Word on the Street (Wall Street, that is) is that one of the items on the Dems’ new agenda will be to reverse the prior decision to outsource IRS Collections activities to private collection agencies. Democratic leaders have been among the most vociferous opponents to the change, which was to take effect in September 2006.
Taxpayer asks: I own a single-family home as rental property out of state that is characterized as investment property on my property insurance and as a non-owner occupied home on my mortgage. My brother manages and maintains the property for me. I bought his cell phone and pay his portion of the monthly charges on…
It’s a pretty exciting week at the law firm: we’re moving to a new location. I’ll admit to being a little nostalgic about the big move. We’ve been in the same offices for more than eight years. I was actually hugely pregnant with my daughter when we signed the lease and had to sign a…
Would you make a decision to get married or not based on taxes? Some couples do. If you’re curious what your tax picture might look like, check out the new tax calculator from the Tax Policy Center.
With concerns about identity theft continuing to mount, some taxpayers are wondering: Whatever happened to paper forms? That’s right. There was a time – not so long ago – that taxpayers actually filled out paper forms and posted them using the U.S. Postal Service. Now, it seems, everything old is new again. But finding those…
Nina Pham, the nurse who contracted Ebola while taking care of Thomas Eric Duncan, has been declared free of the virus. The fundraising campaign for her has now wrapped and donors are encouraged to put their dollars towards Ebola charities. Exercise care, though: Ebola related scams are on the rise.
If you felt like your wallet was a few dollars lighter this year, you’re likely right. New tax changes which went into effect for the tax year 2013 finally hit taxpayers in 2014: to date, receipts as reported by the Treasury are up for every single month as compared to 2013. So far, the government…