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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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Tax Should be a Life-Neutral Event

12 May 2008

Years ago, the partner at the law firm where I worked at the time approached me about working on a presentation for a major client. The client had significant business and personal holdings and was looking to do both income and estate tax planning. We prepared for this meeting for about two weeks and came [...]

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Twittering Tax Pros

15 April 2008

The fabulous Wendy Piersall (now of sparkplugging.com in case you missed the re-branding announcement) posted a list today of Twitter Moms (the list is here – check it out). I’ll confess. I’m a Twitter-freak. I do enjoy trying to sum up my day in 140 characters or less – it helps me clear out the [...]

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“When I Grow Up, I Want to Be a Tax Attorney!”

1 April 2008

Okay, so I didn’t really say that when I was a kid. But I did come close. I did know that I wanted to be a lawyer and I wanted to work in international matters. And it was clearly fated. My great-grandmother, who lived in Greenville, SC told everyone that I talked like a Philadelphia [...]

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How Not to Get a Tax (or Other) Job

6 February 2008

It’s resume season at my law office, which means we’re getting lots of emails and letters from aspiring attorneys. I’ve also received a few inquiries at taxgirl.com asking for job advice for tax professional wannabes. So, in honor of the “season”, I’m reprinting a piece that I wrote last year. Consider it the “What Not [...]

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