outcome would be appreciated!

How about requiring the loser of all court cases to pay the full court costs and attorney fees of the case. This would provide protection against frivolous lawsuits and would save tax dollars. Why should a victim of a frivolous lawsuit (such as that ridiculous lawsuit against McDonald’s by somebody who blamed McDonald’s for their inability to control their weight, the ridiculous lawsuits against the video game industry blaming them for the criminal acts of a few psychopaths, or those ridiculous lawsuits claiming that President Obama is somehow ineligible to be president) be punished by having to pay the costs for their defense? Doesn’t the absence of a loser pays rule amount to encouragement for people to abuse the legal system? Shouldn’t there also be stronger penalties against pressing false criminal charges, another event which happens all too often?

My father just became the Power of Attorney for his disbaled 3rd cousin. He never really had anything to do wit him but the man who was taking car of him died and before he died asked him to look after him. Well….my question is, does he have to file income taxes? He works at a fast food place and only brought in $4,200 last year. He is deaf and get social security. Is there a minmum were you dont have to file? He lives in NY.

My mom is having a short sell that might close this year for one of her condos. However, she has been unemployed for a while and can no longer afford her second condo. So she plans to short sell the second condo next year, because she is still not finding work at all. of course, as soon as the first condo sells , she will move to the second one as her primary residence and try to short sell that one too.

Now my question is how this may impact her tax situation? both condos where bought for 500K and there still about 425K owned (divide by two for each). Could she be better off just going to bankruptcy instead of trying to do all this short sales? And I am worry about the IRS trying to collect on her for dismissal of the loan money. And obviously we cant really afford an attorney. So here we are in yahoo trying to see what might be the best option.

PS: Both loans for condos are the original loans and they have piggy back loans attached to them. if u need any more info just let me know and I will post. Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

I’m new to researching income taxes, and am looking for an answer to the age old question as to whether or not they are legal. I have read Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. From that passage, it seems income taxes are legal and not voluntary. I read the 16th amendment, ratified (or not) in 1913. From that passage, it seems income taxes are legal and not voluntary. It is the 5th amendment that leaves me skeptical. The 5th amendment reads, “No person shall be…deprived of…property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”

Now, isn’t the money I earn my private property? I am not being compensated for the private property (my money) the government is taking from me. And, what “due process of law” allows my private property to be taken? The 16th amendment?

Only serious answers please, despite which stance is taken. I’d really like to hear from a tax attorney or an IRS employee.
Gentle Giant – I just want to point out that the gov’t doesn’t provide me with healthcare. While the gov’t DOES provide streets & highways, I wouldn’t go so far as to call them “safe”.

After having Attorneys General under Bush with questionable ethics, it seems to me that Obama might want to nominate someone for this position who is beyond reproach.

Eric Holder supported Bill Clinton’s pardon of Marc Rich – a man who made illegal oil deals with Iran during the 1979 Hostage Crisis and was also wanted on charges of tax evasion when he fled the country in 1983.

In 2004, Holder helped negotiate an agreement with the Justice Department for Chiquita Brands International in a case that involved Chiquita’s payment of “protection money” to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, a paramilitary group that has been designated a terrorist group by the United States government. In the agreement, Chiquita’s officials pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $25 million with the understanding that their identies would remain secret. Holder represents Chiquita in the civil action which grew out of this criminal case.

My gut instinct tells me Eric Holder is a scumbag who is no different than Alberto Gonzales, another scumbag. Does anyone have anything good to say about Holder?

i’ve seen many posts on this forum lately in reference to an income tax revolt. well, if you will all chip in a lot of money…do you have it?…to pay an attorney to form a class action lawsuit and bring it all the way up to the u.s. supreme court and then argue it even more, you might have a lawsuit, but uncle sam will still tax you as you are fighting against these taxes, you can be certain of that.

because i have seen so many questions about the legality of the federal government taxing you and i, i wish to know which of you think that these taxes are in fact legal and which of you don’t think these taxes are legal, and why. in other words, although most of you are not judges and lawyers, if you are informed, how would you back up what you believe? please give sources, as i will give to you now.

here is a very interesting little (big, really, if you don’t believe that the federal government has the legal right to tax your income) article that shows why the 16th amendment was never legally ratified:

http://www.givemeliberty.org/features/ta…

if you disagree with the premises presented in this article, then please tell me why.

