As a kid, the church was always a big part of my life. I was that girl, the one who raised her hand and asked
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Scammers Send More Bogus IRS Emails
If you’re like me, you got slammed today with bogus emails claiming to be from the IRS. Most were the run of the mill “Federal
Read MoreMore Tax Transaction Hoax Emails
How appropriate that after yesterday’s post on e-bills I received not one – but nine – scam emails purporting to be from IRS. Apparently, those
Read MoreIRS Tool Can Help Students With FAFSA
In just a few weeks, students will be moving into dorm rooms across the country. The new school year is officially beginning! The first few
Read MoreIRS Reminds Taxpayers To Take Steps To Prepare for Hurricanes, Other Disasters
It’s been a quiet hurricane season so far on the east coast. After last year, that’s a relief for a lot of folks. And it
Read MoreTax ID Numbers: Making Sense Of Social Security Numbers, ITINs & ATINs
When I was fourteen years old, I moved from my small town in North Carolina to the “big city” of Durham, North Carolina, to attend
Read MoreSummer Tax Deadlines Approaching
I can already tell it’s summer not just by the long lines at the airport and the blazing heat but by the number of vacation
Read MoreIRS To Close Offices In Attempt To Cut Costs
With apologies to Norma Desmond: The IRS is big. It’s the offices that got small. The IRS has announced that it is making significant reductions
Read MoreIRS Seeks Advisory Council Members
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) wants you – and not in that scary, sending you Notices of Deficiency kind of way nor in a smarmy
Read MoreIRS Targets Bogus Tax Refunds & Unscrupulous Tax Preparers
Claiming bogus tax refunds can be easy. After all, nobody’s looking, right? Wrong. The IRS is cracking down on tax evasion by targeting unscrupulous tax
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