Dan Pilla’s Research Reports
Dan Pilla has written dozens of Special Reports and hundreds of articles on issues regarding Taxpayers’ rights, problems resolution and tax policy. Below is an index of some of Dan’s key reports.
Implementing National Health Care
Read Now! Unless there is a substantial change in leadership in Washington in the next election, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) will go into effect as planned. Taxpayers and the IRS will be challenged as never before.
Freedom to Prosper
Read Now! Analyzing the Merits of Replacing State Income Tax Systems with a Broad-based Sales Tax.
New Home Foreclosure and Debt Forgiveness What Every Citizen Needs to Know About Losing a Home
Read Now! With the current wave of mortgage foreclosures and credit card debt problems, every American needs to know about the hidden traps in the tax code. You also need to know about the new law that provides relief in the case of a home foreclosure. This Special Report examines several ways to protect yourself from all kinds of cancellation of debt income.
Is it Time to Re-Evaluate Your Tax Withholding? Don’t Let the IRS Keep Your Money.
Read Now! This article shows you now to adjust your wage withholding so you don’t over pay your taxes every month. This article is excerpted from the January 2008 issue of Pilla Talks Taxes, our monthly electronic newsletter.
How the IRS Tries to Make You Die Poor
Read Now! A fascinating study of the problems with the current tax system and recommendations for a tax system that is simple, fair and efficient. In the study, Dan calls for the elimination of the income tax and the IRS.
Penalty Special Report
Read Now! A detailed guide on how to cancel tax penalties.
Releasing Wage and Bank Levies
Read now! A step-by-step guide to preventing and stopping IRS levies on your paycheck and bank account.
The Untax Promise
Read Now! A detailed guide to the popular tax protester and tax avoidance arguments. In this report, Dan debunks many myths about “untaxing” yourself. Dan’s thorough research includes court opinions and detailed analysis of the tax code
Why You Can’t Trust the IRS
Read Now! This is the study that Dan produced for the Cato Institute, a leading public policy research institute in Washington, D.C. This report shook the IRS like nothing else that ever hit Washington.
A Monument of Deficient Wisdom: The Constitutional Conflict in Federal Income Tax Law Enforcement
Read Now! This study was written for the Institute for Policy Innovation in Dan’s role as member of the editorial board of the Road Map to Tax Reform Project. Dan’s contribution studies specifically how the graduated income tax system is fundamentally at odds with our historical constitutional principles.
Why Trusts Don’t Work
Read Now! This is a thorough explanation of why one of the country’s most prominent tax scams cannot work to reduce or eliminate your income taxes. In this detailed report, Dan explains in simple terms why domestic and offshore trusts are doomed to failure and what you can do if you’re already involved in one.
How to Challenge Tax Audit Decisions: What Every Citizen Needs to Know About a Notice of Deficiency
Read Now! Every citizen needs to know how to challenge tax audit results, and that means every citizen needs to know how to challenge a Notice of Deficiency. If you have a Notice of Deficiency or are currently going through a tax audit, you need to read this report before another day goes by!
Family Limited Partnerships: Not an Estate Planning Panacea
Read Now! The latest fad in estate planning is the Family Limited Partnership. While this strategy offers some opportunity for tax savings, when mistakes are made, the results can be disastrous. This report shows how to avoid fatal mistakes with Family Limited Partnerships.
To Convert or Not to Convert: Considerations for Converting a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA.
Read Now! This report originally appeared as an article in the August 2006 issue of our newsletter Pilla Talks Taxes. The report spells out all the factors you should consider before converting your traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. It also goes through the differences between the two retirement plans. Don’t make move with your traditional IRA before reading this report.
Why Pay Income Taxes: A Lesson Learned the Hard Way
Read Now! On a large marquee outside his Las Vegas office, Irwin Schiff asks the question, "Why Pay Income Taxes?". Irwin Schiff is a long-time tax protester who claims that "no law" requires the filing of tax returns or the payment of taxes. But as attractive as that idea might sound, Schiff’s legal theories are completely bogus...
Dan Pilla's Guide to Starting Your Own Business: Considerations for a Business Structure and Operation
Read Now! More people every year consider starting their own business, either because they are forced to due to loss of employment or because they wish to finally strike out on their own. Because of this, I am regularly asked whether it’s true that a small business in general, and a home-based business in particular, really can provide tax benefits that ordinary wage-earners usually miss out on.