Tax Law & IRS Problem Resolution
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The Internal Revenue Code (Tax Code) provides for a special tax regime for employees of foreign governments and of international organizations. Under certain circumstances, such individuals are exempt from U.S. federal income taxes. Employees of foreign governments need not be diplomats or enjoy "diplomatic status" in order to qualify for tax exemption. Exemption from U.S. taxes, however, only applies to official compensation of foreign government employees. Therefore, the official salary of an employee of a foreign embassy in Washington, D.C. or of a consulate elsewhere may qualify for tax exemption.
The immigration status of an employee of a foreign government may affect his or her tax exemption status. For example, if a nonresident alien employee of a foreign government has adjusted his or her immigration status from an A-1, A-2 or A-3 diplomatic visa holder and has become a permanent resident by receiving a "green card", he or she may no longer be eligible for tax exemption. A holder of a "green card", however, may still enjoy exemption from U.S. taxes under certain circumstances.
In addition to the Tax Code, bilateral agreements, tax treaties or international conventions may also provide exemption from U.S. taxes to employees of foreign governments. As a general rule, members of the diplomatic staff, administrative staff, technical staff and service staff of most foreign missions to the U.S. are exempt from federal and state taxes. An embassy or consulate worker does not need to be a diplomat or enjoy "diplomatic status" in order to be immune from U.S. taxes under such bilateral or international agreements.
If you are employed by a foreign embassy in Washington, D.C. or a consulate elsewhere, and the IRS has sent you notices regarding any tax debt or tax delinquency, contact Kamyar Mehdiyoun, tax and IRS lawyer in Rockville, Maryland. We have extensive experience representing embassy and consulate employees and foreign government workers before the IRS and state taxing agencies.
Kamyar Mehdiyoun's tax law firm, located in Rockville, Maryland, represents clients nationwide in tax controversy matters before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). We also provide tax advice relating to disputes with the taxing authorities in Washington, D.C., Maryland, New York, and Massachusetts. Our tax litigation and tax controversy services relate to the following areas of tax law:
Income tax, Sales Tax and Use Tax, Business Tax, Employment Tax, Payroll Taxes, Civil & Criminal Tax Litigation, Tax Disputes, Tax Audits, Tax Liens, Tax Levies, Tax Seizures, IRS Bank Levies & Bank Liens, Embassy Tax Issues, Wage levies, IRS Tax Penalties for Failure to File and Failure to Pay Taxes, State & IRS Tax Penalties for Tax Fraud and Tax Delinquency, IRS Offers in Compromise, IRS Installment Plan Agreements, Tax Treaties & International Conventions, IRS Innocent Spouse Relief, Consulate Tax Issues, Tax Exemption for Diplomats.
Washington, D.C. area tax lawyer, Kamyar Mehdiyoun, focuses his practice on IRS tax debt relief, IRS tax resolution, IRS tax debt resolution, tax abatement, tax penalties, tax evasion and tax collection matters, tax obligations, tax liability, delinquent taxes, IRS tax delinquency, IRS collections, back taxes, and tax court litigation issues.
Rockville, Maryland tax lawyer, Kamyar Mehdiyoun, represents clients nationwide in tax controversy matters before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). We also provide tax advice relating to disputes with the taxing authorities in Maryland and Washington, D.C. including the following counties and towns in the Washington, D.C. metro area:
Anne Arundel County, Allegany County, Baltimore County, Caroline County, Carroll County, Cecil County, Charles County, Dorchester County, Frederick County, Garrett County, Harford County, Howard County, Kent County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, Saint Mary's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Washington County, Annapolis, Baltimore, Bel Air, Bethesda, Cambridge, Centreville, Chestertown, Columbia, Cumberland, Cockeysville, Denton, Dundalk, Easton, Ellicot City, Frederick, Gaithersburg, Germantown, Glen Burnie, Hagerstown, Montgomery Village, Myersville, Rockville, Silver Spring, Towson, Arlington, Alexandria, Annandale, Catonsville, Elkridge, McLean, Pikesville, Potomac, Taneytown, Thurmont, Upper Marlboro, Westminster.
If you need a tax lawyer or a tax attorney to represent you before the IRS, state taxing authorities, or the U.S. tax court, contact the Law Offices of Kamyar Mehdiyoun. Kamyar Mehdiyoun's taxation law firm is located in Rockville, MD and serves Maryland, Virginia and the Washington, D.C. metro area, as well as the rest of the U.S.
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