now then, in my quest for The Truth, i also investigated answers itself to determine what the public felt, and i found this question, only one, that the asker did not bother to choose best answer for, but here goes:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;…

one of the folks that answered (i myself don’t think that the best answer award went to the best answer, i think that the best answer was ignored–it is below the award, which was an answers community vote, too bad) included a link to a discussion about the frivolity of lawsuits entered by individuals that refused to pay federal income tax, which, if you do not believe that the 16th amendment to the constitution of the united states is valid, and if you think that the laws are not ours, but are the government’s, is an interesting read:

http://www.irs.gov/taxpros/article/0,,id…

i also wish to add that the above link refers to INDIVIDUALS that brought suit, but not a large group of american citizens who all believe that the 16th amendment was not legally ratified and that therefore, no federal income tax should be levied against us. (which reminds me, i want to state that we ourselves would be able to bring this country out of the depression that seems to be coming, immediately, if the comptrollers and accountants and bookkeepers of your employers did not HAVE TO take federal taxes out of your paycheck, since you’d sure have more buying power, enough, too, to make that mortgage payment if you are facing foreclosure)!!! (and, if those facing foreclosure could make those payments on time, they could get out of foreclosure and then the real estate market would get back to its historical cycle, which is this: 2 years a seller’s market, followed by 5 years of a buyer’s market, over and over and over again, so that income and savings can then buy those houses that got to be too highly priced in the 2 years of the seller’s market… and i KNOW, because for 26 years i have owned quite a reputable real estate company and been licensed in IL, and i am very happy that i refused to participate in those risky loans that put so many people in deep, deep doo-doo as is proved today–i.e., i KNOW better by long experience and ethics that i disagree with taking that almighty commission buck by placing my folks into an impossible situation which they would then blame on me). (and take this as a given: i am published for writing of the real estate industry all about the real estate industry, so know that all of it, from unimproved land up to the sale of improved, built on, pieces, and all of those workers and materials that make it improved represents almost a THIRD of our GDP, so, it is damned important to our economy and it is important that those facing foreclosure pay their mortgages!!!).

so then, i ask you, mr. or ms. john or jane q. public, is uncle sam illegally taking money from your income that you feel you could use wiser, in order to fund ITS programs, and to fund ITS very, very high employment rate, even today, when almost every other employment sector in the united states is telling us that they are laying off even more and more thousands of workers every day?

and now i will present to you only the first of 12 youtube discussions by red beckman about the law that “never was,” that show us how WE make the laws, because this is the united states of america, a republic, not a democracy, and not a fascist or communist state:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grjmnkj7L…

which, if you say that you will revolt against the federal income tax, i ask you to really study up on what red buckman says in ALL 12 of these clips, because, you will need to tell your class action attorney to use these arguments to fight for you, and for me (because i, for one, want to retain more of my income–i really work HAR
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which, if you say that you will revolt against the federal income tax, i ask you to really study up on what red buckman says in ALL 12 of these clips, because, you will need to tell your class action attorney to use these arguments to fight for you, and for me (because i, for one, want to retain more of my income–i really work HARD to get it, and don’t you?).

as is my habit, i will not give you a thumbs down if you happen to have different thoughts than i do, of COURSE not! but if you give me a one liner or can’t back up your argument, i will give you thumbs down, but i will wait and let others that post answers to this question give them a TD themselves before i myself do it.

whatever information you wish to include about yourself will interest me (age, education, geographical location, job, and so on).

i’m making it 7 days, not 3, for you to answer so that you can delve into the articles/clips that are provided…
BROWN950…: you should look at the first of the 12 clips that are all at the link i gave on youtube for the definition of common law. then i think you will think a little differently. i hope you edit and add to your answer after you watch that.
EDIT: Dr. Science’s links DO open, just clear your cache first. the first one is more interesting to me than the second one.

well, if we want to change the tax laws via political activism, what route would you choose?

i am an independent voter, are you? the reason i am (other than i don’t want to vote a straight ticket) is because i do not want the parties to know WHO i plan to vote for.

why don’t more of you begin to look at the 3rd party candidates? there are the libertarian party, the constitutionalist party, and more. there is even a communist party.

i think that the “apportionment” clause of the tax laws make it invalid, not only that it was not fully ratified as required by law. but put the two together and then ask ron paul. btw: if you wanted to categorize me with any party, you may as well call me a “paulista.” that man knows about money!
EDIT: it does not make sense to quote the internal revenue code as it applies to this question because you’d have to first have constitutional law before you go to any code, for anything, in this country.

