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RandyBane
Randall A. Bane (Randy), served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Era, as an infantry medic, hospital corpsman with The United Nations Special Forces. He later served as a chaplain with the U.S. Air Force, Civil Air Patrol working with the Cadet Program. Randy grew up in a 'duffel bag,' meaning he comes from a military family. His father was an officer and war hero, serving in WW-II and Korea. He became involved working with men and women who had some form of addiction, when he was a combat medic. Many a night, he would nurse a soldier through the night keeping them from killing themselves due to drug overdose or experience a major toxic black-out while they had an assault rifle in their lap. God put him on his path early in life, even before he knew it, and that path is helping veterans overcome substance abuse, chemical addictions and (P.T.S.D.) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Randy has a B.A. in Psychology, Sociology and Theology, receiving his Masters of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey. Randy developed two educational libraries for The Department of Corrections in the state of New Jersey and Pennsylvania and assisted in developing an educational program for the State of Kansas. Randy has served in several substance abuse programs and as chaplain in several hospitals including intern at The University of Texas Medical Center, Houston, serving with Life-Flight and the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas. He received additional training in trauma crisis with focus on P.T.S.D. at the V.A. Hospital and Veteran Centers in Kansas. Randy, under the auspices of the "ForgottenHeroes.Us" program, initiated a program called the Veterans Resource Program developing a T.V. Educational Program for Veterans, their families and their community, focusing on employment-counseling, substance abuse, domestic violence & health benefits. Randy hosts a program called Veterans Res/Delano Today on Channel 49 at 9:30 p.m. Thursday and 10 a.m. Friday. You can contact Randy at (316) 263-8201, or by e-mail randy@fogottenheroes.us |
Veteran Affairs
2006-03-01 13:04:00
IRS Code 53...what is it?
Owing the IRS isn’t a fun way to live life. Every job I seek, or get, I have to fear them coming to get whatever I make. I can’t pay what I owe. There has to be a better way than hiding. What is it?
ANSWER: It does not have to be this way. What if there was a way to have a decent home and a decent job without the IRS attaching wages? The icing on the cake is that the past taxes owed would not have to be paid. Why? Review the Section 6343 (E) of the Internal Revenue Code. And, a special mandate from the Inspector General: If a taxpayer’s income does not exceed necessary living expenses and the taxpayer does not have the ability to pay the tax owed, the IRS can close a case as “currently not collectible (CNC), due to economic hardship.” The congress believed that taxpayers should not have collection activity taken against them once the IRS has determined that the tax owed is uncollectible.What does all this mean? Simply put. If expenses exceed income, the IRS must put you into what is commonly referred to as an uncollectible status, or Code 53. However, there is one stipulation. In order to qualify for a Code 53, the taxpayer must be in compliance. That is, all tax returns must be filed. Most of the people in the “underground economy” do not even know when they filed their last tax return. Not to worry! There is a solution; it is called the Answer Program. This program allows the taxpayer to obtain special records to find out which years need to be filled. Once the compliance issue is finalized and the tax returns are prepared, the next step is to outline a plan. The plan will identify the options that are available to the taxpayer to pay the tax, such as, installment plan, waiting out the statue of limitations on collections, tax bankruptcy, offer in compromise, or Code 53.
