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My Best Tax Advice Ever, Part III: Make Friends With a Tax Pro

17 January 2012

So I’m going to let you in on a little secret: I don’t prepare my own tax returns. Completely true. It is how I stay married. You see, I used to prepare my own returns for my business and for my household. And I did just fine for a bit. But then I had three [...]

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Ask the taxgirl: What To Do When You Get an Audit Notice

3 August 2010

Taxpayer asks: Dear taxgirl, I need some help. I am being audited by the IRS and I don’t know what to do. I am self-employed (web design) and I do not have many records to back up my tax returns. I didn’t lie on my taxes but I can’t prove it. I don’t know what [...]

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Sunday Mailbag: The Really Hot Edition

2 May 2010

I am actually waiting for my coffee to cool down this morning. I can barely sip it – it’s so hot out. The temps are slated to creep back up to the 90s again today – the 90s. Remember, folks, I’m in Philly and it’s just the first couple of days of May. It’s not [...]

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7 Audit Lessons (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the IRS)

25 November 2009

Okay, maybe love is a bit much said. But the whole audit/examination process is over (at least for now, yes, yes, we know that 2008 is coming). It was oddly informative. While I’ve dealt with the IRS tons of times before, including related to audits, there’s still a different feeling on the other side of [...]

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LexisNexis Looking for Notable New Tax Attorneys

27 July 2009

The folks at LexisNexis are looking for notable new tax attorneys who deserve recognition for a notable accomplishment. “New” is defined as practicing for ten years or less (*sob*, that means I’m out). “Notable” could mean a bunch of things. I think it’s how Justice Potter Stewart describes porn: you’ll know it when you see [...]

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Former Jenkens & Gilchrist Tax Attorneys Indicted

10 June 2009

I know, I know. This doesn’t even feel like news. We’ve seen it coming for awhile now, ever since this little gem appeared on the Jenkens & Gilchrist web site in 2007: At the time of the closing, Jenkens agreed to pay a civil penalty of $76 million and cooperate with the IRS and the [...]

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Obituary: William M. Goldstein, Philadelphia Tax Attorney

6 August 2008

William Goldstein, a popular Philadelphia tax attorney, passed away today. Here, reprinted with permission from Drinker Biddle, is his obituary: William M. Goldstein, 72, a partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP in Philadelphia and one of the nation’s preeminent tax and business lawyers, died today. A resident of Wayne, Pa., he had battled cancer [...]

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