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Kelly Phillips Erb

Kelly Phillips Erb, known as Taxgirl, is a tax attorney, writer, and speaker who explains tax news, IRS updates, scams, financial crime, and money in plain English.

State and local tax (SALT)

New Law Repeals “Amazon Tax”
ByKelly Phillips Erb September 10, 2011November 17, 2019

Talk about down to the wire… The Amazon deal is so fresh (it was passed after 10pm last night) that you can’t find much in the way of confirmation yet on the web. In fact, the California legislature has the bill, AB 155, listed as “in assembly” since the vote taken on yesterday is still…

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Podcast

The Impact of Inflation in 2022
ByJohn Luckenbaugh March 22, 2022March 18, 2022

Recently, Americans have experienced rising prices. But when it comes to economic inflation, how does this affect the taxes you are expected to pay? How could the impact of inflation affect your tax bill? On today’s episode of the Taxgirl podcast, Kelly is joined by Tim Speiss to talk about the impact of inflation and…

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IRS news/announcements | Refund | Taxes From A to Z®

Taxes From A To Z: Q Is For Questionable Refund Program
ByKelly Phillips Erb March 19, 2011

Every year about this time, I get emails asking, more or less, what happens when you lie on your tax return to get a refund. There are the obvious answers… penalties, interest and depending on the severity, possible criminal prosecution. But there’s a lesser known potential consequence: having your return flagged as part of the…

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Podcast

Shedding Light on the New Requirements for Information Reporting
ByJohn Luckenbaugh March 15, 2022March 14, 2022

Over the past few years, the IRS has increased its compliance and enforcement efforts focused on payment transactions between US and foreign persons. However, these new information reporting requirements for compliance can be confusing and intimidating for taxpayers. What changes has the IRS made to tax information reporting requirements? On today’s episode of the Taxgirl…

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Just for fun

You Can Thank Excise Taxes For Guinness Stout
ByKelly Phillips Erb March 17, 2016May 18, 2020

Drinking a pint of Guinness today? If so, you can thank taxes. The famous Guinness stout recipe probably wouldn’t exist today if not for two specific excises taxes: on coal and malt.

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IRS news/announcements | Tax Professionals

IRS Loses Big In Court (Again), Tax Season Chugs Along
ByKelly Phillips Erb February 2, 2013July 7, 2020

On January 18, 2013, a federal court stopped IRS “dead in its tracks” from enforcing its new regulatory scheme for registered tax-return preparers. In response, the IRS filed a motion to stay the injunction – that’s a lawyerly way of saying that the IRS asked the court not to enforce the injunction and to allow…

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