With just over two weeks until Tax Day, many taxpayers are in a panic, egged on by headlines screaming about “last minute” filers and procrastinators. You can tell the folks who write headlines don’t generally work with actual taxpayers: if they did, they’d understand that there’s loads of time left before it’s “last minute.” For…
Every year, I offer tips on how to find a good tax professional (and sometimes, how to avoid a bad one). This year, after a conversation with a tax professional who was trying to figure out how to nicely say goodbye to a difficult client (it happens), I started thinking about how personal the tax…
It’s my annual “Taxes from A to Z” series! Next up: S Is For Scams There have always been folks willing to take advantage of honest taxpayers but recently it feels like scams are all the rage. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is working to educate taxpayers about scams with the hope that the more…
