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Dear IRS: A Tax Pro Fires Back

18 November 2011

I guess desperate times call for desperate measures. You may have heard about the infamous Notice 4809 from IRS making the rounds among tax professionals. The Notice is part of the IRS’ “hands-on effort to improve the accuracy and quality of filed returns and to heighten awareness of preparer responsibilities.” In other words, dear taxpayers, [...]

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10 Uses for Leftover Halloween Candy

1 November 2011

I love Halloween. I do. I love the camp, the excess, the whole over the top vibe. I dress up every year. I make my kids’ costumes for our school parade. I bake ridiculous amounts of cupcakes and make silly snacks that are meant to look gross like hotdogs that look like bloody toes in [...]

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IRS Gone Bad: Are Things About to Get Even Worse?

26 October 2011

Over the years, I’ve represented a lot of clients. I’ve listened to hours and hours of IRS hold music. And I’ve had a lot of conversations with IRS reps and agents. But last week something happened that truly shocked me: the IRS hung up on me. On purpose. The details aren’t all that important. Basically, [...]

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IRS Announces PTIN Renewals, Changes

24 October 2011

It’s baaaaack! The IRS has announced that professional tax return preparers can now renew their Preparer Tax Identification Numbers (PTINs) for the 2012 filing season. PTINs must now be renewed annually as part of the IRS’ plan to raise revenue regulate professional tax preparers. Tax preparers who fall under the registration rules are those prepare, [...]

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Back to School: Do Tax Preparer Exams Keep Taxpayers Safe?

10 September 2011

It’s not just the kids that have to take tests these days. Attorneys, CPAs, doctors, engineers, architects and nurses must generally pass standardized competency tests in order to practice. You can now add tax professionals to the list. Over the past year, the IRS has made increased oversight of tax professional a top priority. As a [...]

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IRS Announces Tax Calendars Available (Sort of)

18 July 2011

The IRS has announced that you can now place orders for the 2012 IRS Tax Calendar for Small Business and Self Employed, Publication 1518, beginning July 18. The 18 page calendar is filled with useful tax information for small businesses. In addition to alerting you to filing deadlines for payroll, excise and income taxes, the [...]

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IRS Targets 100,000 Tax Professionals For Noncompliance

13 July 2011

About 1 out of every 8 of the nation’s professional tax return preparers failed to comply with new regulations for 2011, according to information released by the IRS. The IRS has announced that approximately 100,000 paid preparers prepared federal tax returns in 2011 without being properly registered. About 712,2000 paid preparers did register properly with [...]

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Deduct This: History of the Tax Attorney’s Fees Deduction

25 June 2011

Wait? You mean that you didn’t know that there was such a thing as the tax attorney’s fees deduction? Well, perhaps that’s because it’s not actually called the tax attorney’s fees deduction. Tax attorneys like me just like to call it that. It’s technically part of the Job Expenses and Certain Miscellaneous Deductions subject to [...]

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One Billion Served: IRS Hits Milestone

9 June 2011

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that it has now passed the one billion mark for individual tax returns processed through its electronic filing (or e-filing) program. Despite the fact that we tend to throw around the “b” word left and right these days when talking about taxes, the deficit and the budget, a billion [...]

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Tax Attorney Alleges Racism at Gucci

8 June 2011

Josephine Robinson, a former tax attorney for the Italian luxury fashion house Gucci has filed a lawsuit accusing the company of racial discrimination. The lawsuit, Robinson v. Gucci America (U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 11 CV 3742) which was filed on June 2, specifically names top executives in the company, including [...]

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