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FinCEN Extends FBAR Deadline for Persons Affected By Recent Natural Disasters

October 8, 2020

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced Tuesday that it is extending the deadline for filing FinCEN Form 114, Reports of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (the “FBAR”), for all persons located in several natural disaster areas throughout the country, as recently designated by FEMA.

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The Law Offices of A. Lavar Taylor Offer Thoughts on U.S. v. Boyd - Potential Implications for U.S. Taxpayers Residing in the U.S. and Throughout the World

October 7, 2020

The Law Offices of A. Lavar Taylor handle all types of tax disputes, both civil and criminal, at the administrative level and in all trial and appellate courts. The broad experience of the team’s professionals enable us to advise clients on how best to handle tax disputes, including when it’s appropriate to litigate and when it’s appropriate to settle.

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Jonathan T. Amitrano Named to 2020 Super Lawyers’ Rising Star List

June 8, 2020

The Law Offices of A. Lavar Taylor are pleased to announce Jonathan T. Amitrano has been again selected to the 2020 Southern California Rising Stars list, an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in their practice.  This is an exclusive list, as only 2.5% of attorneys in Southern California receive this distinction and Jonathan has been recognized for six consecutive years.

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CAN YOU BE PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR YOUR FORMER BUSINESS’ OR EMPLOYER’S CALIFORNIA UNPAID SALES TAXES?

June 3, 2020

Sales taxes are a significant obligation for many California businesses.  Businesses subject to sales tax are required to collect the sales taxes from their customers, file quarterly sales tax returns, and timely pay the taxes owed for each quarter to the California Department of Tax & Fee Administration (“CDTFA”).

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BBA Partnership Tax Provisions and Bankruptcy– A Recipe for Disaster, Part 1

May 27, 2020

Some of us practitioners are old enough to have endured the transition to the TEFRA Partnership audit provisions from the unwieldy pre-TEFRA rules that required the IRS to audit the tax returns of all partners in a tax partnership in order to assess deficiencies resulting from adjustments to Forms 1065 filed by those partnerships.  That transition required a considerable learning curve.

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