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"Neil Diamond Tribute From Las Vegas"

starring: Rob Garrett

Coming to the Jewish Community Center
Berman Center of Performing Arts

The Tax Man Cometh

Tax resolution business is run in
memory of father's legacy and
inspired by tikkun olam.

6600 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield, MI 48322
Saturday October 20, 2012 ; Showtime 8pm

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Rob Garrett has headlined at Ceasers Palace,

Lynne Meredith Golodner
Special to the Jewish News

to doctors to financial planners to
divorcees who fall victim when a
former spouse mishandles their joint
n Oct. 15, taxpayers who
tax matters. Tax problems can and do
asked the IRS for a little
affect everyone, he says, and he does
more time last April will
this work in memory of his father,
finally have to pony up. While the
Louis Levy, who died a year ago this
best-known tax date of the year comes
month.
in April, local entrepreneur Lawrence
Inspired by his father's dedication
Levy spends 12 months of the year
to help people with tax matters, and
helping people who missed tax dead-
by the Jewish value of tikkun olam,
lines, didn't pay
healing the world,
or otherwise got
Levy takes pro bono
sidetracked when it
cases to help people
came to answering
who need it most. His
Uncle Sam.
father's business ethic
"People bury
also guides Levy to be a
their heads in the
leader nationally in the
sand and only
tax resolution field, set-
come out when
ting ethical standards
it's too late, when
for his colleagues so
the IRS or state
Americans don't fall
come knock-
prey to tax resolution
ing at the door,"
scams.
says Levy, who
"It's a Jewish value
sits on the board
to pay your taxes in
of the National
a timely and honest
Association of
fashion - and for those
Tax Resolution
who somehow don't,
Companies.
it's my goal to help
"We get hired when a person is at
them answer the IRS and the state as
the edge of the cliff and about to fall
swiftly and completely as possible,"
off. It is our mission to educate the
says Levy.
public so everyone can be more pro-
Indeed, Jewish law requires com-
active in their personal and corporate
pliance with secular taxing regimes,
tax matters. It's easier than being
according to the Talmudic dictum
reactive:'
"diva d'malchutha diva" ("the law of
Levy, a Commerce Township resi-
the ruling government is the law").
dent and Temple Israel member, has
Jewish legal experts have said that
seen how aggressive IRS and state tax
not paying taxes properly is equal to
authorities can be. "We level the play-
theft.
ing field:' he says.
Both business owners and every-
People become afraid when they
day folks can find themselves owing
get a tax letter or email, and it's
the government. Even celebrities fall
imperative to have someone who
prey to the spend-too-much dilemma.
speaks the language lobby on their
According to TMZ, actor Steven Segal
behalf, he notes.
reportedly owes the government
Levy is married to Michelle,
$350,000 in back taxes and he's not
an attorney, and has two sons —
the only one: Lindsay Lohan ($233K),
Maverick, 13, who celebrated his bar
Christie Brinkley ($531K), Chris
mitzvah this year, and 6-year-old
Tucker ($12M), Lionel Richie ($1.1M),
Jett. Levy and his company support
Sinbad ($2.1M), Ozzy and Sharon
Friends of the IDF and the Bear Hug
($1.7M), and Al Pacino'($188K), to
Foundation. Levy was the youngest
name a few.
person elected to the board of Tam-
"Sometimes, people just don't know
0-Shanter before it became privately
how to handle money," says Levy. "We
owned.
can help. Once we guide our custom-
His company, Levy & Associates,
ers through the process of rectifying
is a tax resolution firm in Southfield,
their tax problems, they are unlikely to
which helps everyone from attorneys
repeat the same mistakes twice."

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