I am going to be out of the US during tax season and I don’t want my husband to file for an Income Tax return extension. This will delay the process unecessarily. So, what should I do to ensure that the papers are filed on time?

Should I transfer a Power of Attorney or simply fax back signed copies of the documents to my husband?

I am Power of Attorney on my Mother’s property. My Father’s name is still on the Deed papers along with my Mother’s name. My Mother has dementia and cannot manage her affairs. I have a caregiver taking care of her. Her stage of the illness is now a little deeper than 8 years ago when it was first diagnosed. I have been advised by friends to either change the deed to my name or sell the property and buy a new property and place it in my name. I am confused as need to rent a place for my Mother to live in with the caregiver, although I will have a new place in my name. The lease on an apt will be in my name if I do that and place my Mother in a rental apt while I buy a new property. Is it best to keep the old property although the maintenance and proeprty tax is goin up and a special assessment has beenplaced on the condo or sell it and buy a new place and have it on my name and avoid probate ???? inhertiance tax will also play a factor if I leave it as it is. What is the best thing ??
My Mother still lives in the condo . My father and mother’s name are on the deed papers for the condo.I pay the caregiver and manage the affairs of the condo.
I am trying to avoid paying probate charges and inheritance taxes , if I possible can.
Would it be better for me to sell the property and palce my mother and caregiver in a rental property which I hold the apt lease for or buy a new property in my name and have my Mother live there with her caregiver or just leave everything as is and what for the probate court after I inherit the property, and pay whatever is necessary.
These questions shuld be addressed now.

What do U think Senator who serves on five major committees and regularly speaks out against illegals then goes out and hires illegals ?
A Republican U.S. Senator who serves on five major committees and regularly speaks out against illegal immigration owns a lucrative produce business that mostly employs illegal immigrants.

While Oregon Senator Gordon Smith publicly chastises illegal immigrants (he proudly voted against amnesty for millions living in the U.S.) for benefiting from government services that American citizens provide, he has for decades benefited from their cheap labor.

A news magazine in the senator’s home state has published an in-depth story with incriminating details that paint the portrait of a hypocrite politician who says one thing and does the opposite. And as the good senator, who is up for reelection this year, knows well it’s a violation of federal law to hire illegal immigrants.

Yet for decades the lawmaker’s highly profitable business, Smith Frozen Foods, has done just that. Located in the tiny eastern Oregon town of Weston, the company has nearly 500 employees, the majority of them from Mexico and some from Guatemala and El Salvador. The company refuses to use a federal database to check workers’ immigration status because “it doesn’t work very well.”

Practically the entire town knows that the senator’s business is an illegal immigrant haven. A local attorney, who represents Smith employees in criminal cases unrelated to their work, said her clients’ immigration status is often revealed during checks when they are arrested and booked. The attorney estimates that more than 70% of the company’s workers are in the country illegally.

An accountant who operates a tax preparation service for Spanish speakers says he has helped numerous Smith employees who didn’t have Social Security numbers file their tax returns. Because they are in the country illegally, their taxes were filed with an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number.

The question now is; what will federal authorities do now that this information is out in the open? Will the government look the other way because it involves a federal lawmaker, who incidentally not long ago pointed out that the country cannot continue to absorb the flow of illegal immigrants.

I will need a way to market my service to banks, lenders, mortgage companies as well as attorney’s who do tax appeal and estate planning. What is the best way to let them know I am available. Rules and non compete clauses prevent me from contacting current clients through other companies I work for as a consultant.

… like he does with the $$$ he got as an attorney?

Or to keep income taxes low, will he call it a capital gain?

Just how bad is it really? Do people usually adjust. I have a cousin whom was like a brother growing up. He got caught up in some minor criminal activity that involved fraud and they slapped him tax evasion etc. While I agree he deserves punishment, he is not the prison type. He has been sentenced to 3 years, his attorney said he will likely serve a little over 2 if he is well behaved. He is going to a minimum security prison, but they do lock you in at night into your shared cell. He can be out of his cell 12-14 hours a day and can go outside, attend school work programs etc. So it’s bad, but I’m sure there is much worse.

He said since his sentencing, he has developed severe panic and thinks he is going to die in there. I keep trying to tell him he will adjust to it.

So will he? Really how bad is it? It’s not like he is going to a maximum security deal. Most of the others in there are also epetty criminals, white collar etc. Not hardened murderers. I keep trying to tell him