In relation of Grand Rapids, the sole United States Tax Court in Michigan is in Detroit, at Room 1031, Levin U.S. Courthouse, 231 W. Lafayette Boulevard (48226).

Legal Aid of Western Michigan serves Grand Rapids and has an office at 25 Division Ave S, Ste 300, Grand Rapids, MI 49503.

Estate planning in Grand Rapids reduces the taxes due on inheritance by preventing a huge one-time payment of death taxes at the end of the line. It is cheaper to systematically give away assets through trusts and small gratuities throughout the decedent's life to take advantage of the lifetime and annual exemption boundaries of gift taxes.

No, it is not tax evasion in Grand Rapids when a taxpayer underpays the IRS because of an honest mistake when record keeping. Tax evasion requires a deliberate act to cheat the system and pay less than legally required. This occurs when a person fails to report income or has more than one set of books to obscure the true financial status of a business.

The Michigan Tax Tribunal is an administrative body that has appellate jurisdiction over property and non-property revenue disputes in Grand Rapids. It conducts proceedings that are judicial in nature, though the entity itself is executive. These cases range from commercial and residential property tax disagreements to controversies surrounding unemployment and sales taxes.

In Grand Rapids, charitable organizations cover those names in internal revenue laws like community foundations, schools and educational organizations, international nonprofit groups, thrift stores, and religious establishments. These have to be duly organized following strict procedures and documentary requirements because the legislature does not favor the exemption from tax dues.

A taxpayer in Grand Rapids should contract the services of a lawyer instead of an accountant once a notice to assess or a related letter is received from either the IRS or the Michigan Department of Treasury. At that point, the government will use all of its resources to find any cause to sue and make a person pay, and an attorney is needed to even the lopsided odds.