At this point, our readers should be aware that there are certain industries that are more subject to examinations like restaurants and retail industries, especially if cash intensive and low controls in place. You can see numerous tax evasion schemes related to restaurants in the news, United States Attorney's Office of each State and the
The Cohan rule originated from a case from 1930, but it is still applicable and used to this date. The Cohan rule allowed to claim deductions even if the taxpayer had no documentation for these expenses (in general and in practice, the Court allows lower expenses that the ones claimed by the taxpayer). Cohan was
PPP keeps changing, if last week, it allowed ITIN holders, individuals with prior criminal records unrelated to fraud, etc. Now, they are allowing self-employed individuals (Schedule C) to use the revenues/sale amount to calculate the maximum loan amount (capped at around $20k based on the maximum annual salary of $100k). This change will allow taxpayers
