CALIFORNIA TAX

      With the State of California in desperate need of revenue to balance its budget, every type of California tax audit - with FTB (income tax), EDD (payroll taxes) and SBE (sales tax) - has dramatically increased this year. Also, each California tax agency - FTB, EDD and SBE - are now aggressively chasing all taxpayers who owe the state of California money on past due taxes, regardless of where they are now living.

     The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB), California Employment Development Department (EDD), and California State Board of Equalization (SBE) all have very unique and complex tax laws and regulations. They also have very broad powers to file tax liens, levy bank accounts, and shut businesses down for the nonpayment of California state taxes.

Beware: The California Employment Development Department (EDD) can personally hold an individual taxpayer liable for a large portion of a corporation's nonpayment of payroll taxes, and the State Board of Equalization (SBE) can claim you are personally liable for unpaid California Sales Tax. Whenever a California tax dispute arises, an experienced, certified tax attorney needs to be immediately retained because CA FTB, CA EDD and CA SBE regularly take aggressive tax positions against unsuspecting taxpayers. If you are facing a California tax dispute, you need specialized help, and San Diego tax attorney Richard Carpenter can help you.

TYPES OF CALIFORNIA TAX PROBLEMS HANDLED:

I help clients with the following California tax issues:

• Stop FTB Levy
• Arrange FTB Installment Agreement
• FTB Audit representation
• Preparing Late or Delinquent California Income Tax Returns
• FTB Offer In Compromise
• All FTB tax issues
• All EDD tax issues
• EDD audit representation
• EDD payroll tax disputes
• EDD Offer In Compromise
• All CA SBE (State Board of Equalization) sales tax issues
• CA SBE (State Board of Equalization) sales tax audit representation
• California criminal tax representation
• Settle back tax debt to CA FTB, EDD and SBE
  

DID YOU KNOW THAT ...

• The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) regularly tries to reclassify taxpayers as California residents to get them to pay additional California state taxes.
• The California EDD regularly tries to reclassify independent contractors as employees to get business owners to pay additional payroll taxes.
• The California EDD has an offer in compromise program that can save qualified taxpayers thousand of dollars in payroll taxes.
• The California Franchise Tax Board (FTB) can criminally prosecute a taxpayer for not filing a required California tax return.
• The California FTB has an offer in compromise program that can save qualified taxpayers thousand of dollars in California income tax.
• The California State Board of Equalization (SBE) can revoke a taxpayer's sales tax permit for the late payment of California sales tax.
• It is a crime to operate a California business without a valid sales tax permit.
• The California State Board of Equalization (SBE) has an offer in compromise program that can save qualified taxpayers thousand of dollars in California Sales Tax.

SAN DIEGO TAX LAWYER RICHARD CARPENTER CAN HELP BY ...

• Evaluating a taxpayer's entire California tax case and planning an effective overall strategy.
• Communicating directly with the FTB, EDD, and/or SBE so that you never have to meet with them.
• Defending against the California Franchise Tax Board's attempt to reclassify a taxpayer as a California resident.
• Defending against the EDD's attempt to reclassify an independent contractor to employee status.
• Evaluating whether an EDD offer-in-compromise is the taxpayer's best option.
• Utilizing my negotiating skills to obtain the best resolution of the California tax dispute.
• Providing a vigorous defense against a California criminal tax prosecution.

RICHARD CARPENTER's EXPERIENCE ...

     Since 1984, I have successfully represented more than one thousand clients in resolving their California and IRS tax disputes. For 25 years, I have battled all of the different California tax agencies. I have the knowledge and experience to help with any California tax dispute.

     I am a part-time tax law professor, a Certified Tax Law Specialist, and the author of 14 published articles, including several articles on California tax issues.

     Unlike some tax controversy defense attorneys, I did not start out my legal career as an IRS attorney using the Tax Code against honest taxpayers. I also did not start out my legal career as a federal prosecutor working to put good people in prison for some mistakes on their tax returns. Instead, I have devoted my entire 25 year legal career helping to defend hardworking, family-oriented taxpayers against the far and powerful reaches of the Internal Revenue Service and I am proud of that accomplishment. Being an effective tax controversy defense attorney is a mindset and I have had that tax defense mindset for my entire 25 year legal career.

WARNING: Tax law is complex. Thus, it is very important that you hire only an experienced, State Bar Certified, tax attorney to represent you and that you carefully review their background before you hire them. I recommend a minimum of 15 years of tax controversy defense experience. Don't be fooled by those "tax-help" company websites. As you may have already noticed, many of those websites intentionally avoid listing the background of the tax person who will be working on your case because he / she is either a novice attorney, or worse yet only an enrolled agent or accountant.

EXPERT GUIDANCE ... During the past 25 years, many attorneys and CPA's have looked to San Diego Tax Attorney Richard Carpenter for expert guidance in helping their clients resolve serious tax problems with the IRS. For a complete description of my background, please click here.

VI. HELP IS AVAILABLE TO YOU ...

If you are serious about resolving your tax problem, I can help you. Please call me at (619) 696-8607 to discuss your tax situation in complete confidence. Put my 25 years of tax law experience to work for you.

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RICHARD CARPENTER
SAN DIEGO TAX ATTORNEY
406 Ninth Ave., Suite 213
San Diego, CA 92101
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