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A business selling both groceries and prepared food runs two tax regimes at once: exempt food products on one side, meals
Massachusetts requires a restaurant to register with the Department of Revenue to collect meals tax before the business opens, not after
A voluntary tip is never part of the taxable meal price. A mandatory service charge can also escape Massachusetts meals tax,
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A tax preparer’s failure to ask about foreign accounts does not by itself establish non-willful conduct. The
A wrong answer to the Schedule B foreign-account question is a significant fact, but it does not
A Costa Rica property held through an S.A. can trigger four U.S. systems at once: Form 5471
A Costa Rica vacation home held in an S.A. or S.R.L. may still create U.S. reporting questions
A late Form 5471 for a Costa Rica real estate company carries exposure starting at $10,000 per
Form 5471 for a Costa Rica holding company is only as reliable as the workpapers behind it